On Saturday night, Pete Davidson made his first stage appearance since the news of calling off his engagement with Ariana Grande, co-hosting the comedy show Judd & Pete for America with Judd Apatow, which benefits Swing Left at Largo at the Coronet in West Hollywood.
“Well, as you could tell, I don’t want to be here. There’s a lot going on,” Davidson told the crowd. “Does anybody have any open rooms? Looking for a roommate?”
During their relationship, Grande had acquired a $16 million apartment in New York City for her and Davidson. According to E! News, Davidson is “staying with family” and was “doing fine” after the split.
Davidson also joked about covering a tattoo he had gotten in tribute of Grande during their relationship. “Um, I’ve been covering a bunch of tattoos, that’s fun,” Davidson told the crowd. “I’m f–king 0 for 2 in the tattoo [department]. Yeah, I’m afraid to get my mom tattooed on me, that’s how bad it is.”
Pete Davidson converted his tattoo behind his ear pic.twitter.com/lS04VCVpdE
— Ariana And Tea ☕️ (@ArianaAndTea) October 16, 2018
Davidson and Grande had gotten many matching and other tribute tattoos during the time they were together. Grande recently made her first post-split appearance at a taping of NBC’s A Very Wicked Halloween, wearing a Band-Aid over one of her tats.
Ariana Grande caught covering her Pete Davidson tattoo with a bandaid! pic.twitter.com/6W7f6wMjPz
— IG: TipsnTea (@tipsnteaa) October 17, 2018
“So, obviously you know I, we [Ariana and I] broke up or whatever but when me and her first got engaged we got tattoos,” he continued. “And it was like in a magazine like, ‘Was Pete Davidson stupid?’ And 93% of it said yes,” Davidson told the audience. “So my boy, he was like, ‘Don’t listen to that s–t man. They’re literally f–king haters.’ And I’m like, yeah, f–k that. I’m not stupid. And the other day we were in my kitchen and he was like, ‘Yo bro. Turns out you were stupid.'”
Apatow praised Davidson for showing up at the show, which took place three days after he was photographed for the first time since the breakup news, walking in New York City.
“Well, you put me on the flyer, I had to,” Davidson said, joking, “F–k my feelings.”
“I care more about America than your feelings, I do,” Apatow joked. “I care more about America than Pete’s feelings.”
Grande had broken her silence on her and Davidson’s split last week, writing on her since-deleted Instagram story: “Time to say bye bye to the internet for just a lil bit. it’s hard not to bump news n stuff that i’m not tryna to see rn. It’s very sad and we’re all tryin very hard to keep goin. love u. and thank u for bein here always.”
According to E! News, a close source stated Grande has kept “in close contact with her family and they are keeping an eye on her and supporting her” and that her loved ones “have urged her to take a break and really relax and take time for herself. Ariana wants to keep going, keep recording music and move on with her life, but understands that she needs to also deal with her emotions.”
i’m ready my heart needs it actually
finalizing a few more things but i’m tryna get em dates to u asap https://t.co/mQdw3NLgMV— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) October 22, 2018
From the looks of it, this breakup only fueled Grande’s motivation in working on her music career and her upcoming tour for her latest album, Sweetener.
Although I was totally rooting for these two, I wish them all the best during this heartbreaking time.