Edie Falco has a brand-new gig involving Pete Davidson!
Pete Davidson’s mother will be played by Edie Falco
On Monday, the Nurse Jackie alum confirmed that Edie Falco will star in an upcoming Peacock series called Bupkis during the 2022 NBCUniversal Upfront event. In the comedy series, she will play Pete Davidson’s mother in a dramatised version of his life. “I’m very pleased to be portraying your mother in this show, Pete,” Falco, 58, added, according to Deadline. “Finally, I get to play a stressed-out mother of two living in a corrupt environment. Except it’s Staten Island this time.”
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Pete Davidson, 28, also attended the event with Flaco and joked about Bupkis being a Peacock original series. “I can’t believe we’re going to be on Peacock, the streaming service responsible for so many amazing series like MacGruber and Office repeats,” Pete Davidson added. “So keep an eye out for our upcoming programme, which will be streamed on the ‘Cock.” Bupkis was picked up for a straight-to-series order last month. The Saturday Night Live cast member will co-write it with longtime collaborators Dave Sirus and Judah Miller. The trio will also serve as executive producers on the project, alongside SNL founder Lorne Michaels.
“With his sharp, one-of-a-kind humour and honest point of view, Pete Davidson is one of the most sought-after comedians today,” said Susan Rovner, chief of entertainment programming at NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. “As we continue to enhance our Peacock comedy portfolio, ‘Bupkis’ will highlight Pete’s witty, shocking, and uncensored kind of humour that fans have grown to adore.” “We can’t wait to dig in with Lorne Michaels, Broadway Video, and our Universal Television colleagues,” Rovner said.
Pete Davidson is a successful figure
Pete Davidson has achieved success as a stand-up comedian and as a member of the SNL cast. His personal life, on the other hand, has garnered media interest owing to his renowned dating life. “I got to face these things I’d been avoiding for a really long time head-on,” he said on CBS Sunday Morning in June 2020, alluding to the semi-autobiographical film. “I honestly wanted this to be a cleansing experience for me,” he said.