Pete Davidson is predicting that Walton Goggins will be the next on the rise celebrity that the internet will “turn” on, similar to what he says has happened to Pedro Pascal.
The former Saturday Night Live cast member appeared on Theo Von’s This Past Weekend podcast, where they discussed how Hollywood can “build you up,” which can sometimes lead to a fall from grace in the eyes of fans. Davidson specifically cited Pascal as an example of an actor who has endured a sudden shift in public perception.
“Look at Pedro Pascal right now. Fucking two years ago he’s a hardworking, great actor … 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,’” he said. “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.’”
Davidson continued, arguing that “you got to give someone time to adjust to that new level of fame. 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.”
He then threw out The White Lotus star as the next actor who may endure similar treatment to that of Pascal.
“They’re gonna do it with Walton Goggins, [he] will be next,” he predicted. “It’s like, we build everybody up and now it’s so fast to turn. It’s within months.”
Davidson himself endured a swift rise to acclaim, and he hasn’t shied away from calling the media out for its “sexualization” of him following his relationship with Ariana Grande.
“I brought a lot of pop culture into the show, and I made it sort of a tabloid-y, trendy thing and I was embarrassed by it,” he said of his time on SNL. “Nobody talked about any of the work I was doing, they were like, ‘Oh, that’s the fuck stick.’ That hurt.”
