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From First We Feast, I'm Sean Evans, and you're watching Hot Ones.
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It's the show with hot questions and even hotter wings.
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And today, we're joined by Pete Davidson.
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He's an actor and comedian you probably know best from his time at Saturday Night Live.
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He also has a new comedy special on the way.
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It's called Alive from New York, and it's set to hit Netflix on February 25th.
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Pete Davidson, welcome to the show.
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Thank you for having me, man.
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What's your mindset going into this, Pete?
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Are you a spicy food guy?
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No, I have never eaten anything spicy. Uh I am horrified.
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Uh I was getting makeup uh in the makeup room uh cuz I need that [ __ ] And Trinidad James walks in.
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I was like, "Oh, wow, that's awesome. Uh how are you?"
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Uh he's like, "You doing Hot Ones?" I was like, "Yeah."
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He's like, "You don't need no makeup."
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He's like, "You need tissues."
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It looks like though do you have like a chili pepper tattoo? Uh yeah.
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No, it's an Italian horn, but unfortunately, they look [ __ ] exactly alike.
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So, yeah, I might as well be.
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So, I think that it's interesting that you got your start in stand-up at such a young age, taking the ferry in from Staten Island when most of your peers were probably taking the bus to after-school activities.
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What are the pros and cons of being raised in comedy clubs and then coming of age around mostly much older comedians?
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Um being raised in comedy clubs is Jesus Christ.
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No, yeah, I was the It's the time I made friends because uh people are like weird in comedy in this type of field.
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So, I got to like meet a lot of cool people and it was like a really fun escape to get away from Staten Island, you know?
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Why is it important for comedians to spend 3 hours at the comedy club even if they're only performing a 15-minute set?
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Um you're supposed to hang when you start because you're just supposed to like be around.
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Half the stuff that I've ever gotten is just been like right place, right time.
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Sometimes you just hang out and Chappelle will pop in.
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Get to talk to like Chappelle or like you got to talk to like all these great comedians.
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What are the markings of success for a comedy special?
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Like are you looking for like respect from peers?
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Does it really just come down to how many people stream it?
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Like what does success mean?
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Um the first special I put out I was like 22 and I it wasn't I don't think I don't think it was like horrible.
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It just like it was probably like the best I could do at then.
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And this is the best I could do at like now.
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I just have some stuff I would like to say.
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I'm not looking for like respect from anybody.
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I just like I really love stand-up and I'm [ __ ] stoked that I get to do one with like Netflix. That's like pretty cool. Big jump. Still going in.
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You got to clear the bone otherwise you'll be on Reddit and they'll call you a [ __ ] and [ __ ] So, this summer you star in King of Staten Island, a Judd Apatow movie loosely based on your upbringing in the forgotten borough. Yes, sir.
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How would you explain Staten Island to someone you meet abroad who's never heard of it?
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Um Staten Island's like it's like if you go in a time machine like to 1980.
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It's just like everything's the same.
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It's just a bunch of Italian restaurants.
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Everybody's still kind of is stuck in their ways.
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It's like adorable and like sad at the same time.
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Where does Staten Island's The Looney Bin rank in the pantheon of great New York City comedy clubs?
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Oh, dude, The Looney Bin was crazy.
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It was a it It [ __ ] like bowling alley comedy comedy club inside of a bowling alley next to a LA Fitness and a Wendy's.
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So like It sucked though cuz like when you were bombing you could hear people bowling.
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Like they'll be like birthday parties and be like yeah so like you know my mom's like crazy, you know, and you just hear like spare and you're like oh [ __ ] this is not going very well. But I loved that club.
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That club was clearly mob run.
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Um and it was so much fun there cuz the the owner would just come up to you and be like We'll open next weekend.
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You know, like it would it would be very like weekend to weekend.
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So like it was always very fun and like it was my first like um time ever on stage.
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Have you ever been to a Big Nose Kates? Yes, why? I think once or twice. I think yeah. Big Nose Kates is cool.
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I mean like I'm not much of a going out guy as you can tell.
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I went out once or twice there and there was Bud Light.
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Are you one of these Staten Island people that brag like Staten Island has the best pizza in New York?
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You know there's a lot of It doesn't.
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LM B's the best pizza in New York. By far.
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I don't think there's a com- competitor but Staten Island has the best like overall pizza.
