Why Pete Davidson Couldn’t Put Makeup on for His ‘Netflix Is a Joke Fest’ Show

Published 05/03/2022, 5:30 PM EDT

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Pete Davidson is in the brightest limelight of his life that even Saturday Night Live couldn’t bring to him. His fame was quite stagnant after rising up on SNL but reached its full potential when he got engaged to Ariana Grande and appeared with her in a few SNL episodes that screened worldwide. People are now wanting to see more of his controversies with the Kardashian-Wests

Here’s why Pete Davidson couldn’t put on makeup for the Fest

Pete was a part of Netflix is a Joke: The Festival, the first live comedy fest Netflix organized at 30+ locations in LA. With 250+ performances from big and small artists; the fest provided a stage for indie artists and an occasion for fans to see their favorite artists. Pete performed as a stand-up comedian at the fest where he mentioned a thing or two about why he couldn’t put makeup on. His clip of the same has been going viral on the internet.

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Talking about what stops him from putting makeup on, Pete says, “I can’t put makeup on because I got a spray tan.” While most comments on the video are about how unfunny his joke was, people still are sharing and retweeting it.

Kanye and Pete’s beef

People just can’t stop calling Pete ‘Skete’, a name Kanye gave him. This includes the huge fanbase the African American star has. Skete and Kanye have been making comments about each other on social media. And it’s a subject of controversy, as no one has taken a dig at each other on social media the way these two have. They are the textbook definition of the idiom, “Washing your dirty laundry in public” and fans can’t stop feeling sorry for poor Kim, who is the middle of all of it.

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It all started after Kim featured on an SNL episode alongside Pete Davidson. It took no time for the rumors of their affair to turn into reality. That’s when Kanye frantically started posting on Instagram. He went on and on in a series of 10+ posts about his grievances with Kim regarding the kids. Talking about Pete, he said, “I’m scared he’ll get my kids’ mom hooked on drugs.”

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The series of posts really made this a battle between the fans’ from both sides. Pete responded to Kanye in a video later, asking him to address his mental issues and to meet him personally to sort the beef out instead of taking it to the Gram.

Well, we aren’t picking sides, here, but Pete is a funny man.

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Shweta Zaveri

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Shweta is an entertainment writer at NetflixJunkie. She studied media and communication at Whistling Woods International and she also has a diploma in fashion design and manufacturing. She used to work as an assistant executive producer for an OTT platform.

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