Pete Davidson discovered the power of comedy by watching Eddie Murphy as a youth, which ultimately shaped his own career.
The 31-year-old actor and comedian was featured in Murphy’s new documentary, Being Eddyand honored the comedy legend’s legacy with a sentimental anecdote from his life.
The Saturday evening live alum shared that Murphy’s stand-up special, Delirioushelped him cope after his father was killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks.
“Immediately, [I heard]“F— this, suck this, f— you,” and my mom goes, “Wow, what did you get?” I was dying of laughter. She said, “You can’t watch this!” And I was like, ‘Please, I’m laughing,'” Davidson said.
The father-to-be continued, “I think she saw that I was having a good time at a time when I really wasn’t, and she said, ‘You can watch this stuff as long as you don’t repeat it or tell anyone, and it was kind of like a little agreement that we made.”
The pickup The star was just seven years old when his firefighter father lost his life in the attack, leaving behind the actor, his mother Amy and his sister Casey.