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Like if you can go to any pizza place there you're you're probably okay.
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If I only have time for one, the Lighthouse Museum or the Tugboat Graveyard? Oh no, both.
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You got to go to the dump, dude.
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You got to go to the Staten Island dump.
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That's where the history is. That's it is.
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Yeah, it's filled with like old Hondas and bodies. You should go there. It's great.
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I'm pizza recommendation I got to go check it out.
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Are you ready to move on? Absolutely.
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Fiji Fire Water in the three spot.
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Okay, how we doing so far? That sounds like a code. Um I don't know, man.
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I'm a little getting a little shaky over here.
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So Pete you joined Saturday Night Live in 2014 becoming one of the youngest cast members in the show's storied history. Make-A-Wish program. Sorry.
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You always hear these stories like Drake getting Bobby Flay to cook for the cast.
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When you think about these over-the-top generous things that guest hosts have done to show their appreciation.
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of annoying cuz it was like during writing night. Really? It was like a nuisance.
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like we were like in the middle of like working on his show and he's like, "Yo, Bobby Flay is here."
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And we're like, "Cool, dude.
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We have like [ __ ] 20 hours to [ __ ] put all this [ __ ] together."
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He interrupted the homework. He's very sweet. He's very sweet.
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He was very nice, but it was wrong time.
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Do you have an all-time favorite music performance?
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I liked when Future was on it.
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I liked it because Lorne Michaels called him the Future.
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And he calls the Weeknd Weekend and that's my favorite thing ever.
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And I also loved it because it was just this moment where I was like, "Oh, cool.
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This is like [ __ ] I'm into."
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You know, so it was like the first time when I was there where I saw it kind of switched to like now we have DaBaby on it and [ __ ] So, it was a really cool moment.
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My heart's doing weird [ __ ] That might just be because of the things I do at home, but This is really intense. This is like a thing. This is cool.
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I know this one is hot because there's very little like work on the label.
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You think like they're under selling, over delivering?
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Yeah, they're like, "Fuck you. It's hot." All right.
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Oh, [ __ ] So, from talking to a lot of stand-ups over the years, it seems like many feel pressured by the times we're living in where audiences seem to be in a heightened state of awareness and then it's so routine now for material to be opportunistically taken out of context. Right.
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Where do you stand on performing at college campuses now?
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I know you swore it off last year.
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Yeah, I did and then they were like, "Money."
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And I was like, "So, I'm going back."
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Uh cuz I love money so much. It's so great. Uh I know.
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I It's really hard to perform at colleges.
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Uh Uh, but half of it I think is like in my head, too, because there's this like stigma.
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It's like, "Oh, you can't say anything cuz you'd be offended."
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You know, which is why I tried to do the whole NDA thing.
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I was trying to shoot a special.
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It wasn't like I'm like, "You can't talk about my stuff."
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It's like, "Once a joke gets out and it's in print and it's out of context and you don't see me do it or you see how I say it, then like it could mean the [ __ ] most horrible thing ever."
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Thing about millennials is they're very passionate people.
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Like they want to help, but they have no information behind it.
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They just They hear like, "Help this You're like, "YEAH, [ __ ] YEAH."
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LIKE THEY DON'T even like look or read or do anything cuz they're just so instant, you know?
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So, that's why, you know, that's why it's so difficult.
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I was taking a piss in the bathroom.
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I was like, "I can't believe all the major celebrities have taken giant dumps in here."
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So, I just, you know, sat there and I was like, "I can appreciate the moment." All right.
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So, Pete, at the five mark, we do this thing called Explain That Gram.
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We do a deep dive on our guest's Instagram, pull interesting pictures that need more context.
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Can't do it for you because Yes.
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you got rid of the internet a year ago. Yes.
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How do you think that's affected your life?
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Do you think it's improved your life?
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It's definitely helped my mental health, uh, I think.
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It's just I don't think it's good for anybody, but especially anybody that has like a job around this stuff, uh, cuz you just you see every comment.
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Also, like no one gives a [ __ ] about your [ __ ] shoes or your watch or your truck or any of that [ __ ] So, you're all corny. We're all laughing.
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Well, you know what, Pete?
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You still have pics on the internet. No, I do. I have some rough ones.
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We still pulled some stuff that we're going to have you explain, okay, Pete?
