Pete Davidson has claimed smoking weed once sent him into a psychosis

Pete Davidson has claimed smoking weed once sent him into a psychosis.

The 31-year-old comedian has managed to kick the habit, but admits he used to be a “big drug addict” and even experienced a psychotic episode in which he lost touch with reality.

He told Power 105.1 FM’s The Breakfast Club: “I was a daily, all day sorta guy and I got psychosis where you hear voices, and you feel like you’re sitting next to yourself, weed isn’t supposed to do that … it’s because it’s too strong."

The stand-up admitted that after coming to prominence on Saturday Night Live in 2014, he used drugs to cope with the pressures of fame.

He said: “Yeah, I was just doing drugs and trying to do comedy — you know what I mean? I didn’t kill anyone or anything, but it’s still… you don’t want that out, you want to be able to grow.

“That’s what we don’t really have anymore — any form of privacy, I feel like, for young people where you, like, get to make those mistakes and learn your lessons, and it not be in Page Six.”

Despite countless trips to rehab, Pete admitted it didn't help.

He said: “I was a big drug addict — I would go to rehab and stuff, and I do have mental stuff, and I was in therapy, but if you’re a drug addict none of that works."