Pete Davidson Says Being The Butt Of ‘SNL’ Jokes Was “Confusing” & His Dating Life Isn’t “Interesting”
deadline.comFormer Saturday Night Live regular Pete Davidson says doing comedy on the NBC show wasn’t always easy after being the punchline of his castmates’ jokes.
In an appearance on the Real Ones With Jon Berthnal podcast, the 29-year-old Davidson said that despite being in show business for nearly half his life, becoming the butt of jokes for his high-profile dating life made for some “confusing” moments. “When it’s your own show,” he said, “and I’ll be sitting in the back watching the cold open and topical political humor or whatever in the culture, and they’re making fun of you and you gotta walk out and do a sketch next and hit your mark [and] the show just made fun of you, so why [is the audience] going to laugh at you?
They just dogged you.” While noting that he remains close with his former costars and owes his “life” to SNL creator Lorne Michaels, his newfound notoriety made for some “f*cking confusing” situations.
Adding to the confusion: Davidson couldn’t really understand the public fascination with his romantic life. “I’m in my 20s and I’ve dated people,” he said, “and for some reason that’s very crazy and interesting to people.
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