-You know our first guest
tonight from his movie, "The King of Staten Island,"
and, of course, his work
on "Saturday Night Live," which returns this week
with host Elon Musk and musical guest Miley Cyrus. He stars in the Audible podcast
"Hit Job," available now
exclusively on Audible. Please welcome back to the show,
our very good friend, Pete Davidson, everybody. ♪♪ [ Applause ]
-Yeah. -Get in there!
-What's up, bro? What's up, bro?
-Good to see you, buddy. -Elbow bumps.
'Sup, crew? Hey, Wally.
I sit-- -Is it exciting
for you to see Wally? -I love Wally.
-Yeah. -I try to steal his cue cards
every night before goodnights. -Oh, the last set?
-Yeah, I started doing it a few years ago,
and I successfully did it once. -Really?
-Yeah. -But doesn't that seem to be
a crime you're perpetrating on the host, because they're
the one that needs to read the cue cards at the end? -Wow. I guess
I'm very selfish, Seth. [ Laughter ] -Last we talked this --
this summer, you were in your mom's basement.
-Yes. -I believe, like everyone
who's ever met your mom, huge fan of hers.
-Great lady. -Great lady. But are you happy
to be out of the basement? Although I should note,
the basement looked pretty nice. There seemed to be multiple
computer -- video-game consoles. -[ Laughs ]
Thank you! -So, I didn't --
-No, I would just like people to know that, like,
I bought that house, too. Like, I --
-That's -- okay. That's a very --
-Yeah. Like, I set up -- It was sick down there.
-Yeah. -Like, people would come over,
and they'd be like, "Oh, this is sick."
-Yes. I think it was actually -- We --
It was a service to everyone to see how nice
the situation was. Because I think we use
"mom's basement"... -Right.
-...sort of to be derogatory, but in your case,
I mean, that's like something everybody should be aiming for. -Yeah. It was like --
it was really cool. But it was also --
It's nice to move out because it's really nice
to masturbate and not hear your mom,
like, cooking. -Yeah.
-You know? -Except for, like,
a very thin slice of people. -Yeah.
-Who it's -- -Some people --
Well, that was my fear. It was like, "What if I like -- that's the only way
I can finish now?" [ Laughter ] -So you, like, call her up. -I'm like, "Hey!
What are you doing right now?" "I'm cooking."
I'm like, "Oh, great." -Oh, no!
[ Laughter ] We knew what it looked like! -Sorry.
[ Laughter ] I'm a very simple man. [ Laughter ] -Hey, it's -- We were
talking to Che yesterday. Challenging season for "SNL,"
certainly, but a really good season.
Have you enjoyed yourself? -This has been
my favorite season. I don't know.
The pandemic has kind of -- It really made me
very appreciative of things. -Mm-hmm.
-It was 'cause it was such a kick in the nuts. And so, I've been having a blast
and just been feeling so lucky to have a place go and work
and be funny, 'cause the world's so nuts.
You know? -And, you know, obviously,
it's about half of what a normal "SNL" audience is,
but when you were doing shows for, you know, zero
or a little bit more than zero, it must feel like a full house. -Yeah. No, yeah.
It's like 50% full. But the energy's great
'cause everybody's, again, so excited to be out. And, you know,
we're having a really fun time. -You did a couple of
Eminem-inspired sketches this year.
-Yes, we did. -And there's one.
-Yeah. -There's another. And you got
to talk to him on the phone. -Yes.
-How'd it go? -It went I think
as good as it could go. Those were written by the great
Dan Bulla and Steven Castillo, great "SNL" writers.
And they -- and Redd. And we -- I was -- Eminem said
a couple nice things, like, about me, and I,
of course, heard them. And I reached out, I was like, "I would just like
to say thank you." And I just hit him up.
I said, "Thanks." And he was like, "Yeah, man." He was like, "You really --
you really did that." He's like, "When I saw
Stu on script, I was like, 'I don't know how
it was gonna go.' But, like, after you did that,
it was fire." And I was like,
"Oh, thank you so much! You're the coolest." And then I just hung up
as quick as possible. -I know that feeling.
-That's all you need. -Yeah.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. You don't want to --
anything more. -You don't want to extend -- When you talk to a hero,
you don't want to extend it. If you're good, get out. -Yeah, get out
as soon as you can, yeah. [ Both laugh ] It's like the stock market.
-I remember my first year on the show,
Bruce Springsteen -- maybe it was my second year,
I went up to him. And I did that thing that -- You know, I know he's heard it
a million times. I just had to say it.
-You have to do it. -Right. And I said,
"I just wanted to say, I'm a huge fan.
It's so cool to meet you," and he was very polite,
and he was like, "Cool, man. How's the -- How's the show
gonna be this week?" And I just said, "Bye!"
