Kanye West’s feud with Pete Davidson is getting more intense, but their explosive history started long before Kim Kardashian came into the picture. Pete’s pattern of tumultuous relationships dates back to his breakup with Ariana Grande, and Kanye’s involvement has only made things worse. This tangled web of drama even led to a 9-1-1 call, leaving Kim worried about her new boyfriend’s safety.
“A lot of people are angry at me,” Kanye said. “You will never meet my children. I know people don’t respect fathers and the concept of family. Kanye is not well, but does he have a point?”
Pete responded, “He’s just trying to provoke Kanye. Why would you tattoo another man’s kid’s initial on yourself? There’s something people don’t know about Pete. I scare them. I just need to protect my children.”
“Are you worried you’re too much to handle?” someone asked Pete.
“I was until I met her,” Pete replied.
Is Pete repeating the same behaviors with Kim as he did with Ariana? He had Ari’s initials on his thumb, was extremely clingy, and obsessive.
“Yeah, last night I switched her birth control with Tic Tacs. People are permanently affected by this,” Pete admitted.
Kanye seems aware of this. A tweet claimed this was why Ariana ended things with Pete, and it turns out Kanye played a role in their breakup. Why would Kanye interfere in their relationship? It’s not a coincidence that he dates high-profile women.
What’s so dangerous about Pete Davidson? This is the real story behind the tabloid headlines.
“So you’ve scared a lot of women with…”
“Absolutely, Kyle,” Pete admitted. “She said it became too overwhelming for her. She mentioned that he’s very intense with his girlfriend.”
But “intense” was an understatement. Another one of Pete’s exes, Cassie David, revealed, “There were self-harm and suicide threats, incidents that escalated from zero to one hundred. I was too mentally exhausted to do anything besides emotionally recover.”
Was it the same with Ariana? Their breakup left many wondering how their relationship burned out so quickly. And now that he’s dating Kim, will the same thing happen? To answer that, we need to look at Pete’s upbringing.
“I was raised by just my mom and sister.”
“You’re very loving.”
“Yeah, I love love. That’s how I grew up, with everyone. So, when Pete and Ariana started dating, he was all in immediately. A lot of people were surprised. No one could believe it. I get it. She’s the number one pop star in the world, and I’m that guy from SNL. She’s perfect-looking, talented, successful.”
“Yeah, you don’t get girls like that.”
“No.”
But she recalled the first time she saw you, Pete, at SNL.
“I was just listening to him pitch me ideas, and I thought…”
She said, “I’m going to marry that man.” They got together just days after Pete broke up with his girlfriend, Cazzie David, and weeks after Ariana broke up with rapper Mac Miller.
“Just weeks?”
“Yeah.”
After a month of dating, Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson shocked everyone by reportedly getting engaged. They took the term “whirlwind romance” to a new level.
“That’s really fast.”
No one could believe it, but they were genuinely happy together, and Pete’s life transformed overnight. However, he seemed unprepared for what he was getting into. The media attention literally endangered his life.
“Yeah, I got a death threat because someone didn’t want me with her. Like a legitimate threat because she’s so attractive.”
“Because she’s so attractive?”
“What does that mean?”
People didn’t think he was good enough for her. But what they didn’t realize was how much they truly understood each other. Both had experienced devastating traumas.
“Breaking news out of Manchester, England tonight: a deadly blast outside of an Ariana Grande concert, killing at least 22, injuring at least 59.”
Pete empathized with Ariana because he had also lost someone tragically. His father, a firefighter, died during 9/11. Recovering from that loss was incredibly difficult for him.
“That has been haunting me like a shadow for a long time.”
We discovered that Pete often used relationships to distract himself from his dad’s death.
“It’s like an escape from life. When you have a partner, it’s fun.”
But with all the media attention, Pete’s relationship with Ariana didn’t remain a distraction for long.
“Do you think the entertainment industry heightened the intensity of your mental illness?”
“Oh yeah, it made it much worse.”
