Pete Davidson's Candid Reflections on Dating Kim Kardashian

Article • Oct 01, 2026 • 1 min read

Pete Davidson is looking back fondly on his past romance with Kim Kardashian. “I’m one of the survivors — the few and the proud. We’re like the Marines,” Davidson, 32, joked to Variety in an interview published on Wednesday, September 30, about the men who’ve dated Kardashians. “Look, man, that’s a really tough atmosphere if you’re not game. 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.” Davidson met the Kardashians star in October 2021 while working together on Saturday Night Live. After sharing a kiss as Aladdin and Jasmine in a sketch, the pair began dating before breaking things off in August 2022.

“I was never subjected to anything I didn’t want to be a part of. She was super respectful of all of it, but the craze of that lifestyle — being followed everywhere, having security and looking over your shoulder — for a guy with mental stuff and at the time drug problems was a little too much for me,” Davidson shared in his candid interview. “But we’re cool, and I have a lot of love for her, and I knew what I was getting into.” Davidson found himself dating Kardashian, 45, as she was going through a challenging divorce from rapper Kanye West. (The pair share children North, 13, Saint, 10, Chicago, 8, and Psalm, 7.) West infamously reacted to his then-estranged wife dating Davidson by posting threats on Instagram and depicting a Claymation Davidson getting kidnapped and beheaded in the music video for his song “Eazy.”