“I taught him everything he knows.”
BeforePete Davidsonwas theKing of Staten Island, he was… Stink Finger.
Nick Cannonrecalled helping the budding comedian land his first movie role in 2014’sSchool Dancewhile onThe Howard Stern Show.
Pete Davidson and Nick Cannon.Bobby Bank/WireImage
Put me on the show.'
It became a bit."
“From then, I took him on the road with me.
We worked on all my standup specials together… [and I] put him in his first movie.
The character walked around with a stinky finger and put it up to peoples' noses, Cannon recalled.
“Stink Finger turned into Pete Davidson,” he said.
It also starred Katt Williams, Tiffany Haddish, Wilmer Valderrama, and George Lopez.
Coincidentally, Davidson was formerly in a highly-publicized relationship with Cannon’s ex,Kim Kardashian.
He also noted he was previously close toKanye West, Kardashian’s ex-husband.
“That was a weird dichotomy,” Cannon said of the love quadrilateral.
In 12 years, I’ve dated 10 people.
I don’t think that’s that crazy, but to some people, that’s very interesting.
That became all anyone would talk about,” he said on Jon Bernthal’sReal Onespodcast.
“Suddenly you’re in this zeitgeist and that has nothing to do with the work.
And that’s a really s—ty feeling.”
Watch Cannon’s interview with Stern above.
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