Fans were outraged as Pete Davidson made a controversial joke about Ariana Grande on Saturday Night Live.
The comedian made many jokes regarding his relationship with the 25-year-old on the season premiere of SNL, but there was one joke in particular that fans were not happy about.
The 24-year-old said that he “switched her birth control with tic tacs” and his comment struck a chord with many fans online.
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
[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
Did- did Pete Davidson just make a rape joke tonight’s Weekend Update?
I’m actually really unsettled that SNL gave the green light
— Christina (@LikelyChristina) September 30, 2018
The comedian also joked about getting death threats from people because of his engagement to Ariana and mentioned getting a prenup with the singer.
“Obviously I wanted one. So God forbid we split up and she takes half my sneakers?” he said.
“No, look, I’m totally comfortable being with a successful woman. I think it’s dope. I live at her place. She pays 60 grand for rent and all I have to do is stock the fridge,” Pete continued.
Fans were not impressed by his jokes on the show and one fan even said: “Well the season premiere of #SNL was trash. Too much Pete Davidson and wayyy too much Kanye in his loser hat.”
Many viewers slammed last night’s episode due to Pete’s joke and Kanye West’s appearance on the programme.
Fans felt disappointed by the rapper’s performance on the show and many took to Twitter to complain about the SNL season premiere.
This could be the worst episode of #SNL ever… 90 minutes of references to Pete Davidson dating Ariana Grande and awful music courtesy of Kanye West. I want my hour & a half back.
— yrocAfella (@yrocAfella) September 30, 2018
Too much emphasis on Kanye and Pete . Not enough Adam and OG cast. Super disappointing. #SNLPremiere #SNL #disappointed https://t.co/mIb9iWwrVu
— BeeTheChange (@bribeebee123) September 30, 2018
Ending your season premiere with Kanye playing the show out while wearing *that* red hat sure is a choice after doing a nuclear-grade tone-deaf pretape frathouse sketch, Pete Davidson joking about switching Ariana’s birth control with tic tacs, and just…whew, SNL. Seriously?
— Moisés Chiullán (@moiseschiu) September 30, 2018