Pete Davidson Reveals Actor who 'Saved' His Life, Talks Being Butt of the Joke on 'SNL' & Learning About His Dad's Death in New Interview

On how Joe Pesci saved his life…

EW noted that Pete credited Joe Pesci, who came out of retirement to work with him on his new project Bupkis, for having “saved” his life.

“[Pesci] liked the material enough to do it,” he shared. “We had a really great conversation. It was really honest and organic and we kind of hit it off. And it was out of love he did it, ’cause he doesn’t need to do anything.”

“I needed that validation from someone like that, like so badly,” he added. “Because, like I said, when you’re going online, I can deal with trolls, but Oscar winners, presidents s-itting on you? You’re like, ‘D-mn, I’m a f-cking loser.’ I got the guy no one can get. And that changed my life. I owe him everything.”