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Pete Davidson shares how Jim Carrey tried to save his first big 'SNL' sketch when it bombed

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, JUL 29 – Jim Carrey improvised during Pete Davidson's first SNL sketch to salvage the performance, which initially failed to connect with the audience, Davidson recalled in a recent interview.

Swing batter batter.NBC Pete Davidson and Jim Carrey on 'SNL' in 2014If you want to watch, as Pete Davidson puts it, a 20-year-old version of himself "crumble with this idol" on national television, boy, do we have a Saturday Night Live sketch for you.In the latest episode of Hot Ones, the SNL alum opened up about the time a sketch of his with Jim Carrey "bombed to high heavens" — though Carrey came up with a funny way to save it. The unfortunat…

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Entertainment Weekly broke the news in United States on Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
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