Pete Davidson lists all the drugs he did daily before checking into rehab: ‘It got scary’ - Page Six
Comedian Pete Davidson opened up about his severe drug addiction and the lack of structure that led him to seek rehabilitation. He credited his mother's intervention as the turning point that convinced him to prioritize his health over his career.
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Make Page Six a Preferred Source Pete Davidson was doing multiple drugs and “cooking” ketamine at the height of his addiction, the comedian revealed.
“It was K. I was getting liquid and cooking it. And I would do acid and shrooms and whippets and smoke weed all day and eat pills every day,” he recalled in an interview with Variety published Wednesday.
“It got scary because I didn’t feel high. I felt high when I wasn’t doing it, so I was like, this is a huge problem.”
The actor said that he hit rock bottom the summer of 2023 , after the release of “Bupkis,” an autobiographical series starring Davidson as himself. That summer also marked one year since his departure from “Saturday Night Live,” and so he had a lack of structure in his life.
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