-Oh! [ Laughter ]
I'm like, "I don't -- let's not. This doesn't have to be
a conversation." -Yeah. I didn't know
you were that cool. [Bleep]"
-I didn't have a plan. -Yeah.
-Elon Musk this week. -Yes.
-I'm guessing, by the day, you haven't met him yet,
or you have? -I haven't met him yet. I'm having dinner
with him tonight. -Oh, that's exciting.
-And Lorne. So I will meet him.
I'm really excited, man. I hope -- I'm gonna ask him
for like a Tesla or some [bleep] -Yeah.
-Yeah. -Why not?
-Yeah. Be like, "Hey,
Mother's Day's coming up. You know, my mom would -- you
know, it would be cool if --" -Now if he gave it to you,
would you then feel obligated to give it to your mom...
-Well -- -...since you very much implied
by that that it would be a gift. -Well, I would disguise it as a
gift for my mom so he gives it, and then, as soon
as she drives it once or twice, I would take it.
-Okay, gotcha. -Yeah.
-Two questions -- would you go to space
if he asked you? -100%. -Would you get stoned with him
if he asked you? -100,000%.
[ Laughter ] That guy's a ge--
I don't know why -- People are freaking out.
They're like, "Oh, I can't believe that
Elon Musk is hosting." And I'm like, "The guy that
makes the Earth better kind of? And he makes cool things
and sends people to Mars?" -You wouldn't be worried
about going to Mars? -No.
I mean, like -- You know, after the pandemic,
I want to go sky diving. -Yeah.
-Mars sounds great, too. -Yeah, you know, Earth didn't
crush it during the pandemic. -Yeah.
-As it turns out, we're very susceptible
to disease. -Yeah.
-This is a podcast you did with the wonderful Keke Palmer.
-Yes. -And you actually worked on this
during the pandemic. -Yes. This was amazing,
'cause I was, you know, trapped in my mom's basement
for like six months. And then, Broadway Video,
you know, Lorne's company, they -- they started doing
these Audible originals. And they were like,
"Would you like to do one with Keke Palmer?"
I was like, "Absolutely. That sounds amazing."
-Can you -- Can you say enough nice things
about voiceover work? I mean, it's the way to go,
right? -It's the way to go,
because if it doesn't work out, your face isn't on it.
-Yep. -You know?
-That's true. Nobody's ever like,
"I can't look at that guy after his bad podcast."
-Yeah. No -- It's -- Yeah, it's a great
thing because it doesn't matter. Not saying
this thing doesn't matter. But if it goes bad,
it'll be fine for me. [ Laughter ] -I mean, yeah, they probably
won't put that on the poster. -Yeah.
[ Laughter ] -Hey, you're not known --
I mean, again, it's one thing to play Eminem.
Obviously that's somebody that, you know, you're developing
an impression of them whether or not you know it, because you've been listening
to him your whole life. -Right.
-You also played Governor Cuomo. I'm assuming you did not have
a Cuomo in your back pocket. -No, believe it or not,
I'm not usually the guy they go to for impersonations...
-Yeah. -...on "SNL."
I've been there for seven years. I don't think I've ever
done a guy -- Yeah, usually I'm the guy
that they're like, "Hey, at, you know,
two minutes into the sketch, can you walk by in the
background and be like, 'Gyah!'" [ Laughter ] And I got used to that role.
You know, as Wally knows, I'm the color brown
on the cue cards. [ Laughter ] -And I --
-Wally! -And I went up --
No, for seven years, and I went up to Wally,
and I was like, "Hey, am I brown?"
'Cause, like, other people pick different colors or whatever,
and he's like, "No, that's -- that's just
the last color we use." [ Laughter ] But he changed it
for me this year. This year, he changed it.
It was really sweet. And now I don't --
I think I have blue, which makes me feel better.
But, yeah, I found out, like, maybe that day,
like eight hours before, they were like,
"You're gonna play Cuomo." -That's a pretty good --
I mean, did you find -- I mean, obviously, you're
regionally close to Cuomo. -Yeah, it's a New York --
It's not much of a stretch. [ Laughter ] Like, I'm not
doing anything special. But, you know, it's --
it's a pretty easy one to do. -This one is very exciting. and also regionally close
for you. -Right. -A little bit maybe more
of a stretch. I guess the weird thing is,
you wouldn't think of Cuomo and Joey Ramone as the same, but the same guy who's gonna
play him in a movie. You're writing a movie
about Joey Ramone based on a -- on a book.
