Pete Davidson "Can't Believe" He's Back For Another "SNL" Season

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Earlier in the year, you might recall how Pete Davidson made some noise about being ready to leave his longtime gig at Saturday Night Live. "I'm ready to hang up the jersey," he admitted to the Hollywood Reporter.

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The longtime SNL cast member, who joined the show when he was just 20, has been a part of the series for seven seasons.

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So you can probably imagine how surprising it was to see Pete in the Season 47 premiere over the weekend, which featured Owen Wilson as host and a musical performance from Kacey Musgraves.

Pete Davidson as Dog the Bounty Hunter

Here's Pete playing Dog the Bounty Hunter, LOL.

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In fact, Pete seemed just as surprised, yelling, "I can't believe I'm back!" to the cameras as his "Weekend Update" segment wrapped.

Season 47, of course, brought a slew of cast changes. For example, Beck Bennett and Lauren Holt are both out.

Lauren Holt and Beck Bennett
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Bowen Yang and Chloe Fineman were promoted to repertory players!

Chloe Fineman and Bowen Yang
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And there are three new faces: comedians Sarah Sherman, James Austin Johnson, Aristotle Athari all joined the cast as featured players this season.

Sarah Sherman
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As for Pete, who recently starred in the semi-autobiographical The King of Staten Island, he's also playing the titular role in the upcoming Netflix biopic I Slept With Joey Ramone.

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Either way, it's so so so good to see Pete back on SNL!

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