Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson posing together in an Instagram snap
(Picture: Instagram )“In bed with your wife,” read a text message from Pete Davidson to Kanye West this weekend. With it, he attached a selfie taken beneath bed sheets.
In normal circumstances it would probably be considered a low blow to send that to your new partner’s ex, but after months of public goading from Ye - as West is now legally known - the SNL presenter said he “was done being quiet.”
“I’ve decided I’m not gonna let you treat us like this anymore,” said Davidson to West.
Davidson, 28, who is dating West’s estranged wife Kim Kardashian, 41, has been subjected to public attacks by the rapper on social media and via songs and music videos. Most recently, the rapper’s new music video for Eazy featured what appeared to be an animated version of Davidson (or Skete, as Ye has taken to calling him) being kidnapped, decapitated and buried alive. Earlier on in the feud, Ye incited his fans to scream “loser” and “Kimye forever” at the top of their lungs if they saw the couple in real life.
West responded to criticism of his depiction of violence, writing on Instagram that “art is not a proxy for any ill or harm”, and “any suggestion otherwise about my art is false and mal intended”.
But back to the messages. In the series of now-deleted “leaked” texts that were shared by SNL writer Dave Sirus, Davidson broke his silence, telling the rapper to “stop being a little internet bitch boy and talk”, and that “it’s so sad to watch you ruin your legacy on the daily”. He also praised Kim Kardashian’s parenting skills and warned him that he’ll stop “being nice” if Ye continued with his diatribe.
He had, he said, “stopped stand-up comedians from doing bits about you cause I don’t want the father of my girls’ kids to look bad out there.” Adding, “I have your back even though you treat me like s*** because I want everything to be smooth.”
Considering West’s recent smear campaign, many onlookers were cheering Davidson’s dig.
Still, the question remains, should there be any onlookers in the first place? Social media, most would argue, is not the arena to settle the intricacies of a high profile divorce, especially when there are four children, aged between two and eight, involved. “This isn’t public dude. I’m not here for pictures and press. Which is obviously all you care about.” Pete replied when Ye invited him to air out their grievances at his Sunday Service concert.
Over the last 14-years, we’ve watched seven divorces and three separations unfold on Keeping Up With The Kardashians, but this social media opera is the most uncomfortable to watch so far - and it doesn’t seem like it’s going to let up anytime soon.