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And first up, it's you court side at Madison Square Garden with Chris Rock.
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He was very upset that I was the guy.
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He He didn't even say hello before.
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Like we There's a room where you meet up there and he didn't even say hello and then he figured out that I was the only other like person on TV there and he was like, "Hey!"
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But I was so excited cuz I got the picture.
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I like going with Josh Safdie.
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He's really fun to watch the game with cuz he talks to the refs.
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He'll run by and be like, "Come on, Janet.
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That wasn't cool, Janet."
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Like, you know, "Come on, man.
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Look for the 3 seconds, Janet."
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And once in a while the the ref will like laugh or whatever and it's the [ __ ] funniest thing ever.
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It just feels so like you feel like a kid again when you like, "Oh, I got the ref to laugh."
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Here you are walking the runway at Alexander Wang. Nosferatu 2020, baby.
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Alexander Wang is a very nice gentleman.
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I think his clothes are sick and he was like, "Would you like to do this?"
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And I was like, "It would be an honor." Kind of like this show.
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I was like, "Fuck yeah, I'm going to do it.
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Why would I not do that?"
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There's a really funny photo of Anna Wintour very disappointed that I walked by.
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That's in my room somewhere.
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They have a tough job at those models.
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They have to eat like [ __ ] mints. And like, yeah.
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They don't even get to like drink water.
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It doesn't get talked about.
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even get to like wear deodorant.
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Just They have They have They have a rough job, those those ladies. You know? Just jeweling. Living on jewels.
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What do you remember about being on stage with Machine Gun Kelly follow-up?
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Where did you get a Shane Falco jersey? Thank you, dude.
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A good I appreciate that.
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Cuz a good friend of mine we're very into Keanu Reeves and peep the double watch. SpongeBob. Sorry. Uh that's Cole's watch.
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I was wearing it cuz he didn't want to lose it. Um I got it online.
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We're very big Keanu Reeves fans, but before the [ __ ] wave.
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I Once there's this movie called Knock Knock. Have you seen it? No.
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So like it's this Keanu Reeves movie. You got to see it.
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Anyway, long story short, these two girls that are like young raid his house when his family's away.
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They like force him to [ __ ] Like they will not let him go.
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So they have sex with them or whatever.
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And then at the end, well, they're about to kill him, he just goes, "What did you expect? It was free pizza."
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And ever since then, I've been the biggest Keanu Reeves fan.
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I know that makes no sense, but yeah, love the Shane Falco jersey.
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You want me to eat all of these chicken wings and not cry? It can't be done.
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Oh, this one isn't so bad. Oh, it is.
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Oh, sometimes we speak too soon with hot sauce.
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Oh, yeah, I speak too soon with a lot in life.
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Self-awareness joke, mate.
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That one So, you've been on TV a long time, getting recognized in public.
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I'm sure that that's been happening for you.
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But, becoming a target for paparazzi in more recent years has to have been a strange experience.
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Is there any humor that you can find in being chased around by photographers or is it all just one giant nuisance with no upside?
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Well, it's really annoying cuz like I live in Staten Island and they come there now cuz like Ariana Grande made me all famous and stuff.
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So, she like it's all her fault. It is.
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She sent the wolves on me.
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Now, it's a she made me and created me or whatever they say. So, I it sucks.
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It's embarrassing cuz like I have a family that like my mom has to go to work, you know, and there's these [ __ ] weirdos outside.
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And it's embarrassing and it sucks.
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And I like to smoke weed and be high in public and it's very scary when someone's like Because, you know, you feel like you're in the future.
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When there's paparazzi outside, does it affect how you dress?
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Like is there a part of you that's like I got to get this fit off for the Daily Mail?
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No, I stopped I don't really try to dress.
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I used to when I had the gram.
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Cuz you just scroll through like Hypebeast and you're like, "Ooh, Off-White shoes.
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I guess that's what the cool kids are wearing."
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And then you realize like when you're not online that that's what broke kids think that's what rich people should wear and it's lame.
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So like yeah, I've stopped dressing at all or caring about anything like that at all.
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It's a really great feeling once you finally just give up. Oh, no. This is a rough one. This is really hard now. All right. Dom's coming in.
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She always uh senses when somebody could use a fresh one.
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Careful around your eyes, Pete. Yeah, okay.
