Pete Davidson exposes abusive family member during comedy show: He used to beat me

Pete Davidson exposed some family secrets during his recent stand-up gig.The comedian, 31, performed alongside Jon Stewart and John Mulaney at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday during the North to Shore Festival when he shared his childhood trauma.While on the stage, Davidson spoke about his maternal grandfather, sharing with the crowd that “he got the lung cancer and I’m not that close with him.”“I’m close with my dad’s dad,” the “Bupkis” star explained.“I don’t like my mom’s dad.”As for why there is no love lost, Davidson revealed, “He used to beat the s–t out of me and I don’t like him very much.”“He’s old school, he’s very Irish,” the actor said about his 81-year-old grandfather.

“You know those old Irish Jews that are so Irish, they’re like pink, right?”“His veneers are somehow brown.He’s just an old school dude, and he’s dying.”Davidson is close to his paternal grandfather, Stephen Davidson, who is the dad of the actor’s late father, Scott Davidson.

Stephen, 85, was featured in Davidson’s 2020 movie “The King of Staten Island.”“I want to be there for my mom,” the comic continued regarding his mother’s dying father.“She’s sad about it.”The “Saturday Night Live” alum said: “I’m low key, thrilled.

I’m like, die slow motherf–ker.”Davidson explained to the audience that his grandfather has emphysema, a long-term lung condition that causes shortness of breath, per the Mayo Clinic, adding he hopes his grandpa “f–king rots.”Davidson admitted it’s a “tough” spot for him to be in because, of course, he wants to support his mom, Amy Waters Davidson, but he is “so stoked.”“I don’t want to be rude to my mom,” he shared.“I think I have the best mom in the world.

I’m very, very lucky.So I’ve been trying to remember a good time that me and my grandpa had so I could hold onto it.”Davidson did recount a “few positive experiences...