“Every escape was so extreme.”
“Dude, I have bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, and PTSD from my childhood.”
“What is borderline?”
“Borderline personality disorder. People with BPD have trouble regulating their emotions and can be quite impulsive.”
“Like proposing to your girlfriend after just one month?”
“It seems that way.”
Just three months after they got engaged, the unimaginable happened. Rapper Mac Miller, only 26, died of an apparent overdose. Pete tried his best to be there for Ariana during this heartbreaking time.
“Mental health is so important. People don’t pay enough attention to it. So, I told her, ‘Listen, I understand. Do whatever you need to do, but I’ll be here until you don’t want me to be.'”
Not long after, Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson called it quits. Pete was left heartbroken and alone, without any distractions now that Ariana was gone. But then, something significant happened on Twitter that many might have forgotten, but it’s really relevant to what’s happening now with Pete and Kanye. Kanye accused Ariana of using his mental health struggle to promote her song, and surprisingly, Pete sided with Kanye. He said, “Bravo, Kanye, for standing up for yourself and speaking out about mental health. No one should ever criticize you for your bravery. I’m seriously disgusted.”
It’s interesting to see them on the same side back then, especially considering their current feud over Kim Kardashian.
“Yeah, exactly.”
After this, Pete and Kanye actually became friends.
“I have a picture from when you were out to dinner with Kanye.”
“Yeah, I just want to say, Kim and Kanye are the cutest couple ever. They’re very sweet people, and I had a really good time with them.”
Pete empathized with Kanye’s mental health struggles and even offered him some advice.
“Kanye, I know you’re saying this is the real you, off the meds. But take them. There’s no shame in taking medicine. I’m on them, it’s great.”
Despite sounding like he was doing fine, Pete suddenly posted something on Instagram that scared everyone.
“Davidson wrote, ‘I really don’t want to be on this earth anymore.’ The NYPD confirmed they did a welfare check on him and said he was ‘fine.'”
“That sounds like he wanted to kill himself.”
“That’s what many people thought, but the NYPD said he wasn’t in immediate danger. Still, it was clear he wasn’t in a good mental state. After this, he distracted himself with a series of relationships. He dated Kate Beckinsale for four months, then Margaret Qualley for two months, and then model Kaia Gerber for six months. We didn’t hear much from Pete and Ariana for a while until Ariana told Vogue magazine that her relationship with Pete was ‘an amazing distraction.'”
Pete responded during one of his stand-up specials.
“Where did she say this? To her friends in private?”
“No, she said it on the cover of Vogue magazine.”
“I can’t imagine how it felt for Pete to hear that the person he wanted to spend his life with saw their relationship as just a distraction.”
“But wasn’t Pete using Ariana as a distraction too?”
It seems like both Pete and Kanye were using their relationships to distract themselves from their pain. Then, a year later, Pete made a surprising announcement.
“In the last episode of SNL, you mentioned, ‘I’m going to rehab now.'”
“Yeah, I sort of hinted at it because I knew it would come out eventually, so I tried to get ahead of you, Page Six.”
He joked about it on SNL, but we later found out the real reason he went to rehab, and it was much more serious.
“I need to have my meds readjusted from time to time. I think it’s a really strong, powerful thing. There’s a misconception that checking into rehab is always for drugs. That’s not always the case. Do I do drugs? Absolutely. But I’m not falling over myself. Some people are sad, and the beauty of rehab is that it gets you sober so they can figure out the real problem.”
It seems that Pete began to realize he had to face the pain of losing his dad rather than hide from it.
“I’m not dating for a while. Unless I meet the love of my life, I’m going to try to stay away from that. I’m definitely working on trying to love myself more. I feel like I’m in a good place right now.”
Clearly, Pete understood what Kanye was going through and is now in a different place, which means Kanye can get there too. He wanted to take control of his life and chose to get help to improve. You don’t have to hide behind relationships to escape your pain. You can face it and move on. It always gets better. It may get worse again, but it always gets a lot better.
