{"id":17413,"date":"2022-03-03T17:17:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T09:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/chad-in-space-snl-comic-pete-davidson-is-reportedly-up-for-a-ride-on-blue-origin-spaceship\/"},"modified":"2022-03-03T17:17:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T09:17:00","slug":"chad-in-space-snl-comic-pete-davidson-is-reportedly-up-for-a-ride-on-blue-origin-spaceship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/chad-in-space-snl-comic-pete-davidson-is-reportedly-up-for-a-ride-on-blue-origin-spaceship\/","title":{"rendered":"Chad in Space? \u2018SNL\u2019 comic Pete Davidson is reportedly up for a ride on Blue Origin spaceship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pete Davidson portrays a slacker astronaut in a \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d sketch. (NBC \/ SNL via YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Comedian Pete Davidson co-starred with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk last year in a \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d sketch about a slacker astronaut named Chad, but it sounds as if Davidson could soon go into space for real \u2014 courtesy of Musk\u2019s rival space billionaire, Jeff Bezos.<\/p>\n

According to the New York Post\u2019s Page Six gossip column, Davidson is close to signing up for a suborbital space trip on the New Shepard rocket ship built by Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin space venture.<\/p>\n

\u201cPete is excited,\u201d according to an unnamed Page Six source said to be familiar with Davidson\u2019s plans. \u201cThey haven\u2019t signed a contract yet, but it looks like it\u2019s going to happen. The details are being finalized.\u201d<\/p>\n

Blue Origin, which is headquartered in Kent, Wash., launched three crewed suborbital space missions from its West Texas spaceport last year and is reportedly keen to pick up the pace this year. Page Six quoted its source as saying the timing for Davidson\u2019s flight is still up in the air.<\/p>\n

In January, TMZ reported that Davidson and fellow celebrity Kim Kardashian had dinner at Bezos\u2019 Los Angeles estate, and Page Six\u2019s source said the 28-year-old comedian \u201cgot on really well with Jeff when they met.\u201d (That\u2019s despite the fact that Bezos was skewered this season in a different \u201cSNL\u201d skit.)<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve reached out to Blue Origin for comment and will update this report with anything we hear back. (Update:<\/strong> Davidson was indeed put on the crew for a Blue Origin flight, but had to drop out due to a scheduling conflict.)<\/p>\n

This wouldn\u2019t be the first celebrity flight on a New Shepard spaceship: Last July, Bezos himself went on the first crewed mission, and Star Trek captain William Shatner went on a space trip in October.<\/p>\n

Last year, Chinese-born crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun bid $28 million for a seat on a New Shepard flight that\u2019s expected to happen late this year. But if Davidson climbs on board, he might benefit from the same fly-for-free deal that William Shatner and other \u201cspecial guests\u201d have received. Let\u2019s just hope Davidson\u2019s space mission doesn\u2019t end the way it did for his character on \u201cSNL.\u201d<\/p>\n

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