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NEED TO KNOW
- Pete Davidson reveals what it would take to return to Saturday Night Live in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE
- The comedian and actor joined the late-night comedy sketch series at age 20 in 2014, departing years later in 2022
- In the years since SNL, Davidson has taken part in various acting projects, including The Pickup
Pete Davidson will always have a home at Studio 8H.
In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, the comedian and actor, 31, reveals what it would take to return to Saturday Night Live, three years after he left the series as a cast member and two years since he last hosted.
“I’d do anything for Lorne,” Davidson says, admitting that if SNL creator and long-time executive producer Lorne Michaels asked him to come back, he would.
“I had a great time hosting last time, and anytime you get that call, it’s an honor and a privilege,” he continues. “It’s always relevant, it’s a hot show. People look forward to it, and the cast is great.”
“I owe that guy my life. He jump-started everything. So I’d do anything for Lorne, and he knows that,” Davidson — who is partnering with Amazon for Alexa+ — adds.
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Davidson joined SNL for season 40, which ran between 2014 and 2015. When he got the role, The King of Staten Island star was one of the youngest cast members at 20 years old.
The youngest SNL cast member ever was Anthony Michael Hall, having joined the show at 17 years old. Others who got their start on the late-night comedy sketch series at a young age included Eddie Murphy, who was 19, and Robert Downey Jr., who was 20.
Davidson starred in SNL for eight seasons, leaving the show during season 47 in 2022. He returned a year later to host an October 2023 episode, which saw Ice Spice serve as the musical guest and cameo appearances made by Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, who were then newly dating.
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In the years since SNL, Davidson has taken part in various acting projects, including Fast X, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Bupkis and The Pickup, and has more in the works, such as Wizards! and Being Eddy.
Saturday Night Live airs weekends on NBC.
