Pete Davidson Reflects on Fatherhood and 9/11 Anniversary: 'Way Harder' Now

Pete Davidson has a new perspective on his dad’s death now that he’s a father himself.

“I thought, ‘Oh, he was an old guy. He’s 33,’” Davidson, 32, told the New York Post on Tuesday, September 8. “But now I’m there, and I have a kid, and that would be like my kid not having her dad.”

Pete was 7 years old when his father, Scott Matthew Davidson, a New York City firefighter, died while responding to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Now, 25 years later, Pete is remembering his dad while raising his own daughter, Scottie, whom he welcomed with ex Elsie Hewitt in December 2025.