Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson took the stage for the first time in three years for a stand-up comedy set on Thursday. During his Netflix Is A Joke: The Festival at the Hollywood Bowl, he joked about Kanye West spreading rumors he has AIDS.
During the sold-out show, he joked that “being humiliated is weird when you can’t do anything about it,” according to Entertainment Tonight. He also said he believed what Ye said about him because the rapper is a “genius.”
Ye has targeted Davidson since he began dating the rapper’s ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, last fall. West allegedly made unfounded claims that Davidson was gay and had AIDS in January. He also spread rumors the comedian was a junkie.
Davidson referred to a December basketball game he attended with Chris Rock and Jon Stewart during the set. He referred to it as during the “before time,” adding “before life was over.” For himself, that included the time before the turmoil with West, and for Rock, before he was slapped by Will Smith at the Oscars.
