Why SNL's Michael Che is to blame/thank for Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian hooking up

Tabloid magazines owe a debt of gratitude to Michael Che for bringing Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian together.

The Saturday Night Live star and co-head writer stopped by The Howard Stern Show on Wednesday to discuss all things SNL, including the sketch that sparked his castmate's highly publicized relationship with Kardashian. Yes, it was Che who penned the Aladdin spoof that featured a kiss between Davidson and Kardashian when she hosted last October.

"You are quite the matchmaker," host Howard Stern said, prompting laughter from Che. "Look at all the trouble you started. Now [Davidson] is ensconced in this Kardashian lifestyle. Did he ever come to you and say, 'Thank you for writing this'?"

After Stern lamented that there had better have been a thank-you, Che quipped, "Absolutely not. He hasn't mentioned it. In fact, this is the first I've heard they're dating. Is it serious?"

Davidson and Kardashian started dating shortly after her SNL hosting debut. During a recent episode of The Kardashians, she said she reached out to an SNL producer for Davidson's number after hearing about his BDE. "I wasn't even thinking, 'Oh my God, I'm going to be in a relationship with him,'" Kardashian said in a confessional. "I was just thinking like, 'Heard about this BDE, need to get out there.' I was just basically DTF."

During his Stern interview, Che also discussed Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, and Kyle Mooney's departures from SNL, noting that he was also planning on leaving. (Che made headlines last month when he told the New York Times he was mulling an exit.) But SNL boss Lorne Michaels had other plans.

"I 100 percent was leaving," Che said. "The whole time, Lorne was like, 'Yeah, okay.' I 100 percent told them I was leaving at the beginning of the season. Like, 'I'm done. I can't do it. I'm finished. I'm finished, I'm finished.' And no one believed it."

He added, "It came down to why I wanted to leave, which was to have time to do other things. So I talked to Lorne, and we figured out something where I will have more time, [and it] made it kind of worth staying."

Watch Che's interview above.

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