Pete Davidson Leaves PETA Unhinged Voice Mail Over New Dog, Says He’s Defending Family

Pete Davidson goes to warfare with PETA over the brand new canine he purchased, and he fired the most recent shot by way of a profanity-laced voice mail for the animal rights group — a transfer he would not remorse, however says got here from a spot of grief.

PETA says the actor left the heated message Monday for the org’s Senior VP of Cruelty Investigations, Daphna Nachminovitch. He obtained her identify as a result of she’d issued an announcement to TMZ, expressing PETA’s collective disappointment in Pete shopping for a pet at an NYC pet retailer as an alternative of adopting from a shelter.

On the voice mail, Pete declares himself and says he is responding to Daphna’s assertion, which he calls uneducated and untimely. He notes he is allergic to canines — as his rep instructed us — and that is why he needed to get a cavapoo, an almost hypoallergenic breed as a result of they do not shed.

He additionally says the canine is for his mom, who’s earlier pup simply died.

Then comes an expletive-laced diatribe that may rival Christian Bale (probably not, although) … during which he angrily tells Daphna to do her analysis earlier than speaking to media, drops an F-bomb and makes a vulgar suggestion involving his penis.

PETA is not backing down, although, telling TMZ, “If Pete had done his research, he would know that there’s no such thing as a hypoallergenic dog, that at least a quarter of dogs in shelters are purebreds, and that Petfinder has listings for homeless dogs of every breed under the sun, including the one he purchased.”

We contacted Pete about his livid voice mail, and he admits he was unaware he may “adopt a specific hypoallergenic dog.” He says he was instructed “it wasn’t an option, and if it was, it was rare.”

As for his anger, he addressed that by emphasizing his household was actually going by means of it after his mom’s canine died — “I haven’t seen my mom and sister cry like that in over 20 years. I was trying to cheer up my family. I was already upset that the store had filmed me without my permission or acknowledgement. Then this organization (PETA) made a public example of us, making our grieving situation worse. I am upset. It was a poor choice of words. I shouldn’t have said what I said, but I am not sorry for standing up for myself and my family.”

Prior to Pete providing that clarification, PETA instructed us … “Our hearts go out to the Davidson family for the loss of their dog, but Pete must know in his heart that there’s no excuse for buying a dog and propping up the puppy mill industry when millions of dogs await loving homes in shelters, and we hope he’ll do the right thing and adopt next time.”