In June, 2023, native Staten Islander and SNL comedian Pete Davidson provided an update on his so-far disastrous purchase of an old Staten Island Ferry boat the John F. Kennedy.
Appearing on Seth Meyers’ “Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers” podcast, Davidson said “We just got all the plans built, and we had them do one of those computer-generated, show-you-what-it-could-be type things, and now we’re out to a few people. And it seems like it’s all going well, but it’s definitely like five years away.”
Davidson said he co-comedian and friend Colin Jost were in the red on their $260,000 purchase of the ferry via auction. He detailed that the inside of the boat is being completely gutted to take out the bench-style seats, to make room for a restaurant, concert venue, movie theater, and hotel rooms.
The outside will remain the same.
“It’s all going to stay the same — the same outside,” said Davidson. “We’re gonna keep what we can and just repurpose, make sure it’s nice, but it’ll be the Staten Island Ferry.”
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