Pete Davidson Reveals the SNL Skit That Made Him Break

my name is Pete Davidson and one thing you might not know about me is I used to be in tap-dancing school I was like six and yeah I was funny I'm pretty much yeah I was pretty good at a pin so I got a [Music] dish in Fresno I I just did stand-up and I just assumed that I wasn't going to be on the show that's all I remember I just remember doing stand-up and then getting a callback and then doing stand-up again and nobody laughing and then not hearing anything and then like five days before the first episode I got like hired I just assumed that like I would get fired after a year and then I would get to you know have like this credit yeah I was just like yeah it looks good I guess you know Lauren's the coolest guy ever it's just like so insanely he's like an insane person like being like an existing person like he liked created so many he's so smart and like has so much like funny stories and information I [ __ ] love that dude he's they're so [ __ ] where I am with all of us and he's like making all decisions and he loves doing it and it's like cool to see cuz like you know he's obviously been doing it for a very long time and it's nice to know that like he could still be like passionate about something like that deep into it so it's like cool it's fun to watch it's fun to watch him roam around on the floor be like what the [ __ ] is this and it's like it's cool it's like really sick my favorite sketch I saw was the lobster sketch I'll have the lobster excuse me the lobster special and not because it's like the funniest schedule the world it's really funny but it's also it's just the most [ __ ] ridiculous thing I've ever seen in my life we've got an order here for one lobster to do blame is with a lobster diner I couldn't like not laugh the entire time it's mostly the same thing I've ever seen Who am I condemned to boil alive when all that I have done is give my life and why would someone on a whim choose from all to order him who's this guy I'm like not good I can't not laugh it's just like sorry I'm a good actor like you I mean like you hired not my fault like I've never said that I could do this don't get me wrong I know Staten Island isn't all heroin and racist cops you know it also has meth and racist firefighters hi come what ideas is like coming I'm like hey you know like I got this like the air for like something and they'll be like no I mean I'll just end up doing an update what I do is like I think of like a topic and then I'll just rant on stage and I'll record it and listen to it and I'll just keep ranting and just pick the good stuff and then eventually it'll become a bit but I actually do no work at all even when I'm writing a movie right now I haven't I have been hit pressed one key I haven't turned on my computer yet at 30 rock in five years any fighter will tell you that yeah once in a while I'll get to do a sketch but like I'm not good at sketch comedy I don't know how to do that or write it I'm just like you know I just like to do stand-up so whenever they get to throw me in or I get to do something I'm very lucky you know I can't stay in my lane because I'm on a ton of Kawana pit right now my eyes cross no Pete Davidson everyone I was 17 when I got my first tattoo it's a tattoo I got my buddy Ricky and it says swerve life because the Big Sean song that had that he was like swerve in it and we were like that's gonna last forever so now that's on our legs currently my favorite one is this one I think this one's super sick and I have willy wonka's pretty tight oh man Hilary wrote back I like freaked out I was sick that's so cool I can't believe she saw that or whatever whatever assistants saw that and wrote back on her behalf I got the tattoo a year after she lost the election because she was such a cool person I didn't do it like one of those like Super Bowl guys they're like the Eagles we're gonna win like I just like she just dope like you know she's just a person here's why I haven't seen a Harry Potter on Broadway I heard it's like nine hours I love Harry Potter for like nine hours is [ __ ] like dude and it's a play you know I mean you know none of them were from the movie or in there it's just a bunch of other people doing [ __ ] you know I don't really give a [ __ ] I read like the first three Arry Potter books and then like the first movie came out and I was like I'll just wait to find out what happens to the movies I was like I'll wait seven years I have the synoptic look what's a [ __ ] thick dude like yeah who wants to read like I don't understand people that you know get like mad at people that don't read it's like who [ __ ] wants to read all your information can be spoken to you but you've seen the movie like I'm seeing all day yeah yeah they're all sick yeah [Music]

Channel: Variety

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Length: 6min 13sec (373 seconds)

Published: Tue Aug 28 2018