Pete Davidson, comedian and fiancé of Ariana Grande, has been known to make some pretty tasteless jokes. Recently, after the couple announced their engagement, Davidson has turned over a new leaf in his comedy sketch-writing which seems to only include jokes about his sex life with Grande.
It was only this week that the comedian got some heavy backlash when he told Howard Stern that he “imagines his dad burning alive in 9/11 to prevent himself from ejaculating with Grande.” Seriously. Now, on this week's Saturday Night Live premiere, Davidson (again) used his sex life with Grande to get some laughs. Of course, it backfired.
During his appearance on “Weekend Update,” he made a joke about how he was going to “make sure” Grande stayed with him by saying:
“Last night I switched her birth control with Tic-Tacs…I believe in us an all, but I just want to make sure that she can't go anywhere.”
While it was most likely a joke, people on Twitter were not happy with the idea that Davidson would joke about trapping a woman by manipulating her into a pregnancy–saying that it's a form of abuse. Additionally, many felt that given the current political climate and conversation surrounding birth control, women's rights, and sexual abuse–it was tasteless and poorly timed.
Generally I thought Pete Davidson was funny, but until birth control sabotage stops being a common form of abuse and a way abusers trap women in dangergous relationships, I'm not going to laugh at that joke #SNLPremiere
— Ariel Rose (@ArielRoseV) September 30, 2018
pete davidson just joked about switching ariana’s birth control with tic tacs. really.
— marisa kabas (@MarisaKabas) September 30, 2018
Hey Pete Davidson, can you not make creepy and uncalled for jokes about switching your fiancé’s birth control with tic tacs? Let’s not normalize that disgusting manipulation. #snl #weekendupdate #petedavidson
— EMME (@emmymandrake) September 30, 2018
did pete davidson just make a joke about switching ariana’s birth control with tic tacs so she’d get pregnant and would be obligated to stay with him
…..wut
— Kara ✨ (@kyloporg) September 30, 2018
After Pete Davidson's awkwardly unfunny remarks on @NBCSNL tonight, I had some thoughts and put them into words. Frankly, we should all be scared for @ArianaGrande. #SNL #SNLPremiere pic.twitter.com/vaxV2O6PUy
— B. (@brianneamira) September 30, 2018
[cw sexual abuse]
I was really enjoying @nbcsnl tonight until Pete Davidson made a joke about switching Ariana Grande’s birth control with tic tacs so she couldn’t go anywhere.
That joke would be horrifying on a normal week, but THIS week?
WTF, SNL, this is Not OK
— Brian Sinclair (@brianarn) September 30, 2018
i cant believe we had to see pete davidson acting like an ass for like five minutes straight, literally joking about throwing away his fiances birth control and comparing himself to mlk and malcolm x, when we couldve skipped that and had another adam skit
— haley #iridescence ♡ (@jobasjedis) September 30, 2018
Pete Davidson is trash and does everything in his power in his interviews to objectify and talk about Ariana like she's his little sex toy that he bought from Craig's List. If Ariana's into that then I'm not about to judge, but joking about switching birth control? Disgusting pic.twitter.com/Q2y0G3CRNQ
— JoltAlchemist (@JoltAlchemistt) September 30, 2018
COOL a joke about fucking with a woman’s birth control after this fucking week thanks Pete Davidson
— Hayley Schueneman (@bluesuedeschue) September 30, 2018
After this fraught week, it was nice to watch Colin Jost and Pete Davidson laugh about meddling with a woman's birth control pills. Very current, very now, very good stuff
— Richard Lawson (@rilaws) September 30, 2018
Uhhh idk if y’all are watching the snl premiere but Pete Davidson just made a joke about switching Ariana’s birth control w tic tacs so she can’t leave him…..this was literally right after the weekend update guys ripped into kavanaugh for like 8 mins….yikes.
— mary (@stylesvader) September 30, 2018
Super cool week to joke about manipulating your fiancée’s birth control so that she won’t leave you, Pete Davidson. #snl
— IndustrialSaltshaker (@BulkPepper) September 30, 2018
wowowow REALLY gross joke during this Pete Davidson bit! wow! I know he's ~edgy~ but joking about messing with birth control? incredibly straight up nasty
— taco bell snank (@plindec) September 30, 2018
Hey @nbcsnl can you let Pete Davidson know that switching birth control isn’t a cute joke? That’s actually terrifying to women.
— Maggie {??? ??????} (@maggieofthetown) September 30, 2018
#SNL Pete Davidson joking that he switched Ariana Grade's birth control with tic tacs IS COMPLETELY TONE DEAF given all of their needling of Kavanaugh.
— Ms. Christine (@CrazyCatMadame) September 30, 2018
Pete Davidson brushes off men who creep on Ariana, objectifies her and now jokes about fucking w/ her birth control clearly because he feels insecure in the relationship and is doing everything he can to strip away her humanity and make her inferior to him… he's trash pic.twitter.com/QXZMnvM611
— crazy broke asian (@tribranchvo) September 30, 2018
