--- title: Kevin Hart Scared By Ostrich, Tarantula on Jimmy Fallon description: Kevin Hart revealed his fear of ostriches and tarantulas when he met those animals during an appearance on The Tonight Show. canonical: https://time.com/5401947/kevin-hart-on-jimmy-fallon/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-20T15:15:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:59.224Z og:title: Kevin Hart Is Terrified By an Ostrich and a Tarantula og:description: "You can put that one back" og:url: https://time.com/5401947/kevin-hart-on-jimmy-fallon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kevin Hart Is Terrified By an Ostrich and a Tarantula twitter:description: "You can put that one back" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Kevin Hart Just Loses It Around Wild Animals  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 20, 2018 3:15 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 20, 2018 3:15 PM UTC [Kevin Hart](http://time.com/5263770/kevin-hart-extortion-sex-tape-jonathan-action-jackson/) got more than he bargained for when he co-hosted [_The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon_](http://time.com/5400613/lenny-kravitz-giant-scarf-meme-jimmy-fallon/) on Wednesday night. Hart was surprised when guest Robert Irwin, the son of [the late Steve Irwin](http://time.com/5256956/steve-irwin-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star/), arrived on the set with a few of his animal friends ahead of his upcoming show on Animal Planet, _Crikey! It’s the Irwins_. Irwin first introduced Fallon and Hart to a 2-month-old ostrich named Giselle, pragmatically noting that it would be good to start off “with something very cute and cuddly.” After Irwin shared that ostriches like Giselle can grow to run 40 mph and “can easily kill a lion,” Hart had had enough. “You can put that one back,” Hart said. Hart was then introduced to two snakes named LeBron and Elvis, but could not be persuaded to hold them, even after Fallon tried to make him do it as a group activity. Both Hart and Fallon, however, blanched when Irwin brought out Big Red, a red knee tarantula. While Fallon eventually held the spider, Hart had enough emotion for the both of them: “I’m nervous for you!” Watch the full Kevin Hart on Jimmy Fallon segment below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5401947/kevin-hart-on-jimmy-fallon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5401947/kevin-hart-on-jimmy-fallon/"},"headline":"Kevin Hart Just Loses It Around Wild Animals","datePublished":"2018-09-20T15:15:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:59.224Z","description":"\"You can put that one back\"","url":"https://time.com/5401947/kevin-hart-on-jimmy-fallon/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5401947/kevin-hart-on-jimmy-fallon/","name":"Kevin Hart Just Loses It Around Wild Animals"}}]}] ```