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On January 3, American comedian Katt Williams sat down for an interview on the podcast show Club Shay Shay with host Shannon Sharpe. The podcast episode featuring Williams racked up more than 40 million views.

During the interview, Williams suggested fellow comedian Kevin Hart was an “industry plant,” someone whose industry or corporate connections wire-pull their actions or utterances from behind the scenes.

“In 15 years in Hollywood, no one in Hollywood has a memory of going to a sold-out Kevin Hart show, there being a line for him, [him] ever getting a standing ovation at any comedy club,” Williams said.

“He already had his deals when he got here. Have we heard of a comedian who came to LA [Los Angeles], and in his first year in LA, he had his own sitcom on network television? And had his own movie called Soul Plane that he was leading? No, we’ve never heard of that before …,” he added.

All this begs of the question: Do industry plants exist? An industry plant is a creature of boardroom machinations, not a product comedic ability. This is why Kevin Hart, who many find unfunny, is said to be a plant. Essentially, to his critics, he’s a corporate creation. Yet, all said, he is arguably the most successful stand-up comedian of all time. He fills stadia with raving fans. His last comedy tour grossed more than $122m (Shs450b) and, recently, he was awarded the coveted Mark Twain Prize for American Humour.

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