Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson spent some quality time together on the set of Saturday Night Live, but the reality star revealed that she and her new boyfriend actually initially struck up a friendship at the Met Gala a month earlier.
In the premiere episode of her family’s new Hulu reality show, The Kardashians, the Skims founder signs on to host the comedy show, revealing that she texted Davidson for advice after they first struck up a friendship at the Met Gala in September 2021. “I ran into Pete Davidson at the Met and I was like, ‘I am so scared. I don’t know what I signed up for,’” she explained of their first encounter. “And he’s like, ‘Can you read cue cards? You’re good. You’re good.’” Kardashian then went on to host SNL on October 9 during which she and Davidson shared their first kiss on camera during a sketch where he played Aladdin to her Princess Jasmine.
The reality star has been opening up more and more about her new romance in the weeks leading up to the premiere of her new show. During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last week, Kardashian also shared that her boyfriend gave her something very meaningful from that unusual first kiss for Valentine’s Day. She explained, “Actually, for Valentine’s Day, he got me the rug and the whole outfits and the little genie lamp. So I do own the rug.”
And while Kardashian and Davidson did make their official debut as a couple on the red carpet at The Kardashians premiere, she says he won’t appear on camera in the show’s first season. The billionaire explained to Variety last month that the series does explore their relationship, but she has “not filmed with him,” although she’s also “not opposed to it. It’s just not what he does. But if there was an event happening and he was there, he wouldn’t tell the cameras to get away. I think I might film something really exciting coming, but it wouldn’t be for this season.”
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