Pete Davidson Says He Ate a Pack of Zyn by Mistake, Didn’t Know They ‘Weren’t Swallowable’

Pete Davidson admits he completely misunderstood how to use Zyn the first time he tried them.

The 31-year-old Saturday Night Live alum spoke to GQ for a new interview and mentioned how he incorrectly used the popular Swedish nicotine pouches incorrectly.

"Smoking is gross, and I’m old now, so I can’t really smoke as many cigarettes anymore. So now I’m on Zyn like every frat guy,” Davidson told GQ.

“Shane Gillis gave me a bunch of them because he’s like 'You should stop smoking cigarettes, dude,' as he was pounding 12 beers. [The first time I tried Zyn] I ate a whole pack,” he continued. “I swallowed all of them. I didn’t know that they weren’t swallow-able.”

“And then Shane checked in and was like 'Are you doing the Zyn?' And I go 'Yeah, it’s weird you can just eat them.' And he goes, 'You’re not supposed to eat them, but the first pack you have makes you burp and vomit a little bit. You just got to get past that,'” Davidson recalled. 

“I like coffee and I like the cinnamon [flavors],” he noted. “I’m not a minty or fruit guy. I’m trying to just be on nicotine, and it’s a douchey thing, but it’s pretty great."

Since stepping away from SNL in 2022, Davidson told the magazine he’s been busy removing all 200 of his tattoos (which he believes won’t be finished for another five years). He also gave an update on the Staten Island Ferry he purchased with Colin Jost for $280,000 in 2022—which he plans to convert into a party boat called "Titanic 2."

“Shameless plug: It’s coming sooner than you think. We just made some major headway. We have a whole floor done out of the four floors, and we’re using this floor that holds 1,000 people all summer for parties and throwing a bar in there. We’re going floor by floor,” Davidson revealed.

“And we obviously have way more expensive plans, but right now, it’s where it’s moving. It’s just the three of us [Jost and The Stand comedy club owner Paul Italia] who have never owned a boat before,” he said. 

“I know people like to shit on it, because they’ll shit on anything that a couple of Staten Island guys are trying to do. People don’t understand the fucking scope of this. Like, you can’t do this in a month—this is a five to 10-year plan before it’s fully done, and you just got to give us time,” he added.

“It’s been a year and a half, so we’re happy with it, and I’m on constant calls about it, and we’re really enjoying the process. There’s a million different problems, like, what is the curfew to stop serving alcohol on a boat? There are certain anchors that have to be in to stabilize it. There’s a million things that you would never think of, because you’re not supposed to buy a ferry from 1965. But we did, and now we’re here.”