Pete Davidson Feels “Guilty” as Elsie Hewitt Faces Spotlighted Pregnancy
Maya Rivers here, scribbling with a coffee-stained pen and a heart full of melodrama, because sometimes celebrity life reads like a sonnet and sometimes like a voicemail you can’t delete.
A wannabe poet waxing lyrical about the article, even if it doesn’t quite deserve it.
Pete Davidson admitted to feeling “guilty and horrible” that his partner Elsie Hewitt will not experience a private, ordinary pregnancy due to his very public life. Speaking on a radio interview on August 13, Pete told The Breakfast Club that fame, with all its intrusive lights and relentless chatter, has a real cost: it robs Elsie of the quiet and simple gestation he believes most expectant mothers deserve. He explained that anything either of them does will now be scrutinized, and that thought makes him feel responsible even when Elsie has not complained. He is 31; she is 29; the moment is theirs yet also everyone’s, because they are famous and because they let us in.
The couple announced their pregnancy publicly in mid-July after trying to keep the news private as long as they could. Elsie broke the silence on Instagram on July 16 with photos showing her baby bump and a playful caption that read, “Welp now everyone knows we had sex.” The announcement followed months where their relationship blossomed in semi-private scenes: they went Instagram-official in March 2025 with a clip of them watching Rugrats, shared a pastoral day with horses in Stranraer, Scotland while attending a wedding in April, and enjoyed a Knicks date in New York that same month. These small moments, tender and ordinary, now feel magnified under public gaze.
Pete has been candid about wanting fatherhood, describing to E! News his intention to give his child what he didn’t have, suggesting parenthood as a chance to correct past deficiencies. He said he feels “very lucky and very, very happy” and is eager to care for his child. Pete also noted the supportive chorus around him, naming Saturday Night Live colleagues and fellow comedic dads like Adam Sandler and Colin Jost who have offered encouragement and advice. Sandler, according to Pete, gave particularly helpful counsel, reinforcing the sentiment that fatherhood could be the best thing he will ever do.
Despite this optimism, Pete wrestles with the public fallout. During the radio interview he voiced regret that Elsie, a self-described private person, will shoulder much of the collateral attention and that the pregnancy will not be the private, “ideal” experience he wishes for her. He emphasized that Elsie is the one “doing all the work” emotionally and physically, and that awareness deepens his sense of culpability. He repeatedly stressed that Elsie hasn’t blamed him, but still he internalizes the cost of his celebrity.
Their social posts since the announcement show a couple savoring small domestic rituals: ultrasound visits where they watch a monitor together, matching face-mask self-care dates, and public appearances at charity events. These scenes create a dossier of intimacy that the public consumes with appetite, complicating the private joy they seek. Their strategy appears to be to release moments on their own terms: they held back the news as long as possible then controlled the reveal. Even so, controlling a narrative in the internet age is like trying to hold water in your palm.
Pete’s comments about responsibility and guilt highlight a recurring celebrity paradox: visibility brings resources and support but also constant intrusion. For Elsie, whose life tilted into the spotlight months after their romance became public, the pregnancy is both a personal milestone and a public event. For Pete, it is a chance at redemption and a source of sorrow for what fame may have cost his partner. Friends and colleagues appear supportive, and the couple seems determined to savor parenthood despite the glare.
So here we stand: a comedian with tender intentions, a model who prefers privacy, and a baby who will arrive amid headlines. The scene is both cinematic and painfully ordinary—two people trying to make a small life while millions look on. If compassion were a currency, Pete is spending it fast, apologizing in interviews and promising to protect what he can. The rest, for now, is in the hands of time and a tiny, impending heartbeat.
And so, the curtain flutters on this chapter; perhaps a quiet ending awaits, or perhaps a louder one. Time will tell, and we will watch, pens poised and breath held.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and The Breakfast Club, E! News, Instagram posts by Elsie Hewitt
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