Pete Davidson has pulled out of Blue Origin space flight as he ‘no longer’ can join the NS-20 crew on this mission amid Kanye West and Kim Kardashian drama.
This was revealed by a tweet on Thursday evening March 17th, from Jeff Bezos Blue Origin company which states that Pete Davidson will ‘no longer’ be their 6th passenger.
“Blue Origin’s 20th flight of New Shepard has shifted to Tuesday, March 29.”
“Pete Davidson is no longer able to join the NS-20 crew on this mission. We will announce the sixth crew member in the coming days.”
Blue Origin's 20th flight of New Shepard has shifted to Tuesday, March 29. Pete Davidson is no longer able to join the NS-20 crew on this mission. We will announce the sixth crew member in the coming days.
— Blue Origin (@blueorigin) March 18, 2022
Davidson, 28, had been slated to depart for a low-Earth orbit on March 23 with investor Marty Allen, SpaceKids Global founder Sharon Hagle, her husband, Tricor International CEO Mark Hagle, entrepreneur Jim Kitchen, and Commercial Space Technologies President George Nield.
The Staten Island native would have been the latest big name to head to the final frontier on Blue Origin, after Michael Strahan, William Shatner, and Bezos himself recently breached the atmosphere.
Earlier this month, Page Six was the first to report that Davidson had aspirations to head to space earlier this month. The comic and his girlfriend Kim Kardashian were spotted at Bezos’ Los Angeles compound in January.
“Pete is excited,” a Davidson source said at the time. “They haven’t signed a contract yet, but it looks like it’s going to happen.”
Davidson had been conspicuously absent from “SNL” the past three weeks as he filmed a movie.
The comic had also been embroiled in a drawn-out public spat with Kardashian’s estranged husband Kanye West in recent weeks, largely fending off accusations and threats from the rapper, who is diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
