Jon Stewart Defends Pete Davidson Amid ‘Explosive’ Kanye Drama: He’s ‘Doing As Best You Can’

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“I know Pete [Davison] real well,” Jon Stewart said during the Mar. 22 episode of SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show.

Jon, 59, and Pete, 28, were recently photographed together at a New York Knicks game, and Stewart dished on his friendship with the Saturday Night Live funnyman.

He also gave love to Pete for handling the drama with Kim Kardashian‘s ex-husband, Kanye West. “[Pete’s] just a kid trying to live his life.

He’s one of my favorite people. He’s just a f-ckin’ smart, funny kid just trying to live his life, and he’s caught up — I think he’s doing as best he can in that situation, when you’re dealing with something that’s so explosive and loaded with all kinds of other things, and I just love that kid.” Jon also dished on how he and Pete became friends, first joking because he’s “incredibly hip and with it,” before explaining they met “from comedy, from going on the road. “Dave [Chappelle] and I were doing gigs in Boston and Houston, and Pete came out and performed.