Pete Davidson was doing multiple drugs and “cooking” ketamine at the height of his addiction, the comedian revealed.
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comedian → do → addiction
“It was K. I was getting liquid and cooking it.
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And I would do acid and shrooms and whippets and smoke weed all day and eat pills every day,” he recalled in an interview with Variety published Wednesday.
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he → do → Variety
“It got scary because I didn’t feel high.
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I felt high when I wasn’t doing it, so I was like, this is a huge problem.”
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According to Davidson, “playing yourself and constantly living in your own crap” was a traumatic experience for him, as he had to revisit some of the darkest moments of his life, and so he turned to drugs to numb the pain.
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The “SNL” alum shared that a FaceTime call from his concerned mom, Amy, is what finally convinced him to get sober and enter rehab.
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what → share → rehab
“She told me her biggest fear was waking up one day to see on the news that something bad had happened to me,” Davidson, 32, recalled.
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“I reached a point where I couldn’t do that to her anymore.”
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He checked into a rehab facility and also walked away from “Bupkis,” despite the Peacock show being renewed for a second season.
“I was part of the problem of what I hated the most, which was the invasiveness around my personal life.
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I was just lobbing it up and continuing the narrative,” Davidson admitted.
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Although he had already been to rehab several times, Davidson said this time, he took getting sober the more seriously.
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“When I turned 30 and I was there, it was a real low point.
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Nothing much was going on with my career and I was like, ‘This f—kin’ sucks.
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I can’t do it anymore.’
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You really have to want it, and when you’re done, you’re done.”
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The “King of Staten Island” star told the outlet he’s sober now, but has about “four beers a year.”
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“I don’t f—k with drugs anymore.
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It’s been two or three years from doing really hard stuff and about a year or more from weed.
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Weirdly, the hardest thing to stop was weed,” he said.
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Davidson has previously shared how hard it was for him to stop smoking marijuana, but told Variety that welcoming his daughter made it “easy” to finally kick the habit.
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“And now it’s easy because I have a kid.
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Anytime there’s ever a thought, I look at my phone background and go, ‘Oh yeah, no.’”
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Davidson welcomed his daughter, Scottie, with ex-girlfriend Elsie Hewitt in December 2025, after the pair started dating in March 2025.
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The former couple split in May 2026.
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Earlier this month, Davidson shared the drastic life changes he made after becoming a dad and how it’s reinforced his decision to stay sober.
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“I behave differently now.
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Every decision is different,” he told Interview Magazine.
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“I want my daughter to be proud of both her parents,” he said.
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“When she starts going to school and having friends, I want her to be proud of where she’s from, and I want her to be comfortable and feel safe.”
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Davidson vowed that he “will do whatever it takes to be here for [his] daughter.”
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Your voice matters.
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Discussions are moderated for civility.
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