Pete Davidson just confirmed what we all suspected: canceling his Peacock show Bupkis basically made NBC want to put him in TV jail.
The 30-year-old comedian spilled the tea on The Breakfast Club, where he casually admitted he got in hot water with NBCUniversal after pulling the plug on his semi-autobiographical series.
“I canceled Bupkis and got in trouble for it,” Pete confessed, adding that even though he loved the show, it became way too exhausting to constantly reenact his own messy personal life on screen.
And when the network started pushing for wilder storylines like “Pete should hook up with Martha Stewart” (???), he was like nope, delete, goodbye. “If I want to be taken seriously as an actor, I can’t just keep playing myself as some tragic mess,” he explained.
But here’s the messy part: NBCUniversal did NOT vibe with his decision. Pete admitted the company was so mad they basically iced him out of all their projects for a while. “Have you seen me in anything NBC-related since? Exactly.”
Still, Pete made sure the Bupkis writers and crew got paid before walking away, even if it meant digging into his own pockets. “I worked for them for over a decade, made them a lot of money, and was a good boy,” he said, lowkey dragging the network.
At one point, Pete legit thought his career was over. But then he flipped the script — starring in a chic Reformation ad that made Hollywood start seeing him as an “actual adult” instead of just the guy with Ariana Grande tattoo drama.
Now? Pete’s fully back outside. He’s currently in Amazon’s The Pickup with Eddie Murphy and Keke Palmer, and he’s starring in How to Rob a Bank alongside Nicholas Hoult. Basically, the man went from “NBC fugitive” to “movie star mode” real quick.
Moral of the story: Pete Davidson canceled his own show, got grounded by NBC, and still ended up leveling up. King behavior.