After a mental health scare in late 2018, Davidson returned to the show on Jan. 19, 2019 with an important message: “As you know, I’ve had a really crazy month, and I want to talk about something that matters a lot to me.” No, it wasn’t mental health, as “Weekend Update” host Colin Jost guessed. It was Clint Eastwood’s newest movie “The Mule.” Joined by comedian and former “SNL” writer John Mulaney, Davidson poked fun at both himself and the film, in which Eastwood plays a 90-year-old member of a Mexican drug cartel: “And that’s not the weird part. The weird part is that he’s 90 and he’s driving!”
“Jasmine and Aladdin”
This now-famous sketch served as a real-life meet cute for Davidson and Kim Kardashian, whose relationship is now daily tabloid fodder. Davidson’s Aladdin complains about being unable to “physically handle” Kardashian’s Jasmine. “If we go all the way, you might like break me,” he says, staying true to his insecure-outsider “SNL” shtick. Once he uses his third Genie wish to make him “like Pinocchio down there,” he gains the confidence to smooch Jasmine in a kiss seen ’round the world. Davidson would go on to gift the costumes and props to Kardashian for Valentine’s Day.
“Weekend Update: Pete Davidson on Staten Island”
Fun fact: Both Davidson and Jost are from Staten Island. However, their reception by the people who actually live there is… quite different.
“Weekend Update: Three Guys Who Just Bought a Boat”
Davidson elevated the “Guy Who Just Bought a Boat” sketch from “Weekend Update” thanks to his own personal news that he had, quite literally, bought a Staten Island Ferry with Jost.
