With the benefit of hindsight, each of us know that Pete Davidson has gone on to achieve an incredibly successful career in the mainstream entertainment industry.
Upon his early tenure atSaturday Night Live, however, the fan-favorite comedian revealed some initially tense encounters with prominent guest stars, one of whom even tried to get him ousted from the show.
In a stand-up performance for Netflix Is a Joke, Davidson alleged that prominent comedian Louis C.K. once butted heads with the young SNL guest star during C.K.’s hosting stint in 2015, resulting in the older comedian attempting to get Davidson fired from the show.
“So Louis C.K. tried to get me fired from SNL my first year, and this is that story,” Davidson opened by saying.
According to Davidson, he was personally thrilled to have a comedian as well-respected and talented as C.K. host Saturday Night Live, calling him “someone that you would look up to and want approval of at the time.”
During C.K.’s appearance on the show, however, Davidson unknowingly earned the ire of the six-time Emmy winner by smoking marijuana backstage, leading C.K. to berate Davidson in front of the show’s cast and crew members.
“He looks up and points at me and goes, ‘Look how f**king high Pete is! That f**king idiot, just getting f**king high at work, you stupid f**k! You’re going to smoke your career away, idiot!'” Davidson recalled.
At the time, Davidson shrugged off the incident. But upon returning to SNL‘s offices, he was asked to meet with producer Lorne Michaels.
“So I go to work the next day and I get a phone call from Lorne Michaels office,” Davidson said. “This was alarming because I’ve been there for a year and I have yet to hear from his office until today.”
“He’s like, ‘I’m sorry we’re having this conversation. But like Louis told on you and he told me to talk to you,'” Davidson continued. “He goes, ‘Again, I’m sorry to have this conversation with you, but Louis brought it to my attention, said, you know, you smoke your career way and you smoke so much weed in the office the other day that it actually made him uncomfortable.'”
Fortunately, the incident was mostly glossed over by Michaels, who didn’t pursue any further disciplinary action against Davidson, who would appear on SNL until his departure in 2022.
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