Pete Davidson pulls out of flight to space amid threats from Kanye

Pete Davidson has dropped out of Blue Origin’s flight to space, days before it is meant to depart.

The comedian officially pulled out of the trip, funded by billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos. This comes amid headlines the SNL star is embroiled in a messy spat with rapper Kanye West.

Pete is currently dating Kanye’s estranged wife Kim Kardashian.

BLUE ORIGIN SHARES SPACE UPDATE

In a tweet posted on Thursday evening, Blue Origin revealed their rocket New Shepard would be launching into space on 29 March, instead of the original date of 23 March.

It also revealed that Pete Davidson had dropped out of the flight.

“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”, read the post

It’s unknown who Pete will be replaced with on board the space shuttle

Flight NS-20 will be the New Shepard shuttle’s 20th launch of the private space company, and the fourth with human passengers.

Pete Davidson was announced as one of the six passengers, who include Party America CEO Marty Allen, philanthropist and real estate mogul Marc Hagle and his wife Sharon Hagle, University of North Carolina professor Jim Kitchen and president of Commercial Space Technologies Dr. George Nield.

KANYE’S VERBAL ATTACKS ON PETE DAVIDSON

Pete Davidson – who confessed to hiring extra security last year after he went official with girlfriend Kim Kardashian – has been on the receiving end of threats made by Kanye West.

They include:

• Kanye threatening to “beat Pete Davidson’s a**”
• Threatening to kidnap and decapitate him, as depicted in music video Eazy
• Threatening to put Kim and Pete’s “security at risk”