Cazzie David and Pete Davidson.Photo: Patrick McMullan/Getty Images
Pete Davidsonis speaking out after his exCazzie Davidwrote about their breakup in her recent book of essays.
“I’m really happy for her. It did well, and, you know, we’re cool. I wish her nothing but the best,” the comedian, 26, said in an interview withInsiderearlier this week. “I think she wrote a really funny book and I hope it stays on the chart.”
In her book published last month, titledNo One Asked For This, David opens up about hertwo-and-a-half-year romancewith Davidson and how she felt when theSaturday Night Livestar started datingAriana Grande.
David writes in her book that she broke up with the comedian in 2018 after struggling to convince him that she really loved him. Though she called him days after initiating the split to say that she had made a mistake, David says that Davidson told her that he was “the happiest he had ever been” and dumped her in a text message two days later.
Pete Davidson and Cazzie David.Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
In her book, David recalls finding out about her ex’s relationship with Grande, 27, a day after the text and says she “shook uncontrollably” in her fatherLarry David’s arms during a flight to her sister’s graduation.
“CAZZIE, COME ON!” David remembers theCurb Your Enthusiasmstar telling her. “YOUR ANCESTORS SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST!”
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David also confirmed that she and Davidson have since rebuilt their friendship, and that she showed him the essay before it was published. He’s also thanked in the acknowledgments of her book.
Davidson and Grandestarted datingin May 2018 and theKing of Staten Islandstarproposedto the singer a few weeks later. By October of that same year, the couple called it quits andended their engagement.
“It was way too much too soon,” a source told PEOPLE at the time. “It’s not shocking to anyone.”
source: people.com
