Steve Harvey And Stevie Wonder 'Play Fight' In Resurfaced Clip: ‘Did Steve Just Push Him?'
Steve Harvey and Stevie Wonder exchanged physical threats — playfully — in a resurfaced clip from the 2002 Essence Awards ceremony.
During the ceremony, hosted by the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, Harvey attempted to sing Wonder's 1976 hit, "I Wish," while playing an air guitar during an on-stage parody. Wonder, 73, emerged from backstage, grabbed the microphone, and switched up the lyrics:
"If you gonna sing my song, you better put down some cash / 'Cause you would have trouble, cause you see a blind man beat yo ... a**," Wonder sang.
The 'Family Feud' host replied: "You think I'm gon' say sorry just cause you are blind. I don't give a damn, I'll still kick your behind."
Wonder, real name Stevland Hardaway Morris, shot back: "I will beat Steve Harvey's ass into yesterday."
"Careful what you're saying, I still might slap you / I don't care what they say, I do what I wanna do," Harvey, 67, sang back.
The pair both laughed and hugged each other.
This isn't the first time the Cleveland, Ohio, native and Wonder exchanged playful jabs at one another. In a 2018 segment called "Rolling with Steve Harvey," Harvey recounted the time when Wonder was late to his radio show and called him on the phone. Wonder had managed to drive Harvey's brand new Lincolnwood truck — despite being blind.
Stevie Wonder has won 25 Grammy Awards, the most of any male solo artist in history, according to Atlanta Black Star. Wonder is one of only three artists in Grammy Award history to win Album Of The Year three times, the Grammy Awards website noted. The others are Paul Simon and Frank Sinatra.
He was signed to Berry Gordy's Motown's Tamla label at age 11, where he scored his first Billboard Hot 100 hit two years later with "Fingertips."
Steve Harvey, born Broderick Stephen Harvey Sr., began his comedy career as a stand-up comedian in the 1980s. He later hosted 'Showtime at the Apollo' and starred in the television sitcom 'The Steve Harvey Show.'
His accomplishments include seven Daytime Emmy Awards, two Marconi Awards, and fourteen NAACP Image Awards.
