{"id":281139,"date":"2025-11-09T11:18:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T11:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/281139\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T11:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T11:18:09","slug":"snl-pete-davidson-returns-to-explain-saudi-arabia-festival-gig-were-losing-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/281139\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018SNL\u2019: Pete Davidson Returns to Explain Saudi Arabia Festival Gig: \u2018We\u2019re Losing Millions\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d<\/a> alum Pete Davidson crashed this week\u2019s edition of Weekend Update to explain his controversial participation in Saudi Arabia\u2019s Riyadh Comedy Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, the New York Times recently ran an article calling the Staten Island ferry that I purchased with Pete Davidson a \u2018money-losing fiasco,’\u201d Weekend Update co-host Colin Jost noted. He then introduced Davidson himself to further discuss the state of his and Jost\u2019s decommissioned ferry, which they purchased in 2022.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYeah, in case you\u2019re wondering why I had to do a show in Saudi Arabia\u2026 we\u2019re losing millions on this ferry,\u201d Davidson joked, after making his surprise \u201cSNL\u201d return. \u201cI assume that\u2019s what the article says. I can\u2019t spend $5 on a paywall when I got a kid on the way.\u201d Davidson added that he was looking forward to being a father and giving that \u201call the energy and enthusiasm I never had for this show.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI will tell you, on the other side, I definitely prefer having a kid to a ferry,\u201d Jost replied. \u201cWe even gave the boat a new name,\u201d Davidson said, telling viewers, \u201cWe thought the Staten Island Ferry sounded too depressing, so now it\u2019s called the Titanic 2.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can check out Davidson\u2019s \u201cSNL\u201d return yourself in the video below.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s actually going very well,\u201d Jost assured his and Davidson\u2019s fans, noting that they were recently paid by Nike to put an ad on the ferry promoting the New York City Marathon.<\/p>\n

\u201cExactly,\u201d Davidson chimed in. He credited their ferry\u2019s newfound, brighter future to his former \u201cSNL\u201d boss, all while poking fun at creator Lorne Michaels\u2019 long-rumored succession plan. \u201cIf Lorne Michaels has taught us anything, it\u2019s that you never, ever give up,\u201d Davidson said, adding, \u201cEven if everyone says the time has come and Tina Fey<\/a> is ready to take over.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cSNL\u201d alum then used Zohran Mamdani\u2019s election<\/a> as New York City\u2019s next mayor as a way to pitch his and Jost\u2019s ferry to a certain group of voters. \u201cI have a message for everyone who did not vote for our new mayor: Hey, Staten Islanders! Did you promise to move out of New York if Mamdani won, but have too many warrants in New Jersey and not enough guns for Florida?\u201d Davidson asked, before teeing up a photoshopped image of his and Jost\u2019s ferry as a floating city.<\/p>\n

\u201cWelcome to New Staten Island!\u201d Davidson joked. \u201cWe can\u2019t call it the Titanic anymore, since the people on this ship will actually love running into ICE.\u201d<\/p>\n

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