Pete Davidson appears to take a swipe at Kanye West as he shares cryptic clip – Daily Mail

Pete Davidson appears to have thrown shade at Kanye West with a cryptic video he shared on his recently reactivated Instagram account.

The comedian, 28, who is dating Kanye’s estranged wife Kim Kardashian, has returned to the social media platform four years after he deactivated his account. 

Although he has not posted anything on his page yet, Pete has a link to a YouTube video of Rupert Pupkin from the King of Comedy performing in his bio.

Pete appears to have taken a swipe at Kanye with the clip which features the character, played by Robert De Niro, saying: ‘Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime.’

Some fans believe the clip was a message for the rapper and took to the comment section to discuss Pete apparently responding to Kanye’s numerous social media posts about him and Kim.

One user wrote: ‘Jokes aside, Pete is handling this with class. Ye keeps punching himself.’

Another said: ‘Pete coming in with hella shade and I am here for it,’ while one user added: ‘Stand tall Pete, we’ve always loved YOU!!! Much support and lovin the shade…. And reflection in the shades as well!’

Meanwhile, one user wrote: ‘Damn, Pete firing sneaky shots’.

Pete and Kim were first linked back in October after the reality star filed for divorce from Kanye in February 2021.

It comes after Kanye recently shared screenshots of a text messages sent to him by estranged wife Kim, asking him to stop putting Pete in danger with his numerous public shots at him over social media.

The Grammy-winning musical artist shared a shot from the 2001 film Baby Boy in which Ving Rhames put Tyrese Gibson in a chokehold, writing, ‘UPON MY WIFE’S REQUEST PLEASE NOBODY DO ANYTHING PHYSICAL TO SKETE IM GOING TO HANDLE THE SITUATION MYSELF.’

He posted a series of screenshot of texts from Kim who said Kanye was making things uncomfortable for the SNL star.

In the texts, Kim said Kanye was ‘creating a dangerous and scary environment and someone will hurt Pete and this will be all your fault,’ later saying, ‘There are dangerous people out there and this is scary and it doesn’t have to be.’ 

The rapper replied to his estranged wife: ‘I will always do everything to protect you and our family forever. And I listened to you and told everyone to make sure nothing physical happens to Skete.’ 

In a subsequent post, Kim asked Kanye why he couldn’t keep any of their conversations private, to which he responded: ‘Cause I got a text from my favorite person in the world.’

He continued to Kim: ‘I’m your number one fan… Why wouldn’t I tell everyone!!!!’

In a recent attack, Kanye called Pete a ‘d***head’ and shared a screengrab of his private text to him.

The comedian had texted the rapper: ‘…you as a man I’d never get in the way of your children. That’s a promise. How you guys go about raising your kids is your business and not mine. I do hope [some] day I can meet them and we can all be friends.’

Kanye – who suffers from bipolar disorder – shared a snap of Pete with his friend Machine Gun Kelly captioned: ‘No you will never meet my children.’

He had ‘no comment’ about a rumor that Ariana Grande ended her four-month engagement to Pete over him allegedly sending intimate photos of the pair to her ex Mac Miller before his 2018 death.

Kanye seemed especially outraged that the Staten Island native – who’s in the process of lasering off all 100 of his tattoos – once had his ‘hero’ Hillary Clinton inked on his calf.

He wrote: ‘When I tag people I’m just putting together the web. There are a group of people who run media and the election. Thank god for free speech.

‘Look at this d***head. I wonder if Instagram gonna shut down my page for dissing [Hillary] Clinton’s ex boyfriend.’ 

Kanye added: ‘Y’all seen that tattoo but if I speak up then I’m crazy. I told you not going to use that one no more when a garbage man goes to work he gonna smell like trash but it’s time to take the trash out the house…You can Google the Hillary thing I’m not making this s*** up.’

Kanye also attempted to win back Kim with a grand gesture on Valentine’s Day amid their feud.

The rapper sent a massive arrangement of red roses to her house in a truck branded, ‘MY VISION IS KRYSTAL KLEAR.’

The delivery came hours after the rapper declared his love for Kim and their four children following news of his split from girlfriend Julia Fox.

Kanye posted photos of the delivery to his Instagram account, where he captioned it, ‘MY VISION IS KRYSTAL KLEAR’ followed by a string of red rose emojis.

He also tagged Kim in the center of the image. This marks Kim and Kanye’s first Valentine’s Day since the reality star filed for divorce from him last year on February 19.

The post was just the latest Kanye had posted that day regarding his family. Earlier, Kanye said he had ‘faith’ he and Kim would reunite.

Kanye shared a Dailymail.com article showing Kim out with Pete, with the star appearing to send a message with her choice of outfit.

As Julia was pictured looking tearful on a flight home from LA, Kanye’s focus was on his estranged wife Kim, as he wrote next to a photo of his ex and her new boyfriend: ‘I DON’T HAVE BEEF WITH KIM I LOVE MY FAMILY SO STOP THAT NARRATIVE IM NOT GIVING UP ON MY FAMILY.’

Kanye went on to reveal that he had bought Kim the $23k Balenciaga coat she wore on the date night with Pete, spilling he gave his ex the coat before her Saturday Night Live hosting gig in October – the night she met Pete.

‘I BOUGHT THIS COAT FOR KIM BEFORE SNL I THOUGHT IT WAS PARTICULARLY SPECIAL I HAVE FAITH THAT WE‘LL BE BACK TOGETHER,’ Kanye wrote.

He continued in the Valentine’s Day post: ‘WE HAVE A PUBLIC RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE WE ARE PUBLIC FIGURES SO TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE PRESS SOMETIMES PEOPLE CALL ME CRAZY BUT TO BE IN LOVE IS TO BE CRAZY ABOUT SOMETHING AND I AM CRAZY ABOUT MY FAMILY HAPPY VALENTINES.’

Kim’s decision to wear a coat gifted to her by her ex on her date night is telling, as is the fact she paired the grey glitter number with $1,700 metallic silver Balenciaga boots – the same boots she famously shared a photo of daughter North wearing back in 2016 and most likely another gift from Balenciaga superfan Kanye.

Minutes after his coat post, Kanye shared another, thanking fans for their comments about his relationship with Kim.

‘THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF MY FAMILY MY FAMILY MEANS MORE TO ME THAN ANY OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT IN LIFE,’ he wrote.

He added of Kim’s new love: ‘IF ANYONE LOVES ME AND MY FAMILY IF YOU SEE SKETE IN REAL LIFE SCREAM AT YHE LOOSER AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS AND SAY KIMYE FOREVER.’