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Pete davidson slams online criticism of ex fiancee ariana grandes appearance think its ked up
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In Short: In a Variety interview published Wednesday (Sept. 30), comedian Pete Davidson defended his ex-fiancée Ariana Grande against the online criticism she has faced recently.
Davidson told Variety, 'I don’t like it at all,' referring to the vitriol Grande has endured over her appearance and slender figure.
Grande announced in August that she would step away from the public eye after the release of her 'Petal' music video, which sparked increased scrutiny.
The comedian and Grande started dating and got engaged in 2018, but their relationship ended by October of the same year.
Davidson, who is now a father to his daughter Scottie with ex-partner Elsie Hewitt, emphasized his support for Grande, saying, 'She’s a really strong person - I’ve witnessed it - and I don’t understand it.
He added, 'She’ll be okay, but I think it’s fucked up.
Grande had previously addressed the emotional toll of the online negativity during a speech to her 'Eternal Sunshine' tour attendees in Chicago.
Davidson also shared his own frustrations about how his dating life has affected his acting career, saying, 'That's a really tough atmosphere if you're not game.
Despite their breakup, Davidson and Grande remain on good terms, with Davidson saying, 'We’re not texting or whatever, but we’re cool.
Background
In a Variety interview published Wednesday (Sept. 30), comedian Pete Davidson defended his ex-fiancée Ariana Grande against the online criticism she has faced recently.
What's confirmed
- In a cover story interview with Variety published Wednesday (Sept. 30), the comedian shared his thoughts on the discourse surrounding Grande, which reached a fever pitch over the summer as commenters increasingly speculated on her appearance and slender figure.
- When the scrutiny ramped up even more following the release of her “Petal” music video, Grande announced in August that she’d be stepping away from the public eye for an undisclosed period of time.
- “I don’t like it at all,” Davidson told the publication of the vitriol.
- Grande and the Saturday Night Live alum started dating and got engaged within a matter of months in 2018, ultimately splitting by the end of October that year.
- “I was living or dying on this business and what I thought people thought of me … but as soon as I saw her for the first time, I was like, ‘Oh my God, none of this f–kin’ matters at all. It’s a job. If I get to do cool stuff, great; if not, cool, I get to be home more with my kid.’” Check out Davidson on the cover of Variety below.
- Pete Davidson has seen all of the negative chatter about Ariana Grande, to whom he was once engaged.
- Their breakup — after which the singer and Davidson traded a few barbed comments about each other when everything was still fresh — came about a month after the death of Mac Miller, whom the Wicked actress had dated for nearly two years before Davidson.
- It was a dark time for Grande, who had to grieve the difficult loss of her ex while, at the same time, receiving hate from certain Miller fans who blamed her for the rapper’s fatal overdose.
- A few months prior, she’d clapped back at the notion that she was responsible for Miller’s DUI crash in May 2018 simply because she’d broken up with him and moved on with Davidson.
- The title track from the LP — in which she name-checks Davidson — spent seven weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, marking her first of many solo No.
- "That's a really tough atmosphere if you're not game," Davidson told Variety in an interview published Sept. 30.
- "One of the things I love about Kim and that whole family is they're like, 'This is what we do.' I found that very attractive and mature." After deciding they were better as friends, the comedian—dad to 9-month-old daughter Scottie Rose Hewitt Davidson with ex-girlfriend Elsie Hewitt —emphasized that he and Kardashian are still on good terms.
What's still developing
- No wonder: Right before filming, Davidson discovered he and his then-partner, Elsie Hewitt, were expecting a daughter.
- Say the name “ Pete Davidson ” aloud, and it will conjure a certain image: a man strutting down the street in baggy pants, swarmed by paparazzi, clenching the hand of a screen beauty with a grin on his face.
- A man who’s dated everyone from Ariana Grande and Margaret Qualley to Kate Beckinsale and Kim Kardashian, who inspired the term “big dick energy” and the earworm “Thank U, Next.” It’s easy to see why women are drawn to Davidson.
- Davidson’s lothario image has come to overshadow his obvious talent: In 2014, at the age of 20, he became one of the youngest “Saturday Night Live” cast members ever, regaling audiences with his direct-to-camera monologues about his mental health and the travails of living at home with his mom in Staten Island.
- Davidson took Sermorelin and BPC-157 while training around the clock and consuming loads of protein.
- So are people finally ready to take Davidson seriously?
- Pete Davidson is keeping up his love for Kim Kardashian.
- Years after Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian broke up, the comedian shared insight into their current-day relationship, as well as his past experiences with her ex-husband Kanye West.
- "I have a lot of love for her, and I knew what I was getting into." But Davidson—who has been candid about his mental health problems and sobriety journey—admitted that being thrust into that spotlight was a challenging experience.
- Along with a barrage of online hate messages from the rapper—who shares kids North, 13, Saint, 10, Chicago, 8, and Psalm, 7, with the Kardashians star— West even depicted a clay version of Davidson being kidnapped and beheaded in his "Eazy" music video.
- Grande also withdrew from the upcoming London West End revival of Sunday in the Park With George, which was scrapped after Jonathan Bailey also exited the production.
- Pete Davidson gave a blunt response when asked about the online harassment of his ex-fiancée, Ariana Grande.