--- title: Pete Davidson Talks Kate Beckinsale Age Difference on SNL description: Pete Davidson addressed his age difference between him and Kate Beckinsale and the sexist double standard that comes with it. canonical: https://time.com/5549063/pete-davidson-kate-beckinsale-on-snl/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-03-11T15:51:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:58:01.414Z og:title: Pete Davidson Talks Kate Beckinsale Age Difference on SNL og:description: "Apparently, people have a crazy fascination with our age difference" og:url: https://time.com/5549063/pete-davidson-kate-beckinsale-on-snl/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17f68b9124cc10b6/6989467d22fb856538e27e9e/pete-davidson-kate-beckinsale-age-difference-snl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Saturday Night Live - Season 44 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Pete Davidson Talks Kate Beckinsale Age Difference on SNL twitter:description: "Apparently, people have a crazy fascination with our age difference" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17f68b9124cc10b6/6989467d22fb856538e27e9e/pete-davidson-kate-beckinsale-age-difference-snl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Pete Davidson Addresses the Whole Kate Beckinsale Age Difference Thing on _SNL_ > Sponsored content. 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During the “Weekend Update” segment, the 25-year-old comedian talked about the way that the 20 year age difference between him and the 45-year-old actress has been scrutinized, slyly pointing out the [sexist double standard](http://time.com/4743157/best-age-to-get-married/) that many have when it comes to older women dating younger men. “Apparently, people have a crazy fascination with our age difference,” he said. “But it doesn’t really bother us. But then again, I’m new to this.” He then suggested that if people had “questions about a relationship with a big age difference,” they might be better off asking the many, many famous men who have dated or are in relationships with women who are much younger than them. “Just ask Leonardo DiCaprio, Jason Statham, Michael Douglas, Richard Gere, Jeff Goldblum, Scott Disick, George Clooney, Dane Cook, Derek Jeter, Bruce Willis, Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee, Sean Penn, whoever the president of France is, Mel Gibson, Billy Joel, Ben Kingsley, Mick Jagger, Liev Schreiber, Sylvester Stallone, Kelsey Grammer, Larry King, Rod Stewart and Donald Trump.” Touché, Pete. 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