Ready to take off? Not quite.
It turns out that Pete Davidson won’t be going to space after all. Although the Saturday Night Live star was set for an out of this world flight on Jeff BezosBlue Origin, it appears that the comedian has been forced to resign due to a change in date. Blue Origin announced that the date for Blue Origin’s 20th New Shepard Flight has been moved to Tuesday, March 29. tweetedFebruary 17. “Pete Davidson has been removed from the NS-20 crew. In the next few days, we will be announcing the sixth member of the crew.
While Pete, 28, has yet to publicly address this change in plan, it’s possible that his jam-packed work schedule is keeping him from the flight. In addition to SNL, he’s currently in the middle of filming the movie The Home on the East Coast—as showcased in bloody set pictures from earlier this week.
Prior to his cancellation, the company announced on March 14 that Pete would be a part of their fourth human flight into space, which was initially set to launch on March 23.