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I'm going to start crying. Kill that oat milk. Yeah, I did. Thank you, man.
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So in the wake of Uncut Gems, there have been all these highlight videos emerging movie ever. Excellent movie.
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Oh my god, best last 20 minutes of that movie is the best [ __ ] cinema I've ever seen in my life.
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And then as a byproduct of that, there are all these highlight videos emerging of Adam Sandler playing basketball crying thinking about the end of Uncut Gems.
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Yeah, but you can't touch your face, right? Isn't that a rule?
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Well, there's no rules, but I just I don't want to I don't want to exacerbate the situation.
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This is where Making me nervous. Oh, no.
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This is where This is a new one. Okay, cool. I'm just going to cry. It's okay.
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It's what the people want.
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As someone who also plays pickup basketball from time to time, who is the most athletic comedian you've ever seen hoop? Sandler. Really?
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Sandler can [ __ ] ball, dude. And he plays like dirty. Him and his boys. It's pretty great.
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He's like really really good and competitive.
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He has like a He'll back you down and like he'll really [ __ ] like at first you're like this is cool [ __ ] Uh at first you're like this is really cool.
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It's I'm playing ball with Adam Sandler and then you're like, "Ow." You know. You really hurt me, man.
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Do you have a favorite memory from that day that you got to shag fly balls and do BP with your MLB doppelganger, Christian Yelich?
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Dude, I got [ __ ] yelled at.
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They didn't tell Holy [ __ ] Okay.
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They didn't tell the [ __ ] team that I was coming.
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They only uh it was just a surprise with this nerdy little PR guy that I met.
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He was like, "Hey, we should surprise Christian."
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I was like, "Yeah, cool, dude. That'd be sick."
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You know, like of course I would love to do that. So, I get there.
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They dress me up like him. They film me.
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They make this whole big thing.
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And I And I just go out there during stretches and I'm like, "What's up, everybody?"
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And they're all like, "What the fuck?"
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And then the batting coach goes, "Son, if you DON'T GET THE [ __ ] OFF MY [ __ ] FIELD in front of all the NBA MLB players."
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Uh and then I just like the rest of the game just sat next to the bench.
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Then after they were like, "Would you like to meet Christian?" I was like, "I guess."
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And he was like, "Hey, man. Want to shag some fly?"
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And I was like, "Yes, please."
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Uh everybody just felt bad. All right, Pete. dude. All right, Pete. Yes, sir.
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It's that time of the show. Okay.
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The bomb beyond insanity.
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Uh [ __ ] Oh, it's All right. [ __ ] you, dude. No, serious over here. Holy [ __ ] ball.
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That's right, [ __ ] Yeah.
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As a rap fan I did As a rap fan, where do you stand on Eminem these days? Yeah.
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There seems to be this divide.
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People are like, he's the greatest lyricist of all time. Yeah.
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Versus others that are like you know, he's like a fart joke uncle screaming into the void.
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No, he's obviously one of the best of all time.
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But he's annoying my friend.
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He's not doing a good job at it.
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Multiple friends, you know?
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He won't leave any of my friends alone.
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Because having gotten your break from Wild 'N Out and doing shows with Nick Cannon, were you able to pick a side? But close it what? Oh my goodness, DUDE. HUH.
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YEAH, BECAUSE, YOU know your buddy Machine Gun Kelly and Eminem, they traded diss tracks. Yes, sir.
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Yeah, oh man, got so angry in his little cave.
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Oh, my friend killed that ass. That was awesome.
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[ __ ] the [ __ ] So, I know you got stuck with the bill at that much publicized dinner that you had with Kid Cudi and Kanye last year. Yeah.
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What's different about having Kanye on SNL?
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It seems like everything's different when he comes to the when he comes to the show.
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Oh, yeah, it's really Kanye's show when Kanye comes to SNL.
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When Kanye goes to anyway, it's really all Kanye's thing. I'm not [ __ ] around.
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I'm not trying to be funny. This [ __ ] is the bomb. Wow. Okay, Pete. Yeah.
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We got two two wings to go. How you feeling?
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Got to be honest with you, pal. I've been better. I didn't [ __ ] dude.
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I'm really having a rough time. I feel you, Pete. I feel you, Pete. I'm going to do it.
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But, uh I might pass out.
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Well, I'm right here with you.
