KANYE West fans are calling for him to replace Pete Davidson on an upcoming Blue Origin space flight after the SNL star announced he is pulling out of the expedition.
Pete, 28, was forced to cancel his mission after Blue Origin postponed the flight he was originally booked for on March 23rd.
Due to scheduling commitments, Pete won’t be able to make the new date of March 29th.
The company shared to Twitter: “Blue Origin’s 20th flight of New Shepard has shifted to Tuesday, March 29.
“Pete Davidson is no longer able to join the NS-20 crew on this mission.”
The Jeff Bezos-founded business teased: “We will announce the sixth crew member in the coming days.”
After the news broke last night, Kanye’s fans took to social media to beg for him to be that sixth crew member.
One shared the Blue Origin tweet and wrote: “Kanye West +1, Pete -1”.
Another said: “Imagine Kanye becomes the 6th member.”
A third asked: “Did Kanye buy the entire trip?”
Another speculated: “I guess Kim is better than space.”
Some influential voices on Twitter also decided to get involved.
Geekwire editor Alan Boyle suggested: “I wonder if Kanye West is available….”
Meanwhile, Complex pop culture writer Karla Rodriguez wrote: “Get Kanye on the phone!”
The reaction comes as the two stars are currently locked in a bitter feud ever since Pete started dating Kanye’s reality icon ex, Kim Kardashian.
The rapper has done everything from calling Pete a “d**khead,” to threatening to “beat his a**”, and accusing him of attempting to “destroy” his family.
A character of Kanye even kidnapped and buried Pete’s character alive in the animated music video of his song Eazy; a project which he has defended despite wide criticism.
Just this week Kanye was banned from Instagram for at least 24 hours for lashing out at Trevor Noah with a racial slur.
The temporary ban came after a marathon of threats towards his ex and Pete.
This week also saw a leaked harsh text exchange between the two.
In texts spread by Pete’s friend Dave Sirius, the comedian allegedly messaged Kanye: “Yo it’s Skeet. Can you please take a second to calm down?”
“It’s 8am in the morning. It doesn’t gotta be like this.
“Kim is literally the best mother I’ve ever met.
“What she does for those kids is amazing and you are so f**king lucky that she’s your kids’ mom.
“I’ve decided I’m not gonna let you treat us this way anymore and I’m done being quiet. Grow the f**k up.”
Kanye appeared to respond: “Oh you using profanity. What are you doing right now?”
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Pete replied: “In bed with your wife,” and shared a shirtless photo of himself laying down.
“Happy to see you’re out the hospital and rehab,” Kanye responded, referring to Pete’s past battles with mental health and substance abuse.
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