David Cross recently eviscerated fellow comics playing the starry Riyadh Comedy Festival — including big names like Dave Chappelle, Louis C.K., Bill Burr, Kevin Hart and Whitney Cummings — but Pete Davidson defended the move.

Cross posted on his site last week about the Saudi Arabian fest being billed as “the world’s largest comedy festival” — “I am disgusted, and deeply disappointed in this whole gross thing… That people I admire, with unarguable talent, would condone this totalitarian fiefdom for… what, a fourth house? A boat? More sneakers?”

He added: “These are some of my HEROES! Now look, some of you folks don’t stand for anything so you don’t have any credibility to lose, but my god, Dave and Louie and Bill, and Jim [Carr]? Clearly you guys don’t give a s – – t about what the rest

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