Pete Davidson knows he was acting like a child when he asked Lorne Michaels to fire him from Saturday Night Live. But if you hear his reasoning, it kinda feels understandable and maybe even a teensy bit relatable — particularly when you consider the fact that Davidson was freshly 21 years old when he joined the cast.

The stories about Lorne Michaels in an excerpt from an upcoming biography reveal a disturbingly “Darwinian” management style.