“Soul Aircraft” actor Godfrey is thought for his memorable impression of fellow comic Steve Harvey, which garnered a swift rebuke from the “Household Feud” host.
Godfrey was requested about it throughout an look on “Membership Shay Shay” with Shannon Sharpe that streamed on March 20. He went viral again in January for his impression of Harvey seemingly responding to Katt Williams’ scolding on the identical platform.
However it was his impersonation throughout a 2019 episode of his podcast, “In Godfrey We Belief” that hilariously garnered greater than 3 million views and went viral. Sharpe requested Godfrey if Harvey was upset by the impression.
“I learn that he wasn’t that enthused by it,” mentioned Sharpe. After noting that Harvey had as soon as given him some good recommendation about working within the business, Godfrey instructed the story behind the humorous impression.
“Quick-forward to about 4 years in the past. I’m on my podcast — by the way in which, ‘In Godfrey We Belief’ on the GaS Digital Community,” mentioned the comic on the 30-minute time-mark. “So, the man that I used to be co-hosting with, he was like — he mentioned one thing, he answered the query actual quick, like he bought frantic. I mentioned ‘Rattling, this ain’t the Household Feud,’ and I used to be like, ‘Yeah what your a— say? I mentioned your dumb a— gonna reply,’ so I did it on some bulls—t proper? After which the subsequent day all people mentioned ‘your s—t goes viral.’”
“The Cookout” star went on to say that a number of comedians referred to as to let him know that his impression had gone viral. The 54-year-old added that Harvey despatched him a textual content after seeing the impression, and Godfrey did one other hilarious impression whereas telling the story.
“So it went, stored going viral and Steve despatched me a textual content,” Godfrey defined earlier than utilizing his Steve voice. “He goes, ‘Boy, once I see you, I’mma beat your ass.’ I can simply hear his voice within the textual content. ‘Oh, you bought me f—ked up, boy. I’mma inform you this proper now, I’m from Cleveland. I don’t know you already know me.’”
“Steve, I hope you see this imitation, ’trigger yeah, boy,” Godfrey continued. “He mentioned, ‘I’m going inform you. God has blessed me. See, I used to be sleeping in my automotive. I had no rattling cash, however now I bought cash, boy. I’ma discover your ass.’”
After Sharpe requested if Godfrey had ever accomplished the impression in entrance of the “Unique Kings of Comedy” star, he replied, “Hell naw,” earlier than going into one other impression of Harvey on the sport present. “Prime 5 solutions on the board. Right here’s the query. Title one thing Steve match to do to Godfrey when he sees his ass. Whoop his ass. Primary reply, boy. Yeah.”
Godfrey went on to say that he perfected his Harvey impression by watching the “Household Feud” for hours when he was on the street and didn’t have many cable channels. All the “Membership Shay Shay” interview may be seen beneath.
