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It came out while Hart was talking to TMZ this morning about getting in great shape. When asked if he has a cool nickname around the gym like "The Rock", he revealed: "It is already! I've been The Rock, you guys just didn't know that."
"He took my name," he continued, referring to Johnson. "You guys tell everybody that he took my name!"
There is, of course, a slight possibility that he was only joking: Hart and Johnson do have a lengthy history of trolling each other, after all. Johnson, in particular, has a record of roasting Hart on social media. Last November he posted a photo of his daughter riding a pony on Instagram, with the caption: "This is the same pony I teach @kevinhart4real to ride on every week as well. I'm proud of my son too."
Johnson also hilariously corrected a typo in one of Hart's posts, commenting: "Well Im glad your movies only get bigger and better because your spelling fucking sucks. Its not dope as comedy its dope ass comedy. As my son, there is no way your dumb ass came from my loins."
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View this post on Instagram The work never stops....Reading the script of a dope ass comedy that my company is set to produce this summer. Buckle up people....the movies only get bigger & better!!!!! #HustleHart #comedicrockstarshit #HartBeatProductions A post shared by Kevin Hart (@kevinhart4real) on Nov 24, 2018 at 10:30am PST
The "son" gag started in May 2018, when Johnson photoshopped Hart's face onto a picture of his newborn daughter, and Johnson has kept the joke going ever since. So technically, that would make "The Rock" a family name.