What’s Going On With Pete Davidson and Walton Goggins?
Are Pete Davidson and Walton Goggins feuding? Well, not exactly, but they are gently butting heads while talking more broadly about their personal feelings, which is maybe weirder? Also, Pedro Pascal and Theo Von are implicated. This is a real Hollywood Mad Libs story, one that could have only started with two guys shooting the shit on a podcast.
During his appearance on Von’s This Past Weekend podcast, Davidson opined about how quickly people turn on the celebrities they feel are overexposed (something he has obviously experienced firsthand). “Look at Pedro Pascal right now. Fucking two years ago, he’s a hardworking great actor,” Davidson said. “He’s worked so hard and has been a struggling actor, [then] fucking blows up so fucking hard, everyone’s like, ‘Daddy, daddy! Yeah, daddy, daddy.’ And then a year later, he’s like in everything now ’cause he’s hot and big and everyone’s like, ‘Go the fuck away, dude!’” Von then joked that people were also yelling, “I hope ICE gets Pascal!,” which we can’t even get into right now.
“You got to give someone time to adjust to that new level of fame,” Davidson continued. “He’s been banging at it for 30 years, and now he’s learning how to go get a cup of coffee or deal with someone that taps you on the shoulder while you have your earbuds in and freaks you out. You got to give that guy a fucking second to like adjust.”
“They’re gonna do it with Walton Goggins. [He] will be next,” Davidson predicted. “It’s like we build everybody up and now it’s so fast to turn. It’s within months.”
Goggins, never one to shy away from a long, meandering Instagram caption, read about Davidson’s comments in The Hollywood Reporter and decided to share his own thoughts. Alongside a slideshow that included a screenshot of the article and a bunch of photos from his time at the Saint Laurent show in Paris, Goggins said Davidson’s comments didn’t really bother him.
“I saw this article and had to respond. (Pete was talking about his own experience) Pete we don’t know each other but I appreciate the heads up,” Goggins wrote, immediately clocking the comedian for projecting onto him. “As a 53 yr old I’m acutely aware that every experience has a shelf life. I appreciate so many of you going on this journey with me… I have a few things coming out that I have an obligation to talk about… not for me mind you, but to honor all of those that worked so hard to bring these stories to fruition.” Goggins also noted that he and Davidson can agree on the greatness of Pascal, who would probably love to be left out of this entirely.
Goggins continued, writing that it was “a blessing” to be part of the THR headline, asking, “How lucky am I that this is even a possibility?!!” He ended on a note of gratitude, sharing that he has experienced “way more than a poor kid from GA would ever have the audacity to imagine.” “If saying yes in life more than saying no is a crime, then I’m guilty as charged,” he wrote. “And If this headline is a possibility or an inevitability… if this is my fate…Well… Fuck it. I’m going to enjoy the FUCK OUT OF IT.”
Hell yeah, brother. Again, this is not a real feud, but if it were, Goggins would be winning.
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