Pete Davidson roasted Ariana Grande after she aired their ‘dirty laundry’ in public

Pete Davidson had a brutal response after former fiancée Ariana Grande referred to their relationship as a 'distraction'.

In case you missed it, Davidson - who is famous for his work on Saturday Night Live and dating literally everyone - is able to count singer and actor Ariana Grande as one of his many exes.

The pair first hooked up back in May 2018, which wasn't too long after Davidson broke things off with previous girlfriend Cazzie David, and would go on to have a short but very intense romance.

They packed a lot into their five month fling (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for American Express)

Now Davidson and Grande were only dating for just five months, but they were certainly able to squeeze a lot of milestones into their brief fling.

The pair were engaged after just a month, adopted a pet pig, named Piggie Smallz, and made very lovey-dovey comments about each other in the media.

Not to mention Grande penning a song titled 'Pete Davidson' and making NSFW tweets about the size of his manhood.

However, by October 2018 the whirlwind romance was at an end, with several reports suggesting the death of Grande's former boyfriend Mac Miller that September had deeply affected her.

Grande would later address the demise directly the following year during a cover interview with Vogue, where she referred to her and Davidson's romance as 'frivolous and fun' but 'unrealistic'.

"And then I met Pete, and it was an amazing distraction. It was frivolous and fun and insane and highly unrealistic, and I loved him, and I didn’t know him," she revealed candidly.

"I’m like an infant when it comes to real life."

Unfortunately for Grande, one person who didn't appreciate the vulnerability was Davidson, with the comedian taking her comments as a sign that talking about their relationship was 'fair game'.

His response would come as part of a routine for a Netflix comedy special Alive From New York in 2020.

The comedian made sure to reference her comments during his Netflix stand-up routine (Netflix)

Justifying his decision to joke about the relationship, he said: "And you’re like, 'Pete, this isn’t fair. You’re airing out your dirty laundry. How could you do that? Where did she say this stuff? To her friends? In the confidence of her own home?' No, she said it on the cover of Vogue magazine."

The comedian then went on to poke fun at Grande's fake tan and added that he would've expected his career to be 'over' if he'd 'hopped on the cover of Vogue magazine and just started s***ting on my ex'.

"Can you imagine if I did that? My career would be over tomorrow," he said.

While Davidson later went on to clarify that his roasting of Grande was just 'jokes', the interview and his subsequent response, does raise an interesting point on the narrative around celebrity break-ups.