Kanye West calls out Pete Davidson for mocking his mental health on Saturday Night Live: 'You got anymore mental health jokes?'
Kanye West didn't exactly roll out the welcome mat when his love rival Pete Davidson rejoined Instagram yesterday after a four-year hiatus.
The rapper has made online jabs at the Saturday Night Live star since he started dating West's estranged wife, Kim Kardashian. But today, in a since-deleted Instagram post, he directly addressed the comedian, blasting Davidson — or Skete, as he calls him — for mocking his mental health on SNL back in 2018.
"HI SKETE YOU GOT ANYMORE MENTAL HEALTH JOKES FOR ME?," the 44-year-old captioned a photo of Davidson wearing a "Make Kanye 2006 Again" hat in the skit.
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Kanye West calls out Pete Davidson for mocking his mental health on Saturday Night Live. Instagram
In the segment, Davidson joked about West's mental health struggles while also calling him out for supporting then-US President Donald Trump.
"You know how wrong about politics you have to be for, like, me to notice?" the King of Staten Island star said on camera. "You know how annoying that is? Like, Kanye is a genius but, like, a musical genius … Kanye, I know you're like, 'Yo, this is the real me, I'm off the meds,' but take [them]. There's no shade in the medicine game."
"Being mentally ill is not an excuse to act like a jackass," Davidson added. "I'm quoting my therapist, my mom, and my mailman." Watch the video above.
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Kanye West has been taking jabs at Pete Davidson ever since he was linked to Kim Kardashian. Getty
Bizarrely, that same year, Davidson actually stood up for West in his stand-off with Ariana Grande, who just happens to be the comedian's ex.
Davidson praised the rapper for defending himself against the pop star, who at the time asked West to "behave" on social media so she can release her song.
West then claimed in a tweet that Grande's comment "weighed on my mental health" — and Davidson praised him for speaking out.
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Pete Davidson and Kanye West's ex Kim Kardashian have been dating since October. Instagram
"Bravo Kanye West for standing up for yourself and speaking out against mental health," Davidson tweeted in a recently unearthed tweet. "I can't explain to you enough how difficult and scary it is to be honest about stuff like this."
"We need people like Kanye," he added. "No one should ever point fingers at you for your bravery in speaking about mental health. I'm seriously disgusted."
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