{"id":156873,"date":"2025-01-17T17:59:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T17:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/?p=1825851"},"modified":"2025-01-17T17:59:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T17:59:56","slug":"nobody-wants-to-be-my-friend-pete-davidsons-snl-fate-could-have-been-drastically-different-if-it-hadnt-been-for-lorne-michaels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/17\/nobody-wants-to-be-my-friend-pete-davidsons-snl-fate-could-have-been-drastically-different-if-it-hadnt-been-for-lorne-michaels\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Nobody wants to be my friend\u2019: Pete Davidson\u2019s SNL fate could have been drastically different if it hadn\u2019t been for Lorne Michaels"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pete-davidson-saturday-night-live.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/tag\/pete-davidson\">Pete Davidson<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s love life may firmly <a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/celebrities\/did-pete-davidson-and-chase-sui-wonders-break-up\/\">plant him in the spotlight 24\/7<\/a>, but before he was known as Ariana Grande and Kim Kardashian&#8217;s ex, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/tag\/saturday-night-live\"><strong>Saturday Night Live<\/strong><\/a><\/em> kept him super busy. But as it turns out, Lorne Michaels is the reason he didn&#8217;t leave the beloved late-night show after only one season.<\/p>\n<p>According to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tv\/article-14295575\/Pete-Davidson-wanted-fired-Saturday-Night-Live-reveals-Lorne-Michaels-wouldnt-it.html\" >The Daily Mail<\/a><\/em>, as explained in the Peacock docuseries <em>SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night<\/em>, Davidson met with Michaels during his first year in 2014 and said, &#8220;Please fire me.&#8221; The comedian and actor was 20 at the time and said, &#8220;I don\u2019t belong here. Everybody\u2019s so talented and they don\u2019t want to be my friend.&#8221; Davidson said Michaels gave him harsh but true advice: &#8220;It&#8217;s just gonna suck for three or four years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>SNL <\/em>is a famously tough place to work and comedy legends ranging from Tina Fey to Elaine (I mean, Julia Louis-Dreyfus) have shared stories of their less-than-perfect experiences. Although it&#8217;s a shame to hear how much Davidson struggled at first, this is a reminder that sometimes you have to put some time and effort into something before you see the fruits of your labor. Or you have to kiss a few frogs before you get your prince (or however that saying goes). Davidson definitely deserved to be there.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshotter-YouTube-WeekendUpdatePeteDavidsonSaysGoodbyeforNow-SNL-346-e1696526569652.jpg\" alt=\"Pete-Davidson-SNL\" class=\"wp-image-1236186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshotter-YouTube-WeekendUpdatePeteDavidsonSaysGoodbyeforNow-SNL-346-e1696526569652.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshotter-YouTube-WeekendUpdatePeteDavidsonSaysGoodbyeforNow-SNL-346-e1696526569652.jpg?resize=564,317 564w, https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshotter-YouTube-WeekendUpdatePeteDavidsonSaysGoodbyeforNow-SNL-346-e1696526569652.jpg?resize=640,360 640w, https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshotter-YouTube-WeekendUpdatePeteDavidsonSaysGoodbyeforNow-SNL-346-e1696526569652.jpg?resize=150,84 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image via Saturday Night Live<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Playing a range of comedic characters on <em>Saturday Night Live <\/em>would give any up-and-comer the experience needed to explore any kind of career that they wanted. The popular show definitely gave Davidson a great platform and allowed people to get to know him and his talent. He has since starred in a range of movies like the rom-com <em>Meet Cute <\/em>and the <a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/reviews\/review-bodies-bodies-bodies-is-a-bloody-fun-ride\/\">horror comedy <em>Bodies Bodies Bodies<\/em><\/a>, to coming-of-age stories like <em>The King of Staten Island<\/em> and <em>Big Time Adolescence<\/em>. More recently, he starred on <em>Bupkis<\/em>, the funny TV series he also wrote, created, and served as executive producer on.<\/p>\n<p>Davidson has mentioned the challenges of being a young <em>SNL <\/em>star in other interviews. When <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tv\/pete-davidson-opens-up-about-getting-snl-gig-at-age-20\/\" >appearing on <em>CBS Sunday Morning <\/em>in 2020<\/a>, he said, &#8220;I was like 10, 12 years younger than everybody else. It felt like it was a joke.&#8221; And, as <em>The Daily Mail <\/em>pointed out, Davidson was convinced he would never be hired on <em>SNL <\/em>because there wasn&#8217;t a ton of laughter during his audition. He asked a friend if stand-up or impressions would be better for the audition, and when he said impressions weren&#8217;t his thing, his pal advised him to focus on the former. He thought, &#8220;That was terrible, there\u2019s no way I\u2019m getting it.&#8221; Of course, he impressed the powers that be at <em>SNL<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pete-davidson-bupkis.jpg\" alt=\"Pete Davidson on Bupkis\" class=\"wp-image-1825882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pete-davidson-bupkis.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pete-davidson-bupkis.jpg?resize=564,317 564w, https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pete-davidson-bupkis.jpg?resize=640,360 640w, https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pete-davidson-bupkis.jpg?resize=150,84 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screengrab via Peacock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All good (and hilarious) things come to an end, though, and Davidson began wondering if it was time to say goodbye in 2020. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/pete-davidson-leaving-snl-charlamagne-tha-god-interview-1280994\/\" >interviewed on <em>Live Your Truth:&nbsp;&nbsp;An Honest Conversation With Charlamagne Tha God<\/em> <\/a>and said he contemplated leaving because &#8220;they make fun of me.&#8221; He called <em>SNL<\/em> &#8220;a cutthroat f*cking show&#8221; but praised Michaels because &#8220;He\u2019s the best and has treated me with nothing but love and he\u2019s like a father figure to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fans can check out <em>SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night<\/em>, which premiered on Jan. 16, 2025 on Peacock, and reflect on Davidson&#8217;s amazing years at <em>SNL<\/em>. 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