-You know our first guest tonight from his movie,
"The King of Staten Island," and, of course,
his work on "Saturday Night Live,"
which returns this week with host Elon Musk
and musical guest Miley Cyrus.
He stars in the Audible podcast "Hit Job,"
available now exclusively on Audible.
Please welcome back to the show, our very good friend,
Pete Davidson, everybody.
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[ Applause ] -Yeah.
-Get in there! -What's up, bro?
What's up, bro? -Good to see you, buddy.
-Elbow bumps. 'Sup, crew?
Hey, Wally. I sit--
-Is it exciting for you to see Wally?
-I love Wally. -Yeah.
-I try to steal his cue cards every night before goodnights.
-Oh, the last set? -Yeah, I started doing it
a few years ago, and I successfully did it once.
-Really? -Yeah.
-But doesn't that seem to be a crime you're perpetrating
on the host, because they're the one that needs to read
the cue cards at the end?
-Wow. I guess I'm very selfish, Seth.
[ Laughter ]
-Last we talked this -- this summer,
you were in your mom's basement. -Yes.
-I believe, like everyone who's ever met your mom,
huge fan of hers. -Great lady.
-Great lady. But are you happy to be out of the basement?
Although I should note, the basement looked pretty nice.
There seemed to be multiple computer -- video-game consoles.
-[ Laughs ] Thank you!
-So, I didn't -- -No, I would just like people
to know that, like, I bought that house, too.
Like, I -- -That's -- okay.
That's a very -- -Yeah. Like, I set up --
It was sick down there. -Yeah.
-Like, people would come over, and they'd be like,
"Oh, this is sick." -Yes. I think it was actually --
We -- It was a service to everyone
to see how nice the situation was.
Because I think we use "mom's basement"...
-Right. -...sort of to be derogatory,
but in your case, I mean, that's like something
everybody should be aiming for.
-Yeah. It was like -- it was really cool.
But it was also -- It's nice to move out
because it's really nice to masturbate
and not hear your mom, like, cooking.
-Yeah. -You know?
-Except for, like, a very thin slice of people.
-Yeah. -Who it's --
-Some people -- Well, that was my fear.
It was like, "What if I like --
that's the only way I can finish now?"
[ Laughter ]
-So you, like, call her up.
-I'm like, "Hey! What are you doing right now?"
"I'm cooking." I'm like, "Oh, great."
-Oh, no! [ Laughter ]
We knew what it looked like!
-Sorry. [ Laughter ]
I'm a very simple man.
[ Laughter ]
-Hey, it's -- We were talking to Che yesterday.
Challenging season for "SNL," certainly,
but a really good season. Have you enjoyed yourself?
-This has been my favorite season.
I don't know. The pandemic has kind of --
It really made me very appreciative of things.
-Mm-hmm. -It was 'cause
it was such a kick in the nuts.
And so, I've been having a blast and just been feeling so lucky
to have a place go and work and be funny,
'cause the world's so nuts. You know?
-And, you know, obviously, it's about half of what
a normal "SNL" audience is, but when you were doing shows
for, you know, zero or a little bit more than zero,
it must feel like a full house.
-Yeah. No, yeah. It's like 50% full.
But the energy's great 'cause everybody's, again,
so excited to be out.
And, you know, we're having a really fun time.
-You did a couple of Eminem-inspired
sketches this year. -Yes, we did.
-And there's one. -Yeah.
-There's another. And you got to talk to him on the phone.
-Yes. -How'd it go?
-It went I think as good as it could go.
Those were written by the great Dan Bulla and Steven Castillo,
great "SNL" writers. And they -- and Redd.
And we -- I was -- Eminem said a couple nice things, like,
about me, and I, of course, heard them.
And I reached out, I was like,
"I would just like to say thank you."
And I just hit him up. I said, "Thanks."
And he was like, "Yeah, man."
He was like, "You really -- you really did that."
He's like, "When I saw Stu on script, I was like,
'I don't know how it was gonna go.'
But, like, after you did that, it was fire."
And I was like, "Oh, thank you so much!
You're the coolest."
And then I just hung up as quick as possible.
-I know that feeling. -That's all you need.