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I will say this is heroic, Pete. Oh, thank you.
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Just trying to be like my dad. No. This is my 9/11.
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Oh, do we have any more tissues in the back?
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Hey, Dom's standing right by. She's got oat milk. She's got tissues.
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Holy [ __ ] Am I the worst? No. Am I the worst?
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Pete, if anything, I'd make a case for best. Are you sure? Yes. [ __ ] dude.
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I'm honestly I'm not trying to be funny.
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I really can't right now. Holy [ __ ] It's okay. It's okay.
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Let's shelf for a second. Oh my goodness. Wow.
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You got to get your head checked. I got to come from me. Wow. That's crazy.
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I don't think I'm doing a whole [ __ ] bone no more. Hey, sorry, internet. Don't worry about that.
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This one is the Widowmaker from Australia.
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Oh, my mom should have this one. Still got it. Still got it. No voice. Still got it. Okay, Widowmaker. Make me a widow.
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Dude, this stuff thing This thing has stuff on it. Okay. Okay. All right, Pete. That's good. That's good. Thank you. That's good. Okay. So, I read Mhm.
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in your Paper magazine profile that you turned your basement, your mom's basement My basement, yeah.
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into what sounds like the greatest man cave in the five boroughs.
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Can you paint the scene for us because it does seem like a lot went into the details there. Yeah.
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So, me and my mom bought a house together because it's the Staten Island dream.
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Um and uh [ __ ] I just like put a bunch of TVs and like a computer and like a couple bean bags and you know, it's like a [ __ ] cave.
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And uh it's Oh my god, dude.
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I'm I don't even remember what you asked. It's all right.
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We'll race to the finish line here, Pete. I'm so sorry.
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Is it like a video game situation down there?
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No, it's much more movies. Movies and drugs.
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Uh like smoking weed and doing mushrooms and watching movies and like just relaxing and like forgetting where you are for a little bit.
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It's a really nice little pad. Oh my goodness. This is the last dab.
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We call it the last dab cuz it's tradition around here to put a little extra on the last wing.
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Holy [ __ ] I am going to forbid you Okay, yeah. from doing that. Thank you.
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I'm going to get in your way on that.
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Thank you very much cuz I would have done it. But he said no. here. Dom, take this. Take this. Uh All right. Okay, Pete Davidson.
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Here we are at the end of the Hot Ones Gauntlet.
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We've touched on many of the finer points of Pete Davidson, but an even lesser known fact is that you have multiple Harry Potter themed tattoos. I do. I was into that.
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At least six according to bodyartguru.
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com, which documented some 104 Pete Davidson tattoos. Did you know that?
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No, I didn't even know I had that many. That's crazy.
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How many of those Harry Potter tattoos can you show us right now?
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And can you explain each one? Sure.
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Uh This is uh that triangle thing that they all have, the Deathly Hallows thing.
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Uh this is a lightning bolt that I got.
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Uh that's Harry Potter and uh This is the phoenix from the Order of the Phoenix.
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And uh this is a direwolf.
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I still haven't finished Game of Thrones, but the wolves are sick.
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Um And that's that's I think all the ones that we can see right now.
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Well, look at you, Pete Davidson, all the way down the Hot Ones gauntlet.
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It was a heroic performance if I've ever seen one.
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I'm humbled sitting down this end of the table.
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I am embarrassed and mortified.
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And now there's nothing left to do but roll out the red carpet for you, my friend.
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This camera, this camera, this camera.
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Let the people know what you have going on in your life.
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Uh please The really only thing [ __ ] besides my special, but [ __ ] that.
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Please go see Big Time Adolescence.
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Jason Orley's a genius and he worked so hard on it.
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And it's really really a nice film.
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And uh go see Uncut Gems.
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Just keep going to see that movie.
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It's the best [ __ ] movie I've ever seen in my life. All right.
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Thank you for having me very much. All right. Good job, Pete. Good job. All right. AWESOME.
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GOOD [ __ ] GOOD [ __ ] DUDE.
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Thank you so much for having me. I really appreciate it. Thank you. Oh my god.
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Wow, that [ __ ] was no joke. Dude. I did it though.
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Yo, you went the whole I did it.
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Live the show if you dare.
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Bring the pepper dome to your living room.
25:39
And remember, milkshakes are for winners only.