STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Pete Davidson is still living his best minivan life.
During an appearance Monday on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” the Staten Island native joked that the stealth vehicle he bought now fits his life a little too perfectly.
“I bought a minivan for stealth,” Davidson told Fallon. “But now I can actually use it.”
Fallon, a fellow minivan evangelist, didn’t hesitate to agree, calling it “one of the greatest vehicles.” Davidson, meanwhile, explained the appeal in more colorful terms.
“It’s the most unf—able car you will ever [drive],” he said. “No one looks at you. You could be doing a heroin deal on the West Side Highway. Nobody will look at you in a minivan.”
Davidson recently worked with eBay to build out a fully customized “dad van,” complete with a changing table, a mini fridge, a baby bottle warmer and, of course, a VHS player.
“They put a VHS player in it,” Davidson said. “It’s awesome.”
Fallon pressed him on the VHS collection, which Davidson admitted has grown far beyond what anyone might reasonably need.
“It’s extensive,” Davidson said. “I’m still doing it.”
The obsession traces back to the pandemic, when Davidson says he became convinced that sealed VHS tapes were going to skyrocket in value.
“I had a lot of fun during COVID and bought 10,000 VHS tapes sealed. I was like, ‘They’re sealed. They’re never even opened. It’s gonna go for millions.’”
That prediction, unfortunately, did not pan out.
“They went down so much,” he laughed. “But I get to look at them every day as a reminder not to do drugs.”