What Pete Davidson Was Actually Upset About on John Mulaney Dwell Present (Unique)

• Pete Davidson appeared on the March 26 episode of Everyone’s Dwell with John Mulaney alongside comic Luenell, who grilled him about his relationship life and the way he can “pull all these dangerous bitches”
• A supply now tells PEOPLE that Davidson was much more “uncomfortable” throughout a blindfolded phase later within the present, the place Luenell ran her hand up his thigh
• Luenell has issued an apology for her conduct, telling PEOPLE, partly: “I didn’t imply to make Pete uncomfortable. I sincerely apologize. It was all accomplished in jest.”

Pete Davidson awkwardly laughed off jokes about relationship Kim Kardashian throughout his look on Everyone’s Dwell with John Mulaney — however that wasn’t the one second that left him visibly uncomfortable.

A supply near Davidson, 31, tells PEOPLE that whereas he had no issues about fellow visitor comic Luenell poking enjoyable at his relationship historical past and “mystique”, the tone of the phase shifted in an sudden and unsettling manner.

“Pete was tremendous answering any questions — there was no difficulty with Kim, and he loves Mulaney,” the supply says. “Everybody on the present was having a good time with him till this occurred.”

In keeping with the supply, the uncomfortable second got here throughout a blindfolded phase when Luenell, 66, ran her hand up Davidson’s leg — all on dwell TV.

“The entire set felt uncomfortable,” the supply explains. “It was actually inappropriate, however Mulaney stepped in and saved issues going. Pete performed alongside within the second as a result of he didn’t need to derail the dwell present.”

The supply provides, “Individuals consider they will deal with Pete in another way and look at him as honest recreation for these ‘jokes’ due to their notion of him, nevertheless it was simply unsuitable and exhibits an unlucky double normal. Followers clearly agreed and observed it straight away.”

In response to the incident, a rep for Luenell tells PEOPLE: “Certainly not did my consumer, Luenell, need to make Mr. Davidson uncomfortable throughout their respective look on ‘Everyone’s Dwell With John Mulaney.’ She was simply being playful.”

Luenell additionally issued an apology of her personal, saying, “I admit, I used to be tickling Pete’s leg throughout a phase of ‘Everyone’s Dwell With John Mulaney’; nonetheless, I didn’t imply to make Pete uncomfortable. I sincerely apologize. It was all accomplished in jest. I hope Pete will forgive me, and I’m nonetheless keen to exit on a date with him if he so chooses. And I promise I received’t contact him once more except he desires me to!”

The episode — which aired dwell on March 26 — began off mild, with Davidson seemingly relaxed as his relationship life grew to become a subject of dialog. The comic famously dated Kardashian for 9 months, from October 2021 to August 2022. He’s additionally been linked to Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Kate Beckinsale, and Ariana Grande.

Luenell leaned into the phase’s playful vibe and didn’t maintain again. “To me, you’re simply a median man,” she informed Davidson. “Common man, however you repeatedly pull all these dangerous bitches, proper? … So, since I don’t get it, I need to know the mystique.”

“Now, you’ve got had Kim Ok, a number of different folks, you’ve got acquired this little supermodel proper now,” she continued, referring to Davidson’s present girlfriend, mannequin Elsie Hewitt.

Whereas Davidson laughed awkwardly, she adopted up with a daring suggestion of her personal: “What I feel, for the analysis and for ladies throughout America, I feel that you must take me out.”

Caught off guard, Davidson responded with a nervous chortle and a blush: “If that’s what it takes to cease this, yeah.”

However as soon as the blindfolds got here out and the interplay turned bodily, many viewers felt the state of affairs crossed a line — they usually didn’t maintain again on-line.

“I really feel like Luenell was being manner too pushy on Pete’s private life. When the blindfolds had been on, she was touching his leg,” one particular person commented on Instagram.

One other wrote, “This!! Made me so uncomfortable and unhappy for Pete. You may see how uncomfortable he was and the way his temper completely shifted and have become extra withdrawn and silent. Actually want they informed her to f— off.”

Others identified a double normal: “No, it’s simply — if this was a person doing it to a lady, he would’ve been kicked off instantly. I can see when somebody is uncomfortable and when somebody is crossing somebody’s boundaries.”

That second landed particularly onerous contemplating Davidson has beforehand opened up concerning the emotional toll of public scrutiny. Simply final month, he informed Web page Six that the fixed concentrate on his relationships has been “fairly humiliating and upsetting.”

“Everyone seems to be relationship everybody and it’s Hollywood,” he stated. “However as a result of I’m ugly, they wrote about me. I used to be harassed for like, 5 years and it made my life a dwelling hell.”

He continued, “It’s embarrassing since you need folks to put in writing about your work. I used to be one of many youngest-ever solid members on SNL and all that acquired pushed to the facet due to who I used to be relationship.”

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Everyone’s Dwell with John Mulaney airs dwell on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on Netflix.