Pete Davidson, Bowen Yang, Devin Walker and Andrew Dismukes on ‘SNL’.Photo:Saturday Night Live/YouTube
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Pete Davidsonis channeling his inner Ken!
The hilarious skit began with Davidson, who hosted the season 49 premiere, overhearing hisSNLcostars Andrew Dismukes and Punkie Johnson making fun of him in the office.
“Yeah, why is he hosting?” Dismukes said. “He just left and it’s not like his show was a hit,” he added, referring to Davidson’s showBupkis. “Right, like how you get Joe Pesci and Edie Falco and no viewers?” Johnson said as the pair laughed.
Davidson dressed up as Ken for the parody song “I’m Just Pete”.Saturday Night Live/YouTube
“I’m just Pete, looking like a meth head on the street, people online still call me Skete because of a guy whose name I can’t say legally,” Davidson continued in song. An image of Kanye West then flashed onscreen. The rapper, 46, famously featured a claymation version of Davidson — who was datingKim Kardashianat the time — who was kidnapped, tied up and buriedin a music video in 2022and referred to him online as “Skete.”
“Black Pete? It’s just Black Pete then?” Walker said, unimpressed. “Aight then.”
Elsewhere in the skit, Davidson referenced hisrehab stintthis year in the song. “And out of blue, like three times a year when you least expect it…I go to rehab,” he sang as he sat in a Barbie pink rehab office.
The host was next seen dressed in all-black in a blue studio with backing dancers as they recreated a version of Ken’s iconic dancing routine from the Barbie movie as, amongst other lines, Davidson sang about “energy” including “B.D. Energy” as the words ‘B.D.E’ appeared onscreen.
The next scene switched back to pink as it showed Davidson in SNL’s version of Barbieland for the final time. “I’m just Pete, my dating life is not discreet. I generate tons of publicity for everything, accept my comedy,“ he sang.
The last scene showed Davidson sitting in a pink car withSNLcast memberChloe Fineman, who was dressed as Barbie. “Are you ready, Pete?” she asked him. “Sure am Barbie!” Davidson replied before hitting the gas. A final shot showed the pair crashing into Barbie’s home.
The comedian was involved in a car crash in March, policeconfirmed to PEOPLE at the time, and was subsequentlyordered to complete 50 hours of community serviceafter being charged with one misdemeanor count of reckless drivingin June. The final moments of the skit appeared to be referencing the incident from earlier in the year.
“Oh, not again!” Davidson was heard saying as the car horns blared.
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