Pete Davidson didn't know 'SNL' was still on before he auditioned

Pete Davidson didn’t realize “Saturday Night Live” was still airing when he auditioned for the popular sketch show more than 10 years ago.

During an appearance on “The Breakfast Club” radio show earlier this week, the 31-year-old comedian opened up about his experience joining “SNL” back in 2014.

“I was so lucky,” he said Wednesday. “I was so young. I was super naive. So I just was like, I’m just going to smoke weed and talk about, you know, what’s going on in my life.” 8

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However, the “King of Staten Island” star did not regularly watch the Lorne Michaels-created show, which made it difficult for him to answer questions about his favorite sketches and cast members.

“I was like, ‘I like the Californians or whatever,'” Davidson, who rushed to the bathroom to look at older “SN