Pete Davidson didn't always know he'd be a cast member on Saturday Night Live. But being a dad? That was a role he felt called to from an early age.

"When I was young and my dad passed, I remember my mom used to be like, 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' And I used to be like, 'A dad,'" the SNL alum—whose firefighter father Scott Davidson died while responding to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001—shared on The Breakfast Club in 2025. "I always wanted to be a dad because I felt so crappy, and I wanted to make sure that a kid didn’t feel that way or have to go through what I went through."

And when Davidson found out then-girlfriend Elsie Hewitt was pregnant, it brought back that same longing.

"It was so nice," he continued. "Because you know when you’re little, you’re like, 'I want to be an astronaut,' or 'I want to be' whatever. A lot of that stuff fizzled out, but I felt the exact excitement when I was little."

"When we went out to dinner for the first time, I was like, 'Don't think I'm crazy, but I just know that you're going to be the father of my children,'" the model shared in a November 2025 Instagram video for Bumble. And the comedian felt the same way: "I was like, 'I know.'"

And they didn't wait long. Four months after making their relationship Instagram official, Davidson and Hewitt revealed in July 2025 that they were expecting a baby—with her captioning the social media announcement, "Welp now everyone knows we had sex." Five months later, the actress shared that their "perfect angel girl arrived 12/12/2025."Calling daughter Scottie Rose Hewitt Davidson, "my best work yet," Hewitt wrote on Instagram December 18, "I am absolutely overflowing with love and gratitude and disbelief."

As for how they chose the name, Scottie was a tribute to Davidson's dad. Also, as the 32-year-old noted to Elite Daily in January, "She was conceived in Scotland," a trip Hewitt had documented in March 2025.

And the middle moniker Rose holds significance to the pair too.

"My middle name is Rose, and both of my sisters' middle names are also Rose, because my mom's maiden name had Rose in it," Hewitt added. "So I wanted to have a little special part of them in her name, too."

Just like the sturdy flower itself, Davidson has seen himself grow since entering this new chapter.

"I’ve always had anxiety about people pleasing and wanting to be the best at everything," he continued. "But now I’m like, 'If I could do that, that’d be cool. But if not, I get to hang out with [Scottie].' You genuinely don't care as much, if at all, about anything else. Like movies or being in f-cking whatever."

But overall, "Dad life is f--king awesome," he noted to the outlet. "It is exhausting and rewarding and cute. And I'm very lucky because Elsie is a fantastic mom, and I can't stress enough how lucky I am."

Months later, however, Davidson and Hewitt sparked split speculation when she hinted she was a single parent on TikTok.

"I have a baby to take care of," the 30-year-old said in her May 16 post, "and I also have to work and make money and I’m doing it on my own, which is hard."

For the most part, Davidson keeps much of his personal world private. Although, he does occasionally give small glimpses into his life as Scottie’s dad.

"The newest thing I want her to watch is SpongeBob and then go back,” he revealed on the June 12 episode of The Pete Davidson Show. "I enjoy cartoons still."