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Pete Davidson praised ex Kim Kardashian as “superhuman” and a gifted actress during Friday’s Pete Davidson Show with Nikki Glaser, four years after their split.
Pete Davidson spent Friday’s Pete Davidson Show episode talking up his ex. The 32-year-old comedian called Kim Kardashian “superhuman” and a genuinely gifted actress during a sit-down with Nikki Glaser, nearly four years after the two broke up.
EW caught the segment. The magazine’s writeup of Davidson’s “she’s so good at acting” gush and Glaser’s own praise for Kardashian’s range reports that Davidson opened the topic by asking Glaser, “Isn’t it crazy Kim’s good at acting?”
His framing was less ex-boyfriend than industry observer. “I remember one day she was just like, ‘I think I’m gonna be an actress.’ And I was like, ‘F yeah,'” Davidson said. “And then she’s just good at it. She’s so good at acting.”
Glaser had the same read. The Daily Mail’s full quote breakdown of Davidson’s “superhuman” line and Glaser’s “exceeded my expectations” praise notes Glaser called Kardashian “amazing” and “so smart” and said the reality star “exceeded my expectations” once they began working together.
Davidson’s central line was about Kardashian’s discipline. “She’s superhuman,” he said. “I learned from her that no matter what’s going on, like whatever in the news, you’re still you, and you can just still go do stuff.”
The acting catalog Davidson was praising is recent and growing. Kardashian has appeared in American Horror Story: Delicate (2023), the Hulu series All’s Fair (2025), and is now starring alongside Glaser in the upcoming Netflix comedy The Fifth Wheel.
The Fifth Wheel is the project the two were on the podcast to discuss. Eva Longoria is directing the film, with the supporting cast including Brenda Song, Fortune Feimster, and Jack Whitehall.
Kardashian’s producing slate has its own headline. The Times of India’s syndication of the Davidson “superwoman” framing and the broader career-pivot subtext notes that the reality star was just named executive producer on the upcoming Netflix YA series Calabasas, with Emma Roberts and Alexandra Milchan also producing.
The Calabasas series is based on a 2021 memoir. The book, If You Lived Here You’d Be Famous By Now by Via Bleidner, follows the daughter of the headmaster of an elite private school whose forbidden romance disrupts a life she had been “destined” to have.
The Davidson-Kardashian timeline is well documented. The two first kissed during a Disney-character sketch on Saturday Night Live in October 2021, dated for roughly nine months including a glammed-up 2022 MET Gala appearance, and split in August 2022.
Davidson’s own current personal life is in transition. He recently split with model Elsie Hewitt, with whom he had a daughter last year, with the breakup tracking through the same week as Friday’s Kardashian-praising podcast.
The Pete Davidson Show framing is consistent. The comedian’s podcast has built itself around frank conversations with industry friends and ex-partners, with the Glaser episode fitting the same casual-but-pointed tone his Saturday Night Live monologues used to carry.
For Kardashian, the praise lands at a useful moment. The actress and producer is leaning further into film and television work, with All’s Fair, The Fifth Wheel, and Calabasas spanning acting, supporting, and producing roles across major streamers.
For Davidson, the show is the comeback. With his daughter’s mother and his most famous ex both in the news, his ability to talk about the women who shaped his career is itself part of the act.
