United Kingdom, Aug. 14 -- Pete Davidson has claimed smoking weed once sent him into a psychosis.

The 31-year-old comedian has managed to kick the habit, but admits he used to be a "big drug addict" and even experienced a psychotic episode in which he lost touch with reality.

He told Power 105.1 FM's The Breakfast Club: "I was a daily, all day sorta guy and I got psychosis where you hear voices, and you feel like you're sitting next to yourself, weed isn't supposed to do that . it's because it's too strong."

The stand-up admitted that after coming to prominence on Saturday Night Live in 2014, he used drugs to cope with the pressures of fame.

He said: "Yeah, I was just doing drugs and trying to do comedy - you know what I mean? I didn'...