-Yeah. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You don't want to -- anything more.
-You don't want to extend --
When you talk to a hero, you don't want to extend it.
If you're good, get out.
-Yeah, get out as soon as you can, yeah.
[ Both laugh ]
It's like the stock market. -I remember my first year
on the show, Bruce Springsteen --
maybe it was my second year, I went up to him.
And I did that thing that --
You know, I know he's heard it a million times.
I just had to say it. -You have to do it.
-Right. And I said, "I just wanted to say,
I'm a huge fan. It's so cool to meet you,"
and he was very polite, and he was like, "Cool, man.
How's the -- How's the show gonna be this week?"
And I just said, "Bye!" -Oh!
[ Laughter ] I'm like, "I don't -- let's not.
This doesn't have to be a conversation."
-Yeah. I didn't know you were that cool.
[Bleep]" -I didn't have a plan.
-Yeah. -Elon Musk this week.
-Yes. -I'm guessing, by the day,
you haven't met him yet, or you have?
-I haven't met him yet.
I'm having dinner with him tonight.
-Oh, that's exciting. -And Lorne.
So I will meet him. I'm really excited, man.
I hope -- I'm gonna ask him for like a Tesla or some [bleep]
-Yeah. -Yeah.
-Why not? -Yeah.
Be like, "Hey, Mother's Day's coming up.
You know, my mom would -- you know, it would be cool if --"
-Now if he gave it to you, would you then feel obligated
to give it to your mom... -Well --
-...since you very much implied by that that it would be a gift.
-Well, I would disguise it as a gift for my mom so he gives it,
and then, as soon as she drives it once or twice,
I would take it. -Okay, gotcha.
-Yeah. -Two questions --
would you go to space if he asked you?
-100%.
-Would you get stoned with him if he asked you?
-100,000%. [ Laughter ]
That guy's a ge-- I don't know why --
People are freaking out. They're like,
"Oh, I can't believe that Elon Musk is hosting."
And I'm like, "The guy that makes the Earth better kind of?
And he makes cool things and sends people to Mars?"
-You wouldn't be worried about going to Mars?
-No. I mean, like --
You know, after the pandemic, I want to go sky diving.
-Yeah. -Mars sounds great, too.
-Yeah, you know, Earth didn't crush it during the pandemic.
-Yeah. -As it turns out,
we're very susceptible to disease.
-Yeah. -This is a podcast you did
with the wonderful Keke Palmer. -Yes.
-And you actually worked on this during the pandemic.
-Yes. This was amazing, 'cause I was, you know,
trapped in my mom's basement for like six months.
And then, Broadway Video, you know, Lorne's company,
they -- they started doing these Audible originals.
And they were like, "Would you like to do one
with Keke Palmer?" I was like, "Absolutely.
That sounds amazing." -Can you --
Can you say enough nice things about voiceover work?
I mean, it's the way to go, right?
-It's the way to go, because if it doesn't work out,
your face isn't on it. -Yep.
-You know? -That's true.
Nobody's ever like, "I can't look at that guy
after his bad podcast." -Yeah.
No -- It's -- Yeah, it's a great thing because it doesn't matter.
Not saying this thing doesn't matter.
But if it goes bad, it'll be fine for me.
[ Laughter ]
-I mean, yeah, they probably won't put that on the poster.
-Yeah. [ Laughter ]
-Hey, you're not known -- I mean, again, it's one thing
to play Eminem. Obviously that's somebody that,
you know, you're developing an impression of them
whether or not you know it,
because you've been listening to him your whole life.
-Right. -You also played Governor Cuomo.
I'm assuming you did not have a Cuomo in your back pocket.
-No, believe it or not, I'm not usually the guy
they go to for impersonations... -Yeah.
-...on "SNL." I've been there for seven years.
I don't think I've ever done a guy --
Yeah, usually I'm the guy that they're like,
"Hey, at, you know, two minutes into the sketch,
can you walk by in the background and be like, 'Gyah!'"
[ Laughter ]
And I got used to that role. You know, as Wally knows,
I'm the color brown on the cue cards.
[ Laughter ]
-And I -- -Wally!