-Yeah. So, my pal Jason Orley,
who did "Big Time Adolescence," we're teaming up, and we're just
writing the story by. And then, you know,
we're gonna -- someone's gonna take it
and turn it into a movie. And, yeah, either a really great
or horrible choice by a studio. [ Laughter ]
And we will find out. -Now, one thing
your burgeoning film career has led you to decide...
-Yes. -...is the removal of your
famous tattoo collection. -Oh, God.
Yeah. So, I didn't think that
they would put me in stuff. -Like the movie business. -Like movie business
or anything. I thought after this, "SNL,"
I thought it was a wrap. [ Laughter ]
But -- -Because again, you started
"SNL" when you were 20. -Yeah.
-And you thought it was gonna be your last job?
-Yeah. Well, people don't realize,
I'm kind of old. I'm like 27, but in Hollywood,
that's like 40. -Yeah.
That would make me 100. -Yeah.
-Yeah. -It's like --
It's like, you know, a basketball player
being like 37. So -- no, I just --
I honestly never thought that I would get
an opportunity to act, and I love it a lot.
And it takes three hours. You have to get there
three hours earlier to cover all your tattoos
'cause for some reason, people in movies, they don't
have them that much. -Right.
And you basically used your one sort of autobiographical
type movie -- -Yeah.
-You've used that bullet. Did "King of Staten Island."
And then you had to figure out how to --
-So now I'm burning them off. But, like, burning them off
is worse than getting them. Because not only are they, like,
burning off your skin, but you're wearing
these big goggles, right? So you can't see anything. And there's just, like --
the doctor's in there with you. So before he goes
to laser each tattoo, you have to hear him announce
what the tattoo is, to make sure if you
want to keep it or not. So I'll just be sitting there,
you know, all high off of the Pro-Nox,
which I actually quite enjoy. It's actually pretty fun.
And then, all of a sudden, I'll just hear,
"Are we keeping the Stewie Griffin
smoking a blunt?" [ Laughter ] And then I have to sit there
and be like, "No, Dr. G." And he's like, "All right." And then gz-gz-gz-gz-gz!
[Bleep] But, yeah, if you're gonna
get tattoos, you know, just make sure
you really, really want it. -Yeah.
-And aren't on mushrooms. -'Cause it's not -- I think
that's a really important lesson is it's not just that one day
you'll have them taken off. You will have to have them
audibly described to you by a medical professional. -Yeah, it's really embarrassing.
[ Laughter ] "Are we keeping the owl
that licks the Tootsie Pop?" [ Laughter ] "Yes, actually,
we are keeping that one." [ Laughter ] -That is a keeper.
-That one's a keeper. -Hey, buddy, thank you so much
for being here. It is always such a pleasure.
-Thanks, man. -Congrats on the podcast.
And more importantly, congrats on another
fantastic season of "SNL." -Thank you, bro.
-Seven years. Seven years. -Yeah.
[ Applause ] -"Hit Job" is available now
on Audible. Here it is one more time.
There it is. And, yeah, "SNL" returns
this week with host Elon Musk and musical guest Miley Cyrus.
TL;DW: He's tired of having to cover them up with make-up for acting roles.
That part about getting the Cuomo impression 8 hours before air time shocked me. Being from NY myself Pete’s impression is so accurate (and as he said, being from NYC probably helped Pete hone it so fast)
Also it’s ironic how in the midst of the pandemic Pete was in the group of people who thrived while Mulaney was in that other group of people. Really puts to home how each persons individual experience over the past year has been different
It is a weird fucking quantum loop that:
Ariana Grande wrote a break-up song about Pete Davidson
that break-up song about Pete Davidson was featured in an episode of Bridgerton
where the lead actors dance to said Ariana Grande break-up song in Regency form
after which SNL then got ONE OF THE LEAD ACTORS FROM BRIDGERTON to host SNL
and thus featured a Bridgerton sketch FEATURING Pete Davidson playing a character
which DIDN'T mention or feature the Bridgerton-showcased Ariana Grande break-up song about
Pete Davidson
...and Pete Davidson IS NOW DATING THE OTHER LEAD ACTOR FROM BRIDGERTON. :-|
is he already going that grey at 27 or is that just his new wacky dyed hair look of the week? lol honestly cant tell anymore
It’s so good to see Pete doing so well.
He has shined so damn much this season... I know, hot take
Happy, healthy, having fun and being successful Pete Davidson is a wonderful thing! I’ll always root for Pete.
From the way he sounds here, his upbeat attitude, even though he wasn't asked, he gives off a feeling that he could be game for another couple years or so of SNL.
It's understandable but kind of disappointing Pete doesn't have any idea why people have an issue with Elon Musk (the recent NFT sketch he did drove me crazy and really underscored the show's current issue with approaching important topics), but Seth..yeesh. Not even a word.