Jon Stewart is sticking up for his pal Pete Davidson. During a new interview, the 59-year-old former The Daily Show host revealed how 28-year-old Saturday Night Live cast member is holding up amid all of his drama with Kanye West. Click inside to read more… I know Pete real well.
He’s just a kid trying to live his life. [He's] one of my favorite people,” Jon shared on Howard Stern‘s SiriusXM show. “He’s just a smart, funny, kid, trying to live his life.” Jon added, “I think he’s doing as best you can in that situation when you’re dealing with something that’s so explosive and loaded, with all kinds of other things.
I just love that kid.” Jon went on to say that he has developed a “very paternal instinct” when it comes to Pete and their friendship. “He and I know each other from comedy, from going on the road,” Jon explained. “Dave [Chappelle] and I were doing gigs in Boston and Houston, and Pete came out and performed.
And him and [John] Mulaney worked near where I live in Jersey so I would go buy pizza from a place and we just go hang out and we just became friends from that.” “I always have a very paternal instinct on those guys because I’ve seen too many of my friends get in trouble and some of them die, and you don’t [want that],” Jon added. “It’s a f—ked up business.” In another recent interview, Pete‘s girlfriend Kim Kardashian revealed how she’s approaching the situation with Kanye.
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