Pete Davidson to Star as Detective in New Movie Amid Kim Kardashian’s Insights on Their Romance

Pete Davidson made his first appearance on the set of his new movie One Night Only in New York City on Thursday.

The 31-year-old comedian’s role as a detective in the Universal Pictures drama came as a surprise as it was never publicly announced that he’d been cast.

Pete’s costume consisted of a full suit beneath a beige trench coat, black leather gloves, Oxfords, and a NYPD badge hung around his neck.

Davidson was famously only seven years old when his firefighter father Scott, who served with Ladder Company 118 in Brooklyn Heights, was tragically killed in the World Trade Center during the 9/11 terrorist attack.

Last month, The Pickup actor faced substantial backlash for performing in the Riyadh Comedy Festival considering 15 of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 were Saudi nationals.

‘I’ve heard there’s subreddits of like, “I think all these people are in bed with that.” I just, you know, I get the routing, and then I see the number, and I go, “I’ll go,”‘ Pete sarcastically defended himself on Theo Von’s This Past Weekend podcast September 23.

‘I’ve been getting a little bit of flak just because my dad died [in] 9/11. So they’re like, “How could you possibly go there?!”‘

On Thursday, Davidson shot a tense street scene with Callum Turner and ‘fellow detective’ Bobby Cannavale.

The Staten Island native could be seen pleading with the 35-year-old Englishman as the 55-year-old Emmy winner placed one of his gloved hands on his back while shooting the sequence.

But the talented trio were all smiles goofing around and taking selfies when the cameras stopped rolling.

One Night Only stars Callum and Monica Barbaro as ‘two strangers who scramble to find someone to sleep with on the one night of the year when premarital sex is legal in their society.’

That same day, director Will Gluck posted a monitor-style Instagram selfie captioned ‘here we go’ for the flick already scheduled to hit US theaters August 7, 2026.

Pete’s street sighting came the day after his ex-girlfriend Kim Kardashian reflected on their doomed nine-month romance, which spanned November 2021 to August 2022.

At the time, the 44-year-old reality star was legally single, but not yet divorced from her third ex-husband Kanye ‘Ye’ West who sparked a nasty feud with Davidson whom he nicknamed ‘Skete.’

‘There [have] been situations where I’ll get maybe close to someone, then it’s like, “Wait, wait, wait, wait, I don’t really want to deal with your ex. And I don’t want to deal [with] if he’s gonna say something,”‘ Kim lamented on Call Her Daddy.

‘It has been a little frustrating but then I get really, my person wouldn’t care about that, you know? But it is a big thing and I get it. It’s not an easy thing. And I get that.’

Eight months before their divorce was finalized, the disgraced 47-year-old dropped his music video for EAZY – which depicted him kidnapping, decapitating, and burying the 6ft3in funnyman alive.

‘That made me feel really sad. That really wasn’t fair for him,’ Kardashian said.

‘And I felt so sad and sorry for him and he was such a great man [who] was like, “I got this, don’t worry, it’s all good.” Or at least acted that way.”

‘It just, it must suck to be put in that position. So it’s had me put up this guard where I don’t want to put anyone in that position.’

One week later, Pete hit back through his friend Dave Sirus’ Instagram account by posting his private texts with Ye where he taunted him with the message: ‘[I am] in bed with your wife.’

Davidson has since lasered off the many tattoos he got in honor of the thrice divorced mother-of-four including all of her children’s initials (K-NSCP) on his neck.

The girl-crazy comedian is currently ‘stoked’ to be expecting his first child with girlfriend Elsie Hewitt, whom he only began dating in March.

‘I can’t wait, let’s go. I can’t wait, let’s go. I’m so excited. I’ve never been more excited for anything,’ Pete gushed to Late Night host Seth Meyers in August.

‘I’m just excited for that excuse I could use, “Ah, the kid. I can’t come out tonight. I’m sorry.” Oh, I can’t wait!’

On Tuesday, the London-born, LA-raised 29-year-old took to TikTok to complain about having no appetite aside from ice cubes and when she does eat she feels nauseous.

‘We were going to the movies and then I was like, “I don’t even think I can do it,”‘ Elsie said.

‘I just feel so sick. I didn’t eat enough today, I know that. But, like, my mouth does not want food. My stomach wants food even though it’s [small and squished]. I just have no appetite at all whatsoever.’

Davidson will next appear in Angus Wall’s Eddie Murphy documentary Being Eddie, which premieres November 12 on Netflix.

The Home producer-star’s other upcoming films include David Leitch’s heist flick How to Rob a Bank, Doug Liman’s bitcoin thriller Killing Satoshi, and David Michôd’s long-delayed stoner comedy Wizards!