Pete Davidson Addresses Explicit PETA Voicemail About New Dog: ‘I Am Not Sorry for Standing Up for Myself’

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Doubling down. Pete Davidson addressed a voicemail he left for PETA after the organization slammed him for buying a dog from a pet store.The Saturday Night Live alum, 29, told TMZ on Tuesday, June 6, that he wanted “a specific hypoallergenic dog” because he’s allergic to most breeds, but believed adopting one “wasn’t an option, and if it was, it was rare.”In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesThe comedian added that the cavapoo puppy was for his mom, whose dog died earlier this year. “I haven’t seen my mom and sister cry like that in over 20 years,” the King of Staten Island star continued. “I was trying to cheer up my family.

I was already upset that the store had filmed me without my permission or acknowledgement. Then this organization (PETA) made a public example of us, making our grieving situation worse.

I am upset. It was a poor choice of words. I shouldn’t have said what I said, but I am not sorry for standing up for myself and my family.”The Bupkis actor made headlines earlier this month when he and girlfriend Chase Sui Wonders were filmed filling out paperwork at Citipups, a New York City pet store.

The establishment told TMZ at the time that the duo purchased a 2-month-old cavapoo puppy after Davidson saw a photo of the dog online.After the video appeared online, a spokesperson for PETA condemned his decision to purchase a pet rather than adopt from a shelter.“It’s tragic that Pete didn’t seek out a borough-born mutt from a city animal shelter, because a scrappy New Yorker with charm, personality and unconventional handsomeness could have been his perfect match,” Daphna Nachminovitch, senior vice president of cruelty investigations at PETA, told TMZ on Monday, June 5. “Since shelters in New