Pete Davidson assisted David Blaine in performing a shocking and scary magic trick on Friday.
The 29-year-old comedian — who made a cameo appearance in Fast X — stabbed the death-defying illusionist, 50, with an ice pick during his residency show at Resorts World in Las Vegas.
In a video obtained by TMZ, the Saturday Night Live alum was seen being brought on stage by the record-breaking magician on stage to a table holding four disposable cups placed upside down to conceal its contents.
Then, the Bodies Bodies Bodies actor randomly chose a cup with the suggestion of the audience and unveiled the object to be used in the trick — an ice pick.
‘You guessed correctly,’ Blaine said as he lifted all of the remaining cups to show they were empty. ‘You see, this is the game.’
Magician’s assistant: Pete Davidson assisted David Blaine in performing a shocking and scary magic trick on Friday
Scary stunt: The 29-year-old comedian — who made a cameo appearance in Fast X — stabbed the death-defying illusionist, 50, with an ice pick during his residency show at Resorts World in Las Vegas
Davidson and another volunteer brought to the stage, Alex, both examined the sharp weapon to confirm that it was indeed not a gimmick.
Blaine asked the pair: ‘Can you make sure this is sharp for real?’
‘Yup, you’re nuts,’ Davidson was heard muttering in disbelief in the clip.
Then, the New York native assisted in blindfolding Blaine and helping him place his hands on the now rearranged cups.
At the count of three, the extreme performer slammed both of his hands down over the cups and gave the audience quite a scare before realizing both of the cups were, once again, empty.
‘You did it,’ Davidson told Blaine.
Blaine retorted: ‘No, you did it.’
‘It’s crazy that he did that with me,’ Blaine said to the audience, noting that Davidson still had his hands placed atop his own and risked injury.
Taking his pick: In a video obtained by TMZ, the Saturday Night Live alum was seen being brought on stage by the record-breaking magician on stage to a table holding four disposable cups placed upside down to conceal its contents
Correct guess: Then, the Bodies Bodies Bodies actor randomly chose a cup with the suggestion of the audience and unveiled the object to be used in the trick — an ice pick
Terrifying: The New York native then assisted in blindfolding Blaine and helping him place his hands on the now rearranged cups. At the count of three, the extreme performer slammed both of his hands down over the cups and gave the audience quite a scare before realizing both of the cups were, once again, empty
Graphic: The clip then cut to the next segment where Davidson was about to pierce Blaine’s bicep with the ice pick
New role: Davidson has been busy with his career, and recently made a cameo in the action-adventure feature Fast X; Seen in 2023
‘By the way, it’s a good thing you didn’t choose that one, ’cause that would’ve been bad,’ the endurance artist said lifting the third cup containing the ice pick. ‘How did you know?
‘Uh, I didn’t,’ Davidson replied, prompting laughter from the crowd. ‘I was just very scared.’
The clip then cut to the next segment where Davidson was about to pierce Blaine’s bicep with the ice pick.
‘We’re going to be best pals after this,’ Davidson joked. ‘Come to Staten Island next weekend.’
The audience was heard groaning and crying out in grimace as they watched him slowly push the sharp object into Blaine’s arm with barely a reaction from the performer.
With the help of the other volunteer on stage, they pierce Blaine’s bicep muscle entirely and the ice pick comes out from the other side. At the end, Blaine reportedly brought up a young boy to remove the ice pick from his arm.
