Marisa Tomei Clarifies Claims Of Not Getting Paid By Pete Davidson

Marisa Tomei recently told Pete Davidson about an anomaly from her role in "The King of Staten Island." In an interview with Rolling Stone, she revealed that her stellar performance for portraying the mother of Davidson's protagonist was not financially rewarded.

"I actually just was talking to Pete today because I was like, 'I never got paid for that. Did you? In this age of transparency, can we talk?'" she referenced her conversation with her 2020 film costar. However, with her claims making the rounds, the "Spiderman" star comes out with a contrary view to her previous statement.

It seems Tomei's statements struck some nerves seeing that she came out to clarify her allegations last Friday. The actress attempted to perform some damage control act while speaking with People in a virtual chat.

"Of course, I got paid for the work I did. I didn't forget to simply open my mailbox," the actress clarified in a statement to People. "There are a lot of arcane contractual details I will spare you, but that's what I was referring to."

In the former interview, the actress had followed up her bold remark by dismissing any payment concerns because she had a roaring good time while filming the comedy-drama film.

"As I said, the work was tremendous fun, and infused everything I have done going forward, and was a joy."

According to a source, Tomei had not only received her dues but was also given more than $1 million upfront to star in King of Staten Island. "Marisa Tomei was 100 percent paid for the movie," said the source. "She's clearly confused."

But, putting the alleged financial dispute aside, Tomei lauded Davidson's performance in the film, highlighting he was one of the reasons that made her time on set quite memorable.

"He's just so fucking real, and he's unfiltered but very sensitive," she told Rolling Stone. "So he's almost an irresistible combination. And he's good-looking, even though I played [his mom]."

Universal Pictures reps, director Judd Apatow, Davidson — who co-wrote the picture with Apatow, and Dave Sirus — are yet to comment on the issue.

"The King of Staten Island is a comedy-drama film directed by Judd Apatow and based on a narrative by Apatow, Davidson, and Sirus. Apart from Davidson and Tomei, the movie also starred Bill Burr, Bel Powley, Steve Buscemi, and Maude Apatow.

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In the movie, Davidson portrayed Scott, a young aspiring tattoo artist who is still grieving the death of his fireman father, who died decades ago. As such, he resists the new affair of his mother (Tomei) while he tries to figure out his own love life and personal dilemma.

To play the role of Davidson's mom in the film, Tomei revealed that she had several chats with the actor's mom, and she was impressed by "her degree of tolerance, not only for him but for doing service, for doing good."

Tomei's interview with People also shone a little light on Davidson's early days and how it related to their 2020 movie.

"Maybe because Pete had challenges growing up or because [he and his sister Casey] lost their dad, she just had infinite space for him to grow into his own, which really is parallel to the movie," she added. "But she really, genuinely is like that. I marveled."

The actress further discussed misplacing her Oscar, which she won in 1993 for best-supporting actress in "My Cousin Vinny," and on playing Tom Holland's eccentric Aunt May in "Spider-Man: No Way Home." Tomei is slated to play Edith Bunker in "All in the Family" as part of a series of specials for ABC's "Live in Front of a Studio Audience" show.