-And I went up -- No, for seven years,
and I went up to Wally, and I was like,
"Hey, am I brown?" 'Cause, like, other people pick
different colors or whatever, and he's like, "No, that's --
that's just the last color we use."
[ Laughter ]
But he changed it for me this year.
This year, he changed it. It was really sweet.
And now I don't -- I think I have blue,
which makes me feel better. But, yeah, I found out, like,
maybe that day, like eight hours before,
they were like, "You're gonna play Cuomo."
-That's a pretty good -- I mean, did you find --
I mean, obviously, you're regionally close to Cuomo.
-Yeah, it's a New York -- It's not much of a stretch.
[ Laughter ]
Like, I'm not doing anything special.
But, you know, it's -- it's a pretty easy one to do.
-This one is very exciting.
and also regionally close for you.
-Right.
-A little bit maybe more of a stretch.
I guess the weird thing is, you wouldn't think of Cuomo
and Joey Ramone as the same,
but the same guy who's gonna play him in a movie.
You're writing a movie about Joey Ramone based on a --
on a book. -Yeah.
So, my pal Jason Orley, who did "Big Time Adolescence,"
we're teaming up, and we're just writing the story by.
And then, you know, we're gonna --
someone's gonna take it and turn it into a movie.
And, yeah, either a really great or horrible choice by a studio.
[ Laughter ] And we will find out.
-Now, one thing your burgeoning film career
has led you to decide... -Yes.
-...is the removal of your famous tattoo collection.
-Oh, God. Yeah.
So, I didn't think that they would put me in stuff.
-Like the movie business.
-Like movie business or anything.
I thought after this, "SNL," I thought it was a wrap.
[ Laughter ] But --
-Because again, you started "SNL" when you were 20.
-Yeah. -And you thought it was gonna be
your last job? -Yeah.
Well, people don't realize, I'm kind of old.
I'm like 27, but in Hollywood, that's like 40.
-Yeah. That would make me 100.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
-It's like -- It's like, you know,
a basketball player being like 37.
So -- no, I just -- I honestly never thought
that I would get an opportunity to act,
and I love it a lot. And it takes three hours.
You have to get there three hours earlier
to cover all your tattoos 'cause for some reason,
people in movies, they don't have them that much.
-Right. And you basically used your one
sort of autobiographical type movie --
-Yeah. -You've used that bullet.
Did "King of Staten Island." And then you had to figure out
how to -- -So now I'm burning them off.
But, like, burning them off is worse than getting them.
Because not only are they, like, burning off your skin,
but you're wearing these big goggles, right?
So you can't see anything.
And there's just, like -- the doctor's in there with you.
So before he goes to laser each tattoo,
you have to hear him announce what the tattoo is,
to make sure if you want to keep it or not.
So I'll just be sitting there, you know, all high
off of the Pro-Nox, which I actually quite enjoy.
It's actually pretty fun. And then, all of a sudden,
I'll just hear, "Are we keeping
the Stewie Griffin smoking a blunt?"
[ Laughter ]
And then I have to sit there and be like, "No, Dr. G."
And he's like, "All right."
And then gz-gz-gz-gz-gz! [Bleep]
But, yeah, if you're gonna get tattoos, you know,
just make sure you really, really want it.
-Yeah. -And aren't on mushrooms.
-'Cause it's not -- I think that's a really important lesson
is it's not just that one day you'll have them taken off.
You will have to have them audibly described to you
by a medical professional.
-Yeah, it's really embarrassing. [ Laughter ]
"Are we keeping the owl that licks the Tootsie Pop?"
[ Laughter ]
"Yes, actually, we are keeping that one."
[ Laughter ]
-That is a keeper. -That one's a keeper.
-Hey, buddy, thank you so much for being here.
It is always such a pleasure. -Thanks, man.
-Congrats on the podcast. And more importantly,
congrats on another fantastic season of "SNL."
-Thank you, bro. -Seven years. Seven years.
-Yeah. [ Applause ]
-"Hit Job" is available now on Audible.
Here it is one more time. There it is.
And, yeah, "SNL" returns this week with host Elon Musk
and musical guest Miley Cyrus.