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Here’s the Newest Member of Saturday Night Live

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Here’s the newest member of the SNL Cast, Pete Davidson

Saturday Night Live already removed several members of the cast after a very lackluster season. John Milhiser, Noël Wells, and Brooks Wheelan are gone, and Nasim Pedrad left the series to star on Mulaney. 

A 14-member cast will include Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che. Now, according to Deadline, Saturday Night Live has hired 20 year old standup comedian Pete Davidson as a feature player. Did we mention he is only 20 years old!?

A native of Staten Island, NY, Davidson started his career in comedy at age 16, using it as a therapeutic outlet after losing his father, a New York City firefighter, on 9/11. Making his rounds in the New York comedy scene, he was spotted by Nick Cannon who took him under his wing. Davidson was a semi-regular on the revival of Nick Cannon Presents: Wild ‘N Out improv comedy series on MTV2 last year, leading to a gig on [MTV2’s] Guy Code. Davidson, who dropped out of college, made his film acting debut in Cannon’s direct-to-video School Dance. (Via)

Check out his standup on Jimmy Kimmel Live! which aired in April.

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