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Pete Davidson in Drag is an image macro featuring screenshots of Saturday Night Live actor Pete Davidson dressed in drag.

Origin

On Febraury 8th, 2020, the Saturday Night Live sketch "Chad & RuPaul" aired on NBC. That day, Saturday Night Live uploaded the sketch to YouTube. The post recieved more than 1.1 million views in less than two days (shown below).

Spread

Following the airing, people began posting screenshots of the segment with jokes about his appearance. Twitter ^[1] user @giannamamba tweeted, "why PETE DAVIDSON look badder than most you bitches in drag."

Twitter^[2] user @CelineRivera122 tweeted a variation featuring Baby Yoda. The post received more than 1,000 likes in less than two days (shown below, center).

Twitter^[3] user @sarinamichelleb tweeted, "Ru Paul and SNL: let’s make Pete do the drag segment
Pete Davidson figuring out how he’s going to tuck all that trunk." The tweet received more than 300 likes in less than two days (shown below, right).

Several media outlets covered the response to the sketch, including The Daily Dot,^[4] Bustle,^[5] E^[6] and more.

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