Comedy + tragedy.
It's ok @SteveRannazzisi people make mistakes ... Can't wait to meet my dad for lunch later
— Pete Davidson (@petedavidson) September 16, 2015
Comedian Steve Rannazzisi has been well-known for years for starring on FXX's The League and for recounting his heroic tale of escaping the World Trade Center on 9/11. Today, he admitted that the latter was a big fat lie— and The League is in its final season, so that won't be true anymore, too.
Pete Davidson, the 21-year-old comedian currently on Saturday Night Live, lost his father on 9/11, and has spoken about it both in his comedy (below) and in depth on social media. He responded to Rannazzisigate on Twitter with the hilariously sad, pointed one-liner that sums up the fucked-upness of Rannazzisi's lie: "Can't wait to meet my dad for lunch later."
Davidson elaborated more on his reaction to this weird story. He later asked us to go easy on Rannazzisi:
All kidding aside this @SteveRannazzisi story sucks because he's actually a funny comic and I love The League. It's fucked up
— Pete Davidson (@petedavidson) September 16, 2015
Take it easy on @SteveRannazzisi ... He reached out to me and is truly sorry. We all sometimes lie and exaggerate a story to seem cooler ...
— Pete Davidson (@petedavidson) September 16, 2015
..Unfortunately this is a very touchy topic n very near n dear 2 peoples hearts.Its years later but he apologized n owned up 2 it like a man
— Pete Davidson (@petedavidson) September 16, 2015
Good for Rannazzisi for owning up to it, but this definitely shouldn't have been a problem in the first place.