Jon Stewart Defends Pete Davidson Amid Kanye West Feud: ‘He’s Just a Kid Trying to Live His Life’

Machine Gun Kelly is opening up about his friendship with Pete Davidson, and the comedian’s struggles online with Instagram abuse from rapper Kanye West.

Machine Gun Kelly, 31, and Pete Davidson, 28, have become good friends and that close relationship has led to them supporting each other in both good and bad times, including when Kanye West publicly dissed Pete by burying an animated version of him in a music video and writing negative things about him on social media. The rapper opened up about how he was there for the Saturday Night Live comedian, who is now dating Kanye’s ex Kim Kardashian, during a recent interview on Sirius XM’s The Howard Stern Show.

Jon Stewart is proud of how Pete Davidson is handling himself amid the ongoing drama between himself and Kanye «Ye» West. For months now, the 28-year-old star and his girlfriend, Kim Kardashian, have been the subjects of multiple online attacks from West, Kardashian's estranged husband.Stewart, a longtime friend and mentor to Davidson, appeared on SiriusXM's earlier this week, and discussed the challenges his pal is facing. “I know Pete real well,” Stewart said.

“I know Pete [Davison] real well,” Jon Stewart said during the Mar. 22 episode of SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show. Jon, 59, and Pete, 28, were recently photographed together at a New York Knicks game, and Stewart dished on his friendship with the Saturday Night Live funnyman. He also gave love to Pete for handling the drama with Kim Kardashian‘s ex-husband, Kanye West. “[Pete’s] just a kid trying to live his life. He’s one of my favorite people. He’s just a f-ckin’ smart, funny kid just trying to live his life, and he’s caught up — I think he’s doing as best he can in that situation, when you’re dealing with something that’s so explosive and loaded with all kinds of other things, and I just love that kid.”

Jon Stewart is sticking up for his pal Pete Davidson.

Jon Stewart got candid about his relationship with Pete Davidson and is showing his support for the star. On Tuesday’s episode of SiriusXM’s "The Howard Stern Show", the 59-year-old comedian dived into his friendship with the "Saturday Night Live" star after Stern brought up the drama between Davidson, his girlfriend Kim Kardashian and her estranged husband Kanye West.  "I know Pete real well," Stewart said. "He’s just a kid trying to live his life.

Standing up for one of their own. Several of Pete Davidson‘s Saturday Night Live castmates have expressed their support for the comedian amidst his ongoing drama with Kanye West.

Bowen Yang and the cast of Saturday Night Live are showing their support for Pete Davidson.

Saturday Night Live is in the business of making viewers laugh, but when it comes to supporting one of its own, the cast isn’t clowning around. As Pete Davidson deals with Kanye “Ye” West’s constant social media attacks against him and Kim Kardashian, he’s been absent from recent SNL episodes. That doesn’t mean he’s not in the cast’s thoughts. “We are supporting him by giving him space,” Bowen Yang told Entertainment Tonight while on the red carpet of the 2022 Critics Choice Awards on Sunday (Mar. 13).

The cast of Saturday Night Live is stepping up to stand behind Pete Davidson as this bizarre (and unsettling) moment of his public life continues on.

Pete Davidson has been absent for the past few episodes of, co-star Bowen Yang says his fellow castmembers are standing behind him.Yang walked the red carpet at the 2022 Critics Choice Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles on Sunday, and he spoke with ET's Lauren Zima about the topic that has dominated headlines in recent weeks — the drama between Davidson and West that has spilled out into social media repeatedly.«We are supporting him by giving him space,» Yang said of Davidson. «I think he’s just, you know, figuring it out, because I think a lot is out of his control, in terms of people's responses.»«I think he’s just getting back to his comfort and I think that is the best thing he can do,» Yang continued.

While Pete Davidson has been absent for the past few episodes of “Saturday Night Live”, his co-star Bowen Yang says his fellow cast members are standing behind him.

Pete Davidson has been the subject of Kanye West's public attacks in recent months as he's been dating his ex Kim Kardashian. In one savage swipe at the Saturday Night Live star, Kanye buried a doll version of him alive in a music video. In another dig at Pete, he shared a screenshot of his Instagram account being deactivated again and claimed her "ran him off the gram".

Pete Davidson has been absent for the past few episodes of, co-star Bowen Yang says his fellow castmembers are standing behind him.Yang walked the red carpet at the 2022 Critics Choice Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles on Sunday, and he spoke with ET's Lauren Zima about the topic that has dominated headlines in recent weeks — the drama between Davidson and West that has spilled out into social media repeatedly.«We are supporting him by giving him space,» Yang said of Davidson. «I think he’s just, you know, figuring it out, because I think a lot is out of his control, in terms of people's responses.»«I think he’s just getting back to his comfort and I think that is the best thing he can do,» Yang continued.