“He’s one of the biggest names we could ever get.”: Pete Davidson Surprises Fans With a Surprise Performance From THIS Rapper at Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival

Published 05/01/2022, 10:30 AM EDT

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One of the most trending celebrities for the year 2022 has to be Pete Davidson. He made more news in just a few months than most people do in their whole lives. The guy also has been a long-running member of SNL. And probably that’s why he was asked to perform at Netflix Is A Joke: The Festival. But knowing Pete, he had to do something different. So he invited a special guest and one of his best friends to perform for the audience there.

Let us see who it was.

Pete Davidson at Netflix Is A Joke: The Festival

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The SNL star gathered some of his favorite comedians for Pete Davidson Presents: The Best Friends on Friday night as part of Netflix is a Joke: The Festival. And the night ended with a special surprise: a three-song set by Machine Gun Kelly.

Pete Davidson Presents: The Best Friends was taped live for subsequent Netflix distribution, and Netflix has published a clip of Davidson introducing MGK, in which Davidson muses on how, in 2018, he and MGK were living together at Davidson’s mother’s house, sure that their careers were finished.

Davidson continues, “Now he’s one of the biggest names we could ever get.”

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Carly Aquilino, Giulio Gallarotti, Joey Gay, Jordan Rock, Dave Sirus, Big Wet, and Neko White also made appearances after Pete opened the show with a short set that touched on the recent chaos in his life. He also stayed on stage throughout MGK’s act to sing a duet with his closest buddy and rapper.

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MGK’s career has been on the rise recently, despite the Jackass lads’ routine humiliation. MGK has had two number one albums and new intentions to return to rapping.

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Meanwhile, Davidson remains a mainstay of the SNL cast and just received the green light for Bupkis, a Curb Your Enthusiasm-style sitcom about his life on Peacock.

Are you attending the Netflix Is A Joke: The Festival or not? Also, let us know what you think about the new clip of Pete opening up about life and his friendship with the rapper.

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Baheen Qadri

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Baheen Qadri is an entertainment writer at Netflix Junkie. Currently, he is pursuing BA in Mass comm Hons from SCMC Pune. He loves binge-watching films and TV series on Netflix.

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