'Recipe for disaster': Pete Davidson's friends worry about his mental health as actor set to play Joey Ramone

'Recipe for disaster': Pete Davidson's friends worry about his mental health as actor set to play Joey Ramone
Pete Davidson will start filming the Netflix music biopic 'I Slept With Joey Ramone' in the new year (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images/ The Ramones/YouTube screenshot)

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: The former 'Saturday Night Live' star Pete Davidson will be starting on screen as the punk godfather Joey Ramone. The 29-year-old is expected to begin filming his Netflix music biopic 'I Slept With Joey Ramone' based on a memoir by Ramone's brother Mickey Leigh, who will also serve as an executive producer on the project. However, Davidson's friends fear his "demons" could return as he begins preparations for the punk rocker role. 

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There are concerns over the pressures that come with the role given Pete’s past mental health struggles. Davidson has a prolonged history of mental health issues, rooted from his father's demise. He was just seven years old when he lost his firefighter dad Scott Davidson in the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers. Following the incident, the star has also struggled with suicidal thoughts. In 2016 he was diagnosed with Crohn's disease and in 2017, he revealed that he had been diagnosed with "borderline personality disorder."