Three months after Kevin Hart’s devastating car crash, the actor seems to be on the mend.
The actor recently appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” where DeGeneres hugged him with caution, worried she might hurt him.
“It’s funny, I was hugging you just because I love you and always hug you the same way, and then I was like, ‘oh, does that hurt?,’” she said.
Hart quickly reassured DeGeneres that he was 65 to 75 percent to being fully recovered.
“My workouts are not full — I’m not lifting crazy weights — but I’m back to weighted workouts, agility, mobility, core workouts…”
In September, Hart was involved in a car crash with friends Rebecca Broxterman and Jared Black, according to USA Today.
According to a report from the California Highway Patrol, both Hart and Black suffered “major back injuries,” although Hart has been working toward recovery.
“You don’t realize that your back is connected to everything,” Hart said on the show. “Coming out of back surgery, everything changed. You’re kind of helpless. So that’s where you get to see what really matters, who really matters. Life kind of hits you in a completely different way.”
Hart added that one of his biggest achievements early on in his recovery was getting his socks on on his own.
“The biggest triumph one day was when I put my socks on. .... When I put my socks on, it was the biggest thing in the world,” he said.
In his interview, Hart also looked back on the time he has spent recovering, grateful for the opportunity it gave him to spend time with his family.
“You go, ‘Wow. This is love. This is what real love in life is,’” he said. “The things that you think matter? You realize don’t. It’s not about your level of success, it’s not about how much money you have. It’s about those individuals and who you really mean the most to and who means the most to you. I got a completely different (outlook) on life: A much better one.”