Pete Davidson made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live to share the most recent updates on his life within the two years since he last appeared on the long-running variety show.
“Colin [Jost], you’re looking as great as ever,” Davidson, 31, said throughout the Saturday, November 8, “Weekend Update” segment, jokingly adding that Jost’s cohost, Michael Che, “was beginning to crack.”
Davidson, wearing a gray graphic T-shirt and a leather bomber jacket, took a seat on the anchor desk to handle speculation that he and Jost, 43, were losing money with their Staten Island Ferry remodel. (Davidson and Jost purchased the decommissioned ship in 2022 with plans to rework it into an entertainment venue.)
“In case you’re wondering why I needed to do a show in Saudi Arabia, we’re losing tens of millions on this ferry,” Davidson said. “I assume that’s what the [New York Times] article says. I can’t spend $5 on a paywall after I got a child on the way in which.”
Davidson’s girlfriend, Elsie Hewitt, announced this summer that she and the comedian expect their first baby.
“Hell yeah, I’m just excited to be a dad and provides it all of the energy and enthusiasm I never had for this show,” Davidson, who left SNL in 2022 after eight years as a forged member, said.
Jost, for his part, added that being a father is preferable in comparison with having a ferry. (Jost and wife Scarlett Johansson share 3-year-old son Cosmo. The actress, 40, can be mom to daughter Rose, 10, from a previous relationship.)
“What do you could have to fret about? You will have a fantastic job and your uncle Robert [F. Kennedy] is the HSS secretary?” Davidson asked Jost, jokingly suggesting that his former SNL colleague is a member of the Kennedy family. “I actually understand RFK. Look, I wouldn’t be famous without my dad dying either.”
Davidson’s father, Scott, died within the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks when the actor was 7 years old.
“Thank God that happened, wouldn’t trade it,” Davidson sarcastically added on Saturday, before going back to his original message concerning the ferry upgrades. “We even gave the boat a brand new name. We thought ‘The Staten Island Ferry’ sounded too depressing, so now it’s called ‘The Titanic II.’”
As for Jost, he stressed that the pair’s ship upgrades were “going thoroughly.”
“We got paid by Nike to place an ad on it for the Latest York City Marathon,” Jost stated.
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Davidson then revealed how the ferryboat purchase was actually inspired by longtime SNL showrunner Lorne Michaels.
“If Lorne Michaels taught us anything, it’s that you simply never ever surrender,” he said. “Even when everyone says the time has come and Tina Fey is able to take over. [And] I even have an idea to make this ferry successful. As , we just had a mayoral election, which is my least favorite variety of oral.”
Davidson subsequently interrupted his own bit to exclaim that it was a “classic Pete” innuendo-filled joke.
“Pete’s back, baby,” he quipped. “It’s now this, and [my SNL character] Chad.”
While Davidson left SNL in 2022, he briefly returned the following 12 months to make his hosting debut on the show.
Saturday Night Live airs on NBC Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. EDT.