NBC’s Saturday Night Live program chose Pete Davidson to play the combative Rep. Matt Gaetz – despite the cast member dating an 18-year-old last year.
Davidson, 27, appeared as Gaetz (R-Fl.) At the show’s cold opening, in which the 38-year-old legislator was introduced as a guest on a talk show hosted by Britney Spears for “the social outcasts of the week. “
During the appearance, Davidson, like Gaetz, quoted Glenn Quagmire, the hyper-sexualized character of “Family Guy”, saying “giggity giggity goo” over and over.
Davidson dated Kaia Gerber, the 19-year-old supermodel and daughter of Cindy Crawford, until February 2020. She was 18 at the time.
Many on Twitter noticed the relationship after Davidson portrayed the Republican lawmaker, who is being investigated for allegedly sleeping with a 17-year-old girl.
“Pete Davidson like Matt Gaetz is a little over the top,” wrote a Twitter user.
“Pete Davidson like Gaetz was obviously just as disturbing to him as it was to his fans,” wrote another.
For his part, the Florida lawmaker found himself involved in a considerable amount of controversy last week.
On Tuesday, the New York Times reported that the congressman was investigating whether he slept with a 17-year-old girl.
The investigation, the Times reported, resulted from an investigation into Joel Greenberg, a Gaetz ally accused last summer of sex trafficking – among other things.
Gaetz vehemently denied the charges, instead claiming on Fox News “Tucker Carlson Tonight” later that night that his family was the victim of a $ 25 million extortion plan at the hands of a former Justice Department employee.
That employee, David McGee, a former federal prosecutor in Florida who is now working at the Beggs & Lane law firm, denies the extortion charges.
Gaetz also claimed that the existence of the DOJ investigation was leaked to the media in an effort to prevent the FBI’s investigation into the alleged extortion plan.
The Republican Congressman, son of Don Gaetz, a prominent Florida ex-politician, told a stunned Carlson that his father had started using a telegram to help the FBI in that alleged extortion investigation.
Veteran Gaetz, 73, confirmed his son’s report of the telegram to Politico in an interview on Wednesday, saying he used it during a meeting with McGee in early March.
The former Florida Senate president said he expressed reservations to authorities about his participation, noting that the operation would require him to be registered by making false statements.
“I told the FBI, ‘I’m willing to listen and be cooperative,’ but I was asked to say things that are not true to elicit an admission,” the retired Florida lawmaker told the agency, without specifying the nature of these “things. “.
As controversy – and confusion – over the bombing accusations escalated, young Gaetz was struck with another allegation on Thursday.
Several sources told CNN that the congressman in trouble showed pictures of naked women with whom he claimed to have sex with fellow lawmakers, bragging about his achievements.
While on the floor of the House, Gaetz reportedly displayed images of women on his phone and talked about having sex with them.
A video showed a naked woman with a hula hoop, a source told the network.
CNN’s claim does not appear to be in any way related to the DOJ investigation.