NYPD checks on Davidson after Instagram message

Pete Davidson wrote on Instagram Saturday afternoon that he didn’t “want to be on this earth anymore.” The post came shortly after the Davidson SNL cast member had used the social media platform to applaud Kanye West for speaking openly about his own mental health issues. Davidson wrote: “i’m doing my best to stay here for you but i actually don’t know how much longer i can last. all i’ve ever tried to do was help people. just remember i told you so.”

The alarming message, relayed via a screen shot of Davidson’s Notes app, has since been deleted, along with his entire Instagram account. On Saturday, the New York Police Department confirmed that it had conducted a wellness check and made contact with Davidson.

Fans and celebrities have expressed support, including rapper Nicki Minaj, actress Jada Pinkett Smith, TV personality Meghan McCain and rapper Machine Gun Kelly. Jon Cryer, who stars alongside Davidson in the upcoming film “Big Time Adolescence,” tweeted soon afterward that he heard “Pete Davidson is at SNL and accounted for.” (SNL representatives declined to comment.) Davidson, whose whirlwind engagement to singer Ariana Grande ended in mid-October, has been open about his diagnosis of borderline personality disorder on social media, in interviews and even during “Weekend Update” segments on “Saturday Night Live.” Recently, Davidson wrote on Instagram that he had been “getting online bullied and in public by people for 9months” and that he was “trying to understand how when something happens to a guy the entire world just trashes him without any facts or frame of reference.”