Kwanaki marasa da suka gabata, wasan kwaikwayo na mai wasan kwaikwayo Pete Davidson ya sake zama batu a cikin labarai bayan ya sake nuna taushin sa da YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul. A watan Oktoba na shekarar 2021, Davidson ya taka rawar Paul a wasan kwaikwayo na shirin *Saturday Night Live* (SNL), inda ya yi tsokaci da yawan Paul na neman masu guje-guje da suka wuce lokacin suka yi.
Davidson, wanda yake wasa a matsayin Paul, ya kira sunan daya daga cikin masu guje-guje mafi shahara a tarihin boxing, Muhammad Ali, wanda ya mutu a shekarar 2016. A cikin wasan, Davidson ya ce, “Yo Muhammad Ali, na zo nake – a ring, a titi – a kabari. Ba za ka iya firgita mini har abada, Ali. Kuma a kwantiragin: idan na yi nasara, za ka canja sunanka zuwa Cassius Clay.”
Wannan tsokaci ya Davidson ya fito ne daga wata kalaman da ke tsakaninsa da Paul, wadda ta fara ne lokacin da Davidson ya shiga cikin tawagar masu sharhi a wani taron Paul a watan Afrilu na shekarar 2021. Paul ya zabe Davidson don aikin, amma Davidson bai yi farin ciki da haka ba kuma ya yi taushin Paul a bainar jama’a.
Davidson ya ce a wata hira da aka yi masa bayan taron, cewa Paul ba shi da kyakkyawar tasiri a kan matasa kuma ya ce Paul ya karya doka sau da yawa. Kalaman da Davidson ya fada sun sa Paul ya fadi fushi a shirinsa na dan uwansa Logan Paul.