Colin Jost disputes Pete Davidson's claim that they were both 'stoned' when they paid $280,100 for a decommissioned Staten Island ferry: 'I was actually stone-cold sober'

• Colin Jost and his former "SNL" costar Pete Davidson co-own a decommissioned Staten Island ferry.
• Davidson recently said that they were "very stoned" when they made the purchase last year.

Colin Jost spoke about his state of mind when he purchased a decommissioned Staten Island Ferry with his former "Saturday Night Live" costar Pete Davidson.

The 40-year-old comedian disputed Davidson's claim that they were "very stoned" when they bought the boat.

"I have no idea what's going on with that thing," Davidson told Entertainment Tonight's Will Marfuggi at the New York premiere of "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts" earlier this month. "Me and Colin were very stoned a year ago and bought a ferry. And we're figuring it out."

However, Jost said that this wasn't the case.

"Is it worse that I was actually stone-cold sober when we bought the ferry?" Jost wrote on Instagram on Wednesday, alongside a headline citing Davidson's defense of their extravagant purchase.

Jost went on to suggest that the pair could have the ferry up and running by 2025.

"We're excited to prove the non-believers wrong. You're going to be BEGGING to get on this ferry in two years. Mark my words," he wrote.

Back in January 2022, Insider reported that the two Staten Island natives won the John F. Kennedy, a decommissioned Staten Island ferry, at an auction and paid $280,100 for it.

A spokesperson for the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services told the New York Post at the time that the boat was decommissioned because of "mechanical issues" and was left in "poor condition."

Initially, the duo's real-estate broker, Paul Italia, told the Post that Jost and Davidson were planning to turn the boat into "a live entertainment-event space."

Davidson told People shortly after the purchase that he had lots of exciting plans.

"There is going to be a bar, there is going to be a nice restaurant," Davidson said. "The lower level, the big space is going to be an entertainment space and we're going to dock it in the city."

"Or it could all go to shit and I'll be doing lots and lots of gigs next year," he added.

Based on the photos from the auction, which opened at $125,000, the boat would need substantial work before it would be ready to welcome guests onboard.