Showing support. Jon Stewart is the latest celebrity to come to Pete Davidson’s defense amid the Saturday Night Live star’s ongoing feud with Kanye West.
06.03.2022 - 23:07 / hollywoodlife.com
Pete Davidson, 28, has carved out a niche for himself in the comedy space — but he’s become a bigger name in the entertainment world thanks to his romance with Kim Kardashian, 41. As Pete hits the next level of fame, however, SNL‘s longtime show runner Lorne Michaels is afraid that the young comedian will leave the cast to pursue other opportunities.
“He’d love to have him for years to come and especially the upcoming 50th anniversary of the show,” a source EXCLUSIVELY told HollywoodLife, referencing the series’ major milestone coming up in 2025. “He fears mostly that he will lose him but he is going to do all that he can think of to keep him around. Convincing Pete to stay though might be tougher than expected though,” they added.
Pete joined the sketch series back in 2014 when he was just 20-years-old — making him the youngest cast member ever. Two years in, the Staten Island native developed the recurring character of Chad, as well as showcased his comedic abilities in a slew of digital short music sketches. He initially met Kim on the set of the series, too: the pair have been inseparable since the SKIMS founder hosted Saturday Night Live back in October, and shared an on-screen kiss as Princess Jasmine and Aladdin in a hilarious Disney spoof.
“Lorne really would love nothing more than to have Pete stay on the show forever if he wanted,” the insider also told HL. “He would love Pete to take the same path as Keenan [Thompson] and be able to do the show and do other things that interest him but Lorne is not stupid, he sees Pete’s meteoric rise happening by dating Kim and being rumored to go to space, getting Super Bowl commercials and tons of other offers for movies and TV, so he feels he is on borrowed time when it
Showing support. Jon Stewart is the latest celebrity to come to Pete Davidson’s defense amid the Saturday Night Live star’s ongoing feud with Kanye West.
“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.”
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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 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.
Kim Kardashian made her romance with Pete Davdison Instagram official Friday, sharing two photos with the comedian. Kardashian, 41, included two photos featuring Davidson, 28, in a multi-photo carousel on her personal Instagram. One photo showed Davidson lying back into Kardashian's lap while the "Saturday Night Live" star looked up at the "Keeping up with the Kardashians" star as she seemingly leaned in for a kiss.