Taking care of yourself. Pete Davidson is undergoing trauma therapy following Kanye Westthreatening social media posts between and after the comedian’s relationship with Kim Kardashian, Us Weekly can confirm.
of Saturday Night Live alum, 28, has decided to seek treatment largely because of violent posts shared by the Yeezy designer, 45, during his relationship with Kardashian, 41. us confirmed on Friday, August 5, that the couple – who started dating in October 2021 after hitting it off when the Skims founder hosted SNL — had called him and left him after less than a year together. “They parted amicably this week,” a source revealed at the time.
Pete Davidson and Kanye West.
Andy Kropa/Invision/AP/Shutterstock; MEGAThree days later, West shared a photo of a mockup New York Times cover via Instagram, with the caption “Skete Davidson has died at the age of 28”. The “Jesus Walks” rapper has not added any further comments to the caption.
A second source said later us exclusively that Kardashian was “furious” with the post and confronted her ex-husband about it. “It’s another one of his outbursts and it’s not a joke to him,” the insider added. “She doesn’t take his attacks lightly and demanded that he take her down.”
West first publicly attacked Davidson in January, in the lyrics of his song, “My Life Was Never Easy,” which contained Game. “God saved me from crashing just so I could beat Pete Davidson’s ass,” he raps on the track.
A month later, the producer started trolling King of Staten Island star on social networks. “KEEP YOUR WIFE CLOSE MAKE SURE THEY KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE AND APPRECIATE THEM BECAUSE THERE’S A CHANGING SKETCH ON EVERY ROAD DIRTY ASS WAITING TO HELP RUIN YOUR FAMILY AND WRITE THE NATIONWIDE ON SUNDAY.”
In another post, West told his fans, “IF YOU SEE SKETCH IN REAL LIFE, BUY IT AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS AND SAY CHEMISTRY FOREVER 💔.”
The Chicago native later shared footage of a text allegedly from Kardashian, asking him to stop attacking her boyfriend online. “You are creating a dangerous and scary environment, and someone is going to hurt Pete and it will all be your fault,” the text read. West captioned the post: “AT MY WIFE’S REQUEST PLEASE NO ONE DO ANY PHYSICS ON HER I WILL HANDLE THE SITUATION MYSELF.”
In the wake of his posts, the KKW Beauty founder responded to West’s “constant attacks” on her and Davidson. “Divorce is hard enough on our kids and Kanye’s obsession with controlling and manipulating our situation so negatively and publicly is only causing further pain for everyone,” she wrote on Instagram Story at the time, adding that “ wanted nothing more than a healthy and supportive co-parenting relationship” with the fashion mogul. “It’s what’s best for our kids and it saddens me that Kanye continues to make it impossible at every turn.”
Kardashian, who has four children — North, 9, Saint, 6, Chicago, 4, and Psalm, 3 — with the “Stronger” rapper, filed for divorce in February 2021 after nearly seven years of marriage.
Although the pair are still working out the details of their split, Keeping up with the Kardashians alum was declared legally single in March. Shortly after the session, West released the music video for “Eazy,” which depicted him beheading and burning a version of Davidson.
“Pete is trying to make it sound like he thinks Kanye’s jokes are funny, but no one really believes him,” an insider said. us at that time, adding that Big Time Adolescence the actor was trying to “reduce the impact” of the violent clip. “He actually feels sorry for the boy, but at the same time, he just wishes he could be left alone.”