Stars, they’re similar to us! (Making questionable purchases whereas below the affect.)
However most of us can return that too-expensive sweater.
One-time “Saturday Night time Reside” castmates and Staten Island natives Pete Davidson and Colin Jost, nevertheless, are caught with their buy after they purchased a complete decommissioned Staten Island Ferry in early 2022.
Davidson lately expressed purchaser’s regret over the 300-foot vessel, named the John F. Kennedy, that he bought for an off-the-cuff $280,100 — particularly as a result of he smoked an excessive amount of weed earlier than pulling the set off.
The retired Staten Island Ferry boat, the John F. Kennedy, that Davidson and Jost bought with their good friend Paul Italia in January 2022 (Getty Photos)
“I don’t know what is going on on with that factor,” he instructed Leisure Tonight on the “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” premiere this week. “Me and Colin had been very stoned a 12 months in the past and purchased a ferry. And we’re figuring it out.”
The pair introduced the acquisition through the Weekend Replace portion of “SNL” in January 2022, calling the enterprise “very thrilling” however not elaborating additional.
And whereas it could be excellent news that the boat is not sinking, it appears as if Davidson’s pockets actually is — so far as paying for the vessel goes.
“Hopefully, it turns right into a Transformer and will get the f**okay out of there so I can cease paying for it,” he stated.
Davidson, Jost, and their good friend and comedy membership proprietor Paul Italia bought the boat from the New York Metropolis Division of Citywide Administrative Companies by way of public sale in January 2022.
The ferry shuttled passengers between Staten Island and Manhattan from 1965 via August 2021.
Davidson was set to return to SNL as a visitor host on Might 6 however was sidelined as SNL halted manufacturing due to the Writers’ Guild of America occurring strike.
It is unclear how lengthy the strike is anticipated to final because it closes in on its sixth energetic week.
As of Thursday, Davidson was value an estimated $8 million.
