Pete Davidson says his mom defended him on Twitter with a burner account — but she got found out after using her own picture

• Pete Davidson recalled how his mom defended him from trolls on Twitter.
• Amy Davidson had a burner account to reply to tweets, but used her own picture as her profile image.

Comedian and actor Pete Davidson said that his mom used to defend him from trolls on Twitter using a burner account, but she got caught because she used her own photo for the account's profile picture.

Davidson appeared on the "Family Trips with the Meyer Brothers" podcast this week, recalling that his mom, Amy, created "a fake Twitter account" while he was on "Saturday Night Live."

"It was like my second or third year, and it was a lot of not-useful, typical Twitter comments," Davidson said. "My mom made a fucking fake Twitter account under the name @JoeSmith1355 and would respond to everyone."

But the "Bupkis" and "Transformers" star noted that she was too specific with her replies, which made many people suspicious about who was behind the account.

"But it was so specific, like, 'Actually, I heard he's working on himself and does that quite often,'" said Davidson.

The comedian went on to say that it was easy to work out who the account belonged to because his mom used her own name and picture for her profile.

"This was the kicker. Everyone found out it was my mom, not through detective work. They found out because her username was @JoeSmith, but her profile name was Amy Davidson and the profile picture was Amy Davidson," Davidson added.

"So it was a picture of my mom, with a name that said @JoeSmith1355, commenting on all these haters."

But the comic is pleased about how protective she is of him, as he said: "She's got my back, dude."