Pete Davidson explains his 'SNL' absence: I'm 'happy and sober for the first time in 8 years'
Pete Davidson's Saturday Night Live tenure has been jam-packed, but the 23-year-old has been less visible on the show lately. Davidson revealed in an Instagram post on Monday that he recently gave up drugs and stepped back from the show to focus on his health.
"I know I've kinda been missing, from social media and on the show," he wrote in his Instagram post. "I quit drugs and am happy and sober for the first time in 8 years."
Davidson pared down his entire Instagram, so that it now begins with the March 6 post. He followed it up with pictures of him and his girlfriend, Cazzie David, daughter of comedian Larry David.
In 2016, Davidson told High Times that he wouldn't be able to perform on SNL without smoking marijuana, which he used medically to deal with Crohn's Disease.
At age 20, Davidson was one of the youngest cast members in SNL history, and the youngest in the current cast.
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