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Kevin Hart's Instagram account hacked; "Why are people so weird?" he asks

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By Jennifer Brett
March 30, 2016

Looks like Kevin Hart's Instagram account is safe and sound again after someone boosted it to post a few random selfies. "Why are people so weird?" he mused on Twitter.

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Kevin Hart's IG is right as rain again.

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Hart's been posting lovely photos of his travels in South Africa, where he is on tour. Then all of a sudden a series of confounding selfies started appearing, and Hart's profile photo was supplanted by a stranger's. Someone who's not Kevin Hart had temporarily swiped the keys and started posting photos. Why? How? Who knows.

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Prank over, the interloper's own IG account is now private. Onward ..

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