Pete Davidson appears to have girlfriend Kim Kardashian's name tattooed on his chest

Davidson's new tattoo was shown in now-deleted screenshots of a reported text exchange between the "Saturday Night Live" star and Kanye West.

• Pete Davidson appears to have a new tattoo in honor of his girlfriend, Kim Kardashian.
• On Sunday, a friend of Davidson reportedly shared screenshots of texts between Ye and the comedian.
• In the now-deleted exchange, Davidson sent a picture of himself where the tattoo can be seen.

Pete Davidson seems to have taken his relationship with Kim Kardashian one step further by getting her name tattooed on his chest.

On Sunday, Dave Sirus, a stand-up comedian and friend of Davidson who has shared messages to social media on Davidson's behalf in the past, appeared to share screenshots from a text conversation between Davidson and Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. Ye has been publicly feuding with Davidson in recent weeks because of the comedian's relationship with Kardashian, who filed for divorce from Ye last year and was granted her request to be declared legally single by the court earlier in March.

In the screenshots of the text exchange, which were viewed by Insider before being deleted, Davidson appears to defend his girlfriend after Ye shared Instagram posts and videos ranting about North-West, his daughter with the SKIMS founder, being on TikTok. Ye made similar complaints about North's TikTok activity in February.

During the text conversation, Davidson sent a shirtless picture of himself in response to Ye asking where he was, with Davidson responding that he was "in bed with your wife," referring to Kardashian. Fans were quick to notice that in the picture, there appeared to be new ink near the heavily-tattooed "Saturday Night Live" star's shoulder that said "Kim."

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This is not the first time Davidson has marked a new relationship with a tattoo. While he was dating his ex-fiancée Ariana Grande in 2018, Davidson got bunny ears as a reference to the pop singer's "Dangerous Woman" album cover tattooed behind his left ear. He covered it with a black heart when the two parted ways.

Davidson's tattoo is another sign that his and Kardashian's relationship seems to be progressing. Last week, Kardashian made their relationship Instagram official for the first time since the pair was linked in October 2021. 

In a Variety interview published on Wednesday, Kardashian confirmed that her family's new Hulu reality series "The Kardashians" will address her relationship with Davidson.

"I definitely explain how we met and who reached out to who and how it happened and all the details that everyone wants to know," Kardashian told Variety. "I'm definitely open to talking, and I definitely explain it."

Meanwhile, Ye has been very critical of his ex's new boyfriend. Ye has posted memes about Davidson on Instagram, repeatedly referred to him as "Skete," and in two music videos for his new song "Eazy," Ye has appeared to bury an animated depiction of the comedian and also shown a skinned monkey attacking Davidson.