In her insightful 2020 essay collection, No One Asked For This, David, the daughter of Curb Your Enthusiasm‘s iconic Larry David, candidly shared the intimate details of her two-and-a-half-year romantic relationship with Pete Davidson. The couple ignited their love story in 2016, with David describing their connection as that of “kindred spirits.” However, she also bravely acknowledged the significant impact of Davidson’s mental health challenges, revealing how these struggles profoundly affected her emotional well-being.

David recounted a particularly distressing experience, saying, “In the past, self-harm and threats of suicide would arise from seemingly trivial situations, escalating from 0 to 100 in moments. These incidents felt as urgent as the final seconds of an escape room, where I was left alone with deceptive clues.” She further explained that during periods when Davidson found himself in a better mental space, her own capacity to cope diminished, leaving her emotionally drained and struggling to recover from the chaos that had unfolded in the preceding week.

In a vulnerable moment during a family vacation in 2018, David chose to end their relationship, yet shortly after, she found herself wanting to reconnect with Davidson. To her dismay, she received a shocking text from him, revealing that he had moved on to a new relationship.

Just two days later, while scrolling through Instagram, she discovered that her ex had shared a photo showing his new finger tattoos. “He had covered my name, once beautifully inked in cursive across his ring finger, with black ink,” she wrote, conveying the heartbreak of witnessing such a painful transformation.