Pete Davidson opened up about becoming a father for the first time after his actress girlfriend, Elsie Hewitt, announced that she’s pregnant.
“I did it!” Davidson jokingly said about the pregnancy while appearing on Tuesday’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. After the audience burst into applause, Davidson took a moment to express how excited he is for fatherhood.
“Anybody who knows me, it’s my dream to be a dad, so I’m so excited,” he said, noting that Hewitt is also looking forward to becoming a mother. “I’m excited to see her be a mom, so we’re stoked.”
The Saturday Night Live alum went on to note that learning about Hewitt’s pregnancy put things into perspective for him, as he said that “everything else doesn’t really matter anymore.” He added, “It’s nice.”
Fallon concluded the conversation by predicting that Davidson will be a “fantastic dad.”
Davidson and Hewitt were first romantically linked in March after photos circulated of them swimming and kissing in the ocean in Palm Beach, Florida.
Four months later, the model announced via Instagram on July 16 that she and Davidson were expecting their first child together. “Welp now everyone knows we had sex,” she wrote alongside a carousel post that included one video clip from an ultrasound appointment inside of a doctor’s office. The fetus was seen on the monitor as Hewitt turned her head to look at the camera and Davidson held her hand.
Davidson also opened up about his future as a father while speaking to Entertainment Tonight at the premiere of his new film The Home. “I honestly couldn’t be more excited. As you know, it’s been my dream forever. Since I was a little kid,” he said. “The baby’s mother is one of my favorite people to ever exist.”
The Dog Man actor added that Hewitt is “gonna be a great mom.”
“I’m just stoked,” Davidson continued. “I hope to be the dad that I hope that I would have.”
After Davidson became a breakout star on SNL, he has continued to work in film and TV projects including The King of Staten Island, Bupkis, Bodies Bodies Bodies and more. In addition to The Home, Davidson will star in The Pickup opposite Eddie Murphy and Keke Palmer and David Leitch’s How to Rob a Bank.
As for Hewitt, the London-born actress’ credits include appearances on the TV shows Industry, Dave and Turnt. She is also among the cast of Alec Griffin Roth’s upcoming film Billy Knight opposite Al Pacino, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Charlie Heaton, Diana Silvers, Sara Sampaio and Angela Sarafyan.
