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Who was Pete Davidson's dad? The comedian opens up about how he learned of his father's tragic death on 9/11


He's back with a hilarious new comedy special, which includes the revelation that he attended Aretha Franklin's funeral in 2018 while high on ketamine.

However, the comic has previously spoken in depth about the circumstances of his father's death, which was fictionalized in the semi-autobiographical 2020 dramedy The King Of Staten Island, which he starred in and co-wrote with director Judd Apatow. DailyMail.com looks back at Pete's dad Scott, a New York City firefighter who died while responding to the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 In the same conversation, Pete admitted that the unresolved fears about his father's safety for weeks left him feeling as if he had been abandoned for years to come.

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