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Pete Davidson Delivers Somber Cold Open on SNL

Comedian talks of Israeli attack, recalls his father's death in 9/11

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live returned to the air after a months-long break, and the show opened on a solemn note from an unexpected source: Pete Davidson. The former cast member returned to host, and he came out solo for the cold open to discuss the Hamas attack on Israel, reports USA ...

Pete Davidson May Do 50 Hours of Community Service at FDNY

Comedian's father was firefighter who died on 9/11

(Newser) - Pete Davidson will avoid jail after crashing his car into a house in March and will instead have to perform 50 hours of community service, reports TMZ . One notable twist about that: He could put in those hours at the New York City Fire Department, where his dad was a...

Pete Davidson and His New Girlfriend Crash Into a House

Duo does not appear to have been hurt

(Newser) - Pete Davidson and Chase Sui Wonders are OK after a Saturday night car crash in Beverly Hills, according to gossip site TMZ . The former Saturday Night Live star and Wonders, the actress he's been romantically linked to since December, had been photographed together in Hawaii earlier in the day....

Kanye West Mocks Davidson After Break-Up

He returns to Instagram to declare 'Skete Davidson' dead

(Newser) - Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson's break-up appears to be amicable—unlike the end of her previous relationship. Ex-husband Kanye West, aka Ye, returned to Instagram Monday to celebrate the split, TMZ reports. He posted a fake New York Times front page with a headline declaring "Skete" Davidson dead...

Here's What's Behind Kim Kardashian, Pete Davidson Break-Up

Travel, distance, and busy schedules, according to sources

(Newser) - The world will no longer be getting its fill of Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson PDAs: News broke Friday night that the erstwhile power couple is no more. Sources who spoke to E! News say their busy schedules and the resulting distance simply got to be too much, and the...

Here's How Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson Hooked Up

Their relationship started with an 'SNL' skit

(Newser) - Kim Kardashian's relationship with Pete Davidson is all thanks to Kardashian's appearance on Saturday Night Live last October. She and Davidson kissed during a skit about Aladdin and Princess Jasmine ( watch it here ) and, as Kardashian explained on Thursday's episode of The Kardashians on Hulu,...

Watch SNL's Kate McKinnon, Pete Davidson Say Goodbye

Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney also made their final appearances as regulars

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live wrapped up its season with farewells (some more subtle than others) to four cast members leaving the show—Kate McKinnon, Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant, and Kyle Mooney, reports Deadline . A look at how those unfolded:
  • McKinnon: In the cold open, McKinnon reprises her character of alien abductee
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Pete Davidson Reportedly Is Leaving SNL Cast

Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, and Kyle Mooney apparently also are moving on

(Newser) - This week's season finale of Saturday Night Live also will be Pete Davidson's goodbye, Variety reports. Davidson, who started on the show as a 20-year-old in 2014, one of the youngest cast members in its history, has been pulled in different directions lately as his popularity has grown....

Neflix Introduces New Category After SNL Joke

In musical sketch, Pete Davidson said he only wants to see 'short-ass movies'

(Newser) - Pete Davidson hasn't got a trip to space to brag about—but inspiring a new Netflix category may be an even rarer achievement. Netflix has introduced a new category, "Short-Ass Movies," in response to a Saturday Night Live skit, reports NBC . In the musical sketch , Davidson rapped,...

Pete Davidson Not Going to Space After All

After Blue Origin flight delayed, he can no longer make it

(Newser) - Pete Davidson has bowed out of a short ride to space on a Jeff Bezos rocket. The Saturday Night Live star is no longer able to make the flight, which has been delayed for nearly a week, Bezos' space travel company said Thursday night. No other details were provided, the...

Ye's Instagram Privileges Have Been Revoked

Rapper temporarily banned for bullying on Wednesday

(Newser) - The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been forced into a 24-hour Instagram hiatus. Instagram temporarily banned Ye's account Wednesday for violating policies on hate speech, bullying, and harassment—but the posts in question had nothing to do with Ye's most recent foe , Pete Davidson. The rapper...

Report: Pete Davidson Is Going to Space
Pete Davidson Going
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Pete Davidson Going to Space This Month

His Blue Origin flight is scheduled for March 23

(Newser) - Update: Pete Davidson may be fighting with Kanye West , but he's also going to space. Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin company said Monday that the Saturday Night Live star will be part of a six-person flight to the edge of space on March 23, reports NBC News . Our original story ...

Pete Davidson Texts Kanye: 'Grow the F--- Up'
Pete Davidson
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Pete Davidson and Kanye Go At It in Texts

'Grow the f--- up,' 'SNL' star wrote in one message that popped up on Insta over the weekend

(Newser) - We kind of get why Pete Davidson is heading into space (and can we come, too?). The Saturday Night Live star, who's caught in a triangle of sorts between girlfriend Kim Kardashian and her ex Kanye West , is now pushing back at Ye, as evidenced by a series of...

Ye's New Music Video Startles Even His Fans

Rapper's clip shows his Claymation character kidnapping, burying Pete Davidson character

(Newser) - Kim Kardashian may be done with the rapper formerly known as Kanye West (now Ye), but he doesn't seem to be done with her, or her current boyfriend, SNL star Pete Davidson. Just hours after Kardashian attained legally single status in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, West released...

2 SNL Stars Plunk Down $280K for Staten Island Ferry

Pete Davidson, Colin Jost, and real estate agent partner will turn vessel into live entertainment venue

(Newser) - Pete Davidson is making headlines again, but this time it doesn't involve Kim Kardashian . Instead, it's about a big purchase the Saturday Night Live comic has made, along with fellow SNLer Colin Jost and real estate agent/comedy club co-founder Paul Italia: a decommissioned 277-foot-long Staten Island ferry, for...

Pete Davidson Takes Questions as Aaron Rodgers on SNL

Show also introduces a new Donald Trump

(Newser) - Pete Davidson, in character as Aaron Rodgers, filled in the public knowledge gap about the Packers quarterbacks' COVID-19 vaccination status on Saturday Night Live. Rodgers has been accused of misleading, at best, his team and fans about whether he's had the shots by saying only that he'd been...

First Rule of a Pete Davidson Show: Don't Talk About It

Comedian is taking an unusual step with a $1M NDA for his live shows

(Newser) - Pete Davidson had a little something extra for fans who paid to see him in San Francisco last week: A non-disclosure agreement with a $1 million fine for those with loose lips. Most people apparently signed the NDA—but they're definitely talking about it. Stacy Young says she got...

Pete Davidson Loses It at College Performance

Comedian ranted after students pulled out phones during show

(Newser) - If University of Central Florida students were hoping for inspirational words from Pete Davidson, they didn't get them when they took out their phones. Video from a Monday tour stop at the school shows the Saturday Night Live comedian berating the audience after "half" of people pulled out...

Catholic Diocese Is Not Amused by SNL's R. Kelly Joke

Church demands NBC apologize for the skit

(Newser) - SNL has landed itself in a little holy hot water: Catholic officials in New York City are demanding the show and NBC apologize after a skit compared the Church’s sex abuse scandals to allegations against R. Kelly. The Diocese of Brooklyn released a statement on Monday heavily criticizing the...

SNL Guns for R. Kelly Interview
SNL Guns for R. Kelly Interview 

SNL Guns for R. Kelly Interview

Say Devil has 'Nice horns. Gives good advice'

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live took the week off from dogging President Trump and went after R. Kelly's interview with Gayle King in its Cold Open, with Kenan Thompson and Leslie Jones playing Kelly and King. Thompson repeatedly asked to be referred to as "Victim"—which Jones immediately declined—...

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