Kanye West: Apparently Proud That He Ran Pete Davidson ‘Off The Gram’

Kanye West has mocked Pete Davidson for deleting his Instagram account, after rejoining the social media platform for only a week. He first left the social media platform in May 2020. On Wednesday morning (February 23), Davidson, 28, shared a clip from Martin Scorsese’s 1982 film The King of Comedy, appearing to “shade” Kanye. The Saturday Night Live star shared a clip of Rupert Pupkin (played by Robert De Niro) saying in the film, “Better to be king for a night than a schmuck for a lifetime.” The comments section of the video was quickly flooded with messages about Pete, with many users claiming that he was clearly “firing sneaky shots” at Ye, 44.

Yesterday, West shared a screenshot of Davidson’s now-deactivated Instagram profile, accompanied with a caption that read: “Ran Skete off the gram Tell your mother I changed your name for life”

GALLERY: Kanye West And Pete Davidson’s Shadiest Quotes About Each Other

• 2022 Single “Eazy”

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  “God saved me from the crash, just so I can beat Pete Davidson’s a--.”

• Kim And Security

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  “My daughter wanted me to go inside. I was like, I am the richest Black man and North’s father, and the security was able to stop me from going into the room with my daughter and that has not been defined … and I am hearing that the new boyfriend is actually in the house that I can’t even go to.”

• Responding To “Eazy”

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  During an 'SNL' skit while playing President Joe Biden “from the real universe,” Davidson said, “The timeline you are all living in is about to collapse. You see, it was created as a joke starting in 2016 when the Chicago Cubs won the World Series. Now, it spiraled out of control and could explode at any minute." A "reporter" asked, "What about the rest of us, are we OK in the real world?” Some fans seemingly took what Davidson's Biden said next as a diss to Kanye: “Everyone on earth is better off in the real world except one man named Pete Davidson. Your world is maybe more fun for him.”
• SNL October 2018

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  During the 'Weekend Update' segment, Pete called Kanye's appearance the week prior as “one of the worst, most awkward things I’ve ever seen here … and I’ve seen Chevy Chase speak to an intern." He was referring to Kanye’s pro-Donald Trump rant at the end of his performance, as well as wearing a red Make America Great Again hat.

• Kanye Is A Genius

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  In the same episode in 2018, Davidson said he doesn't want to hear about Kanye's political views regardless of his respect for him as a musician. “Kanye is a genius, but like a musical genius," Davidson said during the 'Weekend Update' segment. "Like Joey Chestnut is a hot dog-eating genius, but I don’t want to hear his opinion about things that aren’t hot dog-related."

• On Mental Health

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  In Pete Davidson's final dig towards Kanye in 2018 on 'SNL,' he called out the rapper for his bad behavior. “There’s no shame in the medicine game. I’m on ‘em, it’s great. There’s nothing wrong with taking them! Being mentally ill is not an excuse to act like a jacka--. I’m quoting my therapist, my mom, and my mailman.”