Cazzie David says Pete Davidson dumped her in a text message just 1 day before she learned he was dating Ariana Grande through Instagram

• Cazzie David revealed Pete Davidson broke off their two-and-a-half-year relationship with a text message the day before she learned he’d moved on with Ariana Grande.
• On Wednesday, Cazzie told the Los Angeles Times that she initiated a break from the comedian but called him shortly after to rekindle — only to learn that he was “the happiest he had ever been.”
• She said he permanently ended their relationship via text message two days later. 
• Cazzie then recalled finding out about his and Grande’s romance on Instagram 24 hours later and seeing photos showing that he’d covered his tattoos inspired by her. 
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Cazzie David is pulling the curtain back on her sudden split from Pete Davidson in 2018. 

The 26-year-old author and actress, who writes about the breakup in her upcoming essay collection titled “No One Asked for This,” spoke about the aftermath of the breakup with the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday. 

After taking a brief break from her two-and-a-half-year relationship with the “Saturday Night Live” comedian in 2018, she said she quickly backpedaled and realized that it wasn’t what she wanted.

But when she called him days later to rekindle, he told her that he was “the happiest he had ever been.”

Two days later, she said he broke up with her for good via a text message.

Within 24 hours, she learned that he'd moved on with Ariana Grande through Instagram and saw a photo showing that Davidson had covered his tattoos that were inspired by her — which included a cartoon portrait of David on his arm and her name on his ring finger.

David told the Los Angeles Times that she had to fly to her younger sister's college graduation in Boston with her dad, "Curb Your Enthusiam" writer and star Larry David, after finding out. She recalled shaking "uncontrollably in his arms for the entire flight." 

Once they arrived in the hotel room, David said she huddled in the bathroom to cry, smoked marijuana, and fell asleep, only to wake up "screaming in agony."

David said her father tried to pull her out of the rut. 

"CAZZIE, COME ON!" she recalled the "Seinfeld" creator telling her, adding, "YOUR ANCESTORS SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST!" 

David said that Grande's fans sent her nasty messages through social media, insulting her and comparing her to the pop star. 

In her own head, she said she couldn't help but picture Davidson and Grande "immediately falling in love, accompanied by audio of her baby voice whispering sweet nothings in his ear, dubbed over his past declarations of love and trust to me."

On May 16, 2018, several days after his first date and first kiss with Grande, Davidson publicly confirmed that he and David had broken up. 

"Very talented girl, she'll be great and she'll be fine," he said on an episode of Complex's "Open Late With Peter Rosenberg."

He added, "Yeah, I think she'll be OK."

Davidson and Grande got engaged weeks after they began dating, and the comedian got numerous tattoos inspired by the pop star (which have since been covered). Ultimately, they called off their engagement five months after they started dating. 

Two years later, David said she sees the breakup as a "really pivotal moment" in her life but admitted that she still has mixed emotions about sharing her experience. 

"Writing about it has caused me a ton of anxiety, especially because I talk so much about hating the attention it brought me. Why would I bring more attention to myself by writing about it?" she said.

David continued to point out, "But there's nothing that's gonna be worse than what I already experienced with that."

She also confirmed that she and Davidson — who's since been romantically linked to celebrities like Margaret Qualley, Kate Beckinsale, and Kaia Gerber — are friends again. David said she showed him the essay and even thanked him in the acknowledgments.  

"Pete. I love you ... Your bravery inspires me and your friendship means the world to me," she wrote, according to the Los Angeles Times. 

"No One Asked for This" will be released on Tuesday, November 17.

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