{"id":265783,"date":"2019-01-20T08:26:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T15:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1006807"},"modified":"2019-01-20T08:26:35","modified_gmt":"2019-01-20T15:26:35","slug":"pete-davidson-addresses-his-suicide-scare-during-snl-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/pete-davidson-addresses-his-suicide-scare-during-snl-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Davidson Addresses His Suicide Scare During SNL Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019020\/rs_600x600-190120061010-pete-davidson-snl-1.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"37.186206896552\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"18.593103448276\">\n<p>One month after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/996993\/pete-davidson-sends-a-cry-for-help-after-weighing-in-on-ariana-grande-and-kanye-west-drama\" target=\"_blank\">posting an alarming message<\/a> on social media,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/pete_davidson\">Pete Davidson<\/a><\/strong> returned to <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em> and addressed\u00a0his public cry for help.<\/p>\n<p>Back in December, the 25-year-old star\u00a0shared\u00a0a note on his Instagram account, writing, &#8220;I really don&#8217;t want to be on this earth anymore.&#8221; His message continued, &#8220;I&#8217;m doing my best to stay here for you but I actually don&#8217;t know how much longer I can last. All I&#8217;ve ever tried to do was help people. Just remember I told you so.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Davidson&#8217;s post sparked major concern from fans and friends, with many tweeting their support for the comedian. Hours after his post, Davidson made a brief appearance on the final <em>SNL<\/em> episode of 2018, where he introduced <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/miley_cyrus\">Miley Cyrus<\/a><\/strong>&#8216; performance.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"57.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"5\">\n<p>Last night, Davidson made his return to the show, where he\u00a0made a joke\u00a0about his suicide scare during &#8220;Weekend Update.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"67.9432\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"28.3504\">\n<p>During the segment, Davidson was joined by comedian <strong>John Mulaney<\/strong> to review the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/clint_eastwood\">Clint Eastwood<\/a><\/strong> movie, <em>The Mule<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Here to talk about a very important experience he had over the holidays is Pete Davidson,&#8221; <strong>Colin Jost<\/strong> said as Davidson joined him during the segment. &#8220;How are ya, Pete?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m great, as you know, I&#8217;ve had a really crazy month, and I wanna talk about something that matters a lot to me,&#8221; Davidson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;OK, mental health?&#8221; Jost asked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, the new Clint East movie, <em>The Mule<\/em>,&#8221; Davidson told Jost.<\/p>\n<p>Mulaney then joined Davidson at the &#8220;Weekend Update&#8221; desk, where the two discussed their appreciation for the film.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-6\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"74.433152173913\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"40.420652173913\">\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t actually realize that you guys hung out together,&#8221; Jost said to Davidson and Mulaney.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, we do, but a lot of times it looks like I&#8217;m Pete&#8217;s lawyer,&#8221; Mulaney explained.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, people usually think he&#8217;s like an NBA coach and I&#8217;m like the controversial rookie,&#8221; Davidson told Jost.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But for real, I&#8217;ve been spending time with Pete to try to show him that you can have a life in comedy that is not insane,&#8221; Mulaney went on to say. &#8220;A sober, domestic life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, and after observing John&#8217;s life, I publicly threatened suicide,&#8221; Davidson said, laughing. &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry, I know I shouldn&#8217;t make that joke, but it is funny.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s when Mulaney turned to Davidson to assure him, &#8220;You are loved by many&#8230;and we are glad you are OK.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the segment, Davidson seemingly addressed his ex, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/ariana_grande\">Ariana Grande<\/a><\/strong>, by saying, &#8220;I didn&#8217;t mention her once.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video above to see Davidson&#8217;s &#8220;Weekend Update&#8221; return.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-7\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"34\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">If you or someone you know needs help, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1006807\/pete-davidson-addresses-his-suicide-scare-during-snl-return?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One month after posting an alarming message on social media,\u00a0Pete Davidson returned to Saturday Night Live and addressed\u00a0his public cry for help. Back in December, the 25-year-old star\u00a0shared\u00a0a note on his Instagram account, writing, &#8220;I really don&#8217;t want to be on this earth anymore.&#8221; His message continued, &#8220;I&#8217;m doing my best to stay here for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-265783","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 08:42:17","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}