STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Pete Davidson is settling into dad life, clichés and all.
During an appearance Monday on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” the Staten Island native reflected on becoming a first-time father and the surreal realization that his daughter, Scottie Rose, is very much here to stay.
“All the clichés are true,” Davidson said. “It’s so much fun. It’s nuts.”
Davidson and girlfriend Elsie Hewitt welcomed their daughter in December, and while he says the early days were filled with adrenaline and disbelief, reality recently set in.
“We had a moment last week,” he said. “We’re like, ‘Oh. She’s here. She’s, like, staying … Now it’s real.’”
Fallon laughed along, describing the abrupt end of spontaneous outings. “Can’t just go to a movie and leave,” Fallon said.
Despite the adjustment, Davidson said he’s loving the experience, especially watching Hewitt step into motherhood.
“It’s really cute. It’s fun to see Elsie be a great mom,” he said, before veering into the less glamorous side of parenting.
“They crap so much,” he said. “They crap while they’re crapping.”
Parental advice has come from everywhere, including total strangers at the store. But Davidson says the most meaningful guidance came from one of his comedy heroes.
“The best advice I actually got — and I hate, it’s so name-dropping — but Eddie Murphy gave me great advice,” Davidson said.
Murphy’s wisdom was simple: “The best advice is no advice. You can’t tell another man how to raise his child.”
Davidson also shared how emotional it’s been to see his own mother become a grandmother.
“My mom, if it was legal, would have had my kid,” he joked, adding that she was so excited she tried to claim her own grandma name — Mamie — and even made sweaters for it.
“We’re having a blast,” he said.