‘SNL’ channeled Pete Davidson’s love life for comedy. That made him feel ‘insecure’

Pete Davidson doesn’t assume his romantic life is “attention-grabbing,” and it definitely isn’t well worth the “Saturday Evening Dwell” highlight.

The “SNL” comic opened up in regards to the craze round his high-profile romances for an episode of Jon Bernthal’s “Actual Ones” podcast, launched Thursday. Within the far-ranging interview with the “Punisher” star, Davidson stated he wasn’t a fan when “SNL” mined his relationships for materials.

“I’d be sitting within the again watching the chilly open and — the chilly open [is] topical, political humor, no matter’s within the tradition. After which, making enjoyable of you,” the “Bupkis” star stated (through Individuals). “Then you definitely’ve gotta stroll out and do a sketch subsequent and hit your mark and the present simply made enjoyable of you.”

Davidson joined the forged of “SNL” in 2014 and introduced in Could 2022 that he was leaving the sketch comedy sequence behind. Throughout his tenure on TV, the comedian dated a spread of well-known girls together with Ariana Grande, mannequin Kaia Gerber and Kim Kardashian. “SNL” ensured the present’s viewers knew that too.

In a 2018 sketch forged member Kyle Mooney mimicked Davidson — from his platinum blond hair and arm tattoos to “a scorching superstar girlfriend.” That very same present, Davidson’s temporary engagement to Grande made it onto “Weekend Replace.”

Davidson stated his castmates supported him throughout his time on the sequence however that the “SNL” jokes about his private life made him “really feel small” and “tremendous insecure.”

Elsewhere within the podcast (which streams in full solely on Bernthal’s Patreon), Davidson stated he wasn’t all the time looking for out girlfriends: It was only a results of working at a Hollywood establishment.

He additionally stated it was “a very s— feeling” to have his love life overshadow his profession.

“I grew to become extra identified earlier than the work was there, however I used to be all the time working,” he stated.