Pete Davidson to Leave Saturday Night Live after 8 years: What's next for the comedian?

Live From New York, it's some major Saturday Night Live casting changes! Pete Davidson, who has been a cast member of the sketch series since 2014, will leave after the season's finale on May 21, according to Variety.

Questions about the comedian's future on the show arose with the announcement of his upcoming Peacock series Bupkis, which will be a fictionalized version of his real life and co-stars Edie Falco as Pete's mom.

The show marks Davidson's first regular television gig since joining the cast of Saturday Night Live when he was just 20 years old. At the time, he came the show's first cast member to be born in the '90s and one of the youngest cast members in the illustrious history of the show.

The writing about Davidson's departure has been on the wall for a while. In February, he missed an episode of the show to film horror movie The Home. He also starred in the 2020 film The King of Staten Island, a semi-autobiographical film he wrote with Judd Apatow and Dave Sirus.

We're sad to see Pete leave SNL but his future is bright, and we look forward to seeing him back on our screens soon.