Pete Davidson opens ‘SNL’ Season 49 with cameos from Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift

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FDNY father was killed in the Sept. 11 attacks. “I don’t understand it. I really don’t and I never will. But sometimes comedy is really the only way forward through tragedy,” Davidson, 29, said.“My heart is with everyone whose lives have been destroyed this week.

But tonight, I’m gonna do what I’ve always done in the face of tragedy, and that’s try to be fun. “Remember, I said try.”Davidson — who was a cast member on “SNL” for eight seasons from 2014 to 2022 — had reportedly been workshopping his monologue on Big Apple crowds all week and was heavily debating whether to touch on the sudden terrorist attack.

The Staten Island funnyman was first scheduled to make his hosting debut on May 6 before it went on hiatus due to the Writers Guild of America strike.

In a complete pivot, Davidson then launched into a brief set poking fun at the idea of an incestuous relationship with his sister.The comedian — a self-described drug addict — said he was trying to find common ground with his brain surgeon assistant sister by watching “Game of Thrones” together, until he realized she wasn’t thrown off by the various sexual relationships between family members on the smash HBO show.That’s when Davidson put out “feelers:” “Am I going to bang this chick?” he said before joking that he was too insecure to go through with it — a jab at his storied dating history with multiple glamourous celebrities like Ariana Grande and Kim Kardashian.Davidson continued the pervy jokes as he turned toward his Staten Island roots.“It’s the only island in the world with a worse reputation than (Jeffrey) Epstein’s somehow,” Davidson said. “It’s that island with the kids molesting priests!”Chiefs tight end and Taylor Swift beau Travis Kelce made a brief,.