Pete Davidson finds a way to make Israel-Gaza crisis about him during "SNL" cold open
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During the cold open for the premiere of the 49th season of "Saturday Night Live," former cast member Pete Davidson made a return as host, kicking off the episode with a statement on the ongoing crisis in Israel and Gaza. Quick to call-out the question, "Why do we have to hear from this guy about it?" before anyone else could ask it first, he worked in personal anecdotes to smooth it out and make it make sense to the best of his ability. "This week we saw the horrible images...
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