It's the day after St. Patrick's Day, and you know what that means: finding mysterious green stains in strange places and coming face to face with the sobering realizations of post-hangover clarity.
One such development is that of comedian/actor/Kardashian boy toy/Kanye nemesis Pete Davidson and his journey to outer space aboard Jeff Bezos's dong-shaped Blue Origin rocket — apparently, all systems are no longer a go.
Late last night (March 17) during peak pub hours, Blue Origin announced on Twitter that Davidson had been removed from New Shepard's upcoming 20th flight due to a date change for the departure.
"Blue Origin's 20th flight of New Shepard has shifted to Tuesday, March 29," the company wrote. "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."
(We can only assume that the sixth crew member will be decided in a Who Wants to be a Millionaire?-style game for preexisting billionaires.)
The six-person mission was originally scheduled to take off into the great beyond next week on March 23, but will now leave earth's orbit on March 29. In a cruel twist of fate, the SNL star is busy that day.
Yes, that means he will no longer get as far away as humanly possible from the wrath of Ye, whose racial slur-riddled response to Trevor Noah's commentary on the whole Kardashian situation got him temporarily banned from Instagram for 24 hours. But between getting tattoos in Kim K's honour and working on his new Lorne Michaels-produced TV series, Davidson's one busy chaos-goblin line cook — dare we say space can wait?
And might we speculate this whole "date change" and "scheduling conflict" might be a cover-up for the actual reason he changed his mind? Being Pete Davidson, probably not, but maybe. Perhaps Mila Kunis got through to him too after successfully convincing her husband Ashton Kutcher not to go to space last year.
See Blue Origin's statement announcing Davidson's departure from the rocket's departure below.
One such development is that of comedian/actor/Kardashian boy toy/Kanye nemesis Pete Davidson and his journey to outer space aboard Jeff Bezos's dong-shaped Blue Origin rocket — apparently, all systems are no longer a go.
Late last night (March 17) during peak pub hours, Blue Origin announced on Twitter that Davidson had been removed from New Shepard's upcoming 20th flight due to a date change for the departure.
"Blue Origin's 20th flight of New Shepard has shifted to Tuesday, March 29," the company wrote. "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."
(We can only assume that the sixth crew member will be decided in a Who Wants to be a Millionaire?-style game for preexisting billionaires.)
The six-person mission was originally scheduled to take off into the great beyond next week on March 23, but will now leave earth's orbit on March 29. In a cruel twist of fate, the SNL star is busy that day.
Yes, that means he will no longer get as far away as humanly possible from the wrath of Ye, whose racial slur-riddled response to Trevor Noah's commentary on the whole Kardashian situation got him temporarily banned from Instagram for 24 hours. But between getting tattoos in Kim K's honour and working on his new Lorne Michaels-produced TV series, Davidson's one busy chaos-goblin line cook — dare we say space can wait?
And might we speculate this whole "date change" and "scheduling conflict" might be a cover-up for the actual reason he changed his mind? Being Pete Davidson, probably not, but maybe. Perhaps Mila Kunis got through to him too after successfully convincing her husband Ashton Kutcher not to go to space last year.
See Blue Origin's statement announcing Davidson's departure from the rocket's departure below.
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