After just one season of “Saturday Night Live,” Pete Davidson wanted out. In the new “SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night” docuseries, the comedian revealed that he asked series creator and showrunner Lorne Michaels to cut him loose.

"Everybody here is so talented and they don't want to be my friend," the comedian recalled telling the "Saturday Night Live" creator after his first season.

Davidson landed the gig on 'SNL' when he was just 20, and exited the late night sketch series in 2022 after eight years on the show

Pete Davidson says he felt like a failure at Saturday Night Live at the end of his first season as one of the youngest cast members in the show’s 50 year history. Davidson, who was just 20 when he joined the show in 2014,

Pete Davidson is revealing he previously let his imposter syndrome get the best of him. The stand-up comedian recalls a time when he asked his former boss Lorne Michaels to fire him from Saturday Night Live.

Pete Davidson may have been a staple on the main stage during his tenure on Saturday Night Live, but his years-long stint on the show nearly didn't happen. The King of Staten Island star, who was hired when he was just 20 years old,