Pete Davidson can’t help but find the humor in his current one-sided feud with Kanye West, believing the rapper’s latest jab — kidnapping and burying a caricature of him in new video “Eazy” — is hilarious.
“He finds the fact that Kanye included a cartoon version of him in his music video hysterical,” a source for Entertainment Tonight revealed of Davidson. “He is almost flattered by it all because it is so ridiculous to him.”
The source added that the “Saturday Night Live” star “is not threatened by Kanye in any way, shape or form.
“He’s using this to grow in more ways than one, including for himself and his relationship with Kim,” the source continued. “He is turning all of the negativity into a positive thing.”
The “Eazy” video gave life to the Game-featured viral hit that caught mass attention in January due to 44-year-old West rapping about “beating Pete Davidson’s ass.”
Davidson, 28, reportedly had a similar reaction to the song as he has to the video, with a source telling Page Six at the time, “Pete thinks it’s totally hilarious. Not just that — he thinks the whole [tabloid drama with him, West and Kardashian] is hilarious. He loves it.”
Not only is Davidson staying positive amid West’s attacks, but the drama has reportedly brought Davidson and West’s ex, Kim Kardashian, even closer.
“Pete is so understanding and has made an extreme effort to put any of his emotions aside and just be a support system for Kim during this difficult time and transition,” the ET source continued. “Pete has grown so much as an adult, man, public figure and partner through this process, even though he has unexpectedly been thrown in the middle of things, including Kanye’s rants and the publicity that followed.”
While Davidson has managed to laugh off the drama, pal and fellow stand-up Ricky Valez spoke up against West’s “internet thugging” aimed at the Staten Island native.
“PD is my brother, none of this is funny to me nor entertaining,” he wrote. “A 44 year old man internet thugging is just sad.”