Pete Davidson on Being an SNL Punchline and Why He Hopes This Season Is His Last

I don’t know if you’ve noticed or not, but The WOW Report has a soft spot for troubled SNL goofball Pete Davidson. We cheer when he’s doing well, worry when he’s going through a rough patch, and gasp with glee at every new romantic conquest. Right now, he seems to be in a bit of a dark place, as evidenced by a recent YouTube interview with Charlamagne Tha God.

In it, he talks about the frustration he has when his SNL cast mates mock him… and how he reeeeally wants to leave the show.

Charlemagne gently reminded him it’s a COMEDY PROGRAM, Pete, to which he responded:

“But I’m like cold open political punchlines. I’m Weekend Update jokes. … When I’m not there, they’ll be like ‘Pete’s a fucking jerkface.’ It’s like, whose side are you on? I have a weird feeling in that building where I don’t know whose team they’re playing for. If I’m the joke or I’m in on the joke. I really wanted last year to be my last year, but I’m still around.”

He went on to thank “SNL” creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels for always supporting him, but then once again questioned why he should stay on the show.

“If I’m just fodder now, though, maybe I just shouldn’t be there,” he said. “They think I’m fucking dumb, like I’m literally painted out to be this big dumb idiot.”

He added that everybody outgrows “SNL.”

“I just feel like I’ve done as much as I can over there,” he continued, adding that he would continue as long as Michaels wants him to.

Watch the interview in full, below.

I get it, I get it. But he really shouldn’t leave until Lorne gives his Chad character a movie! Get that nest egg, henny!

(via HuffPo; Photos: Avalon)

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