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Brogan-Leigh Hurst

Pete Davidson deletes Instagram again after claims he shaded Kanye West

Pete Davidson has deleted his Instagram account - just hours after he "shaded" his girlfriend Kim Kardashian's estranged husband Kanye West on the social media app.

On Wednesday, fans claimed the actor's page was down, shortly after he shared a clip which appeared to call out Kanye.

Earlier in the day, he had shared a clip from Martin Scorsese's 1982 film The King of Comedy, in which Robert De Niro, as wannabe comic Rupert Pupkin, says: "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime."

Fans guessed Pete was going in on the rapper amid his ongoing public feud with the mother of his kids, Kim.

Pete Davidson has deleted Instagram again (AFP via Getty Images)

By Wednesday afternoon, all traces of the comedian's account had gone.

He had only reactivated his account on the app earlier this month after being silent on it for four years.

Kanye started following Pete's account a day later, once he started using it again.

Despite Kim's new 'relationship' with Pete making headlines every week, Kim's close friends have insisted that she and Pete are merely having fun as they describe their romance as a 'fling'.

Kim hasn't been able to 'move on' from their split after she filed for divorce last February, her friends have said.

He allegedly threw shade at Kanye West (@angelinas_ristorante/Instagram)

Opening up about Kim's complicated love life, a source close to the reality TV star told Closer magazine that the SKIMs founder is 'confused' amid her romance with Pete.

"Kim and Kanye can't seem to let each other go and move on - they're still desperately clinging on to one another," the insider told.

"Kanye's frustrations is sparked by his longing to get Kim back and those close to her believe that she may even be flaunting her romance with Pete in a bid to get attention from Kanye. So this battle seems to be rooted in not being able to leave one another alone."

The source continued: "It seems Kim has thrown herself into a rebound fling all aimed at riling Kanye.

"While Kim is still clinging on to Pete, there is a belief among her friends that there's no longevity in it and she's hinted that it's never going to be her happy ever after."

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