United Kingdom, May 24 -- Pete Davidson and John Mulaney used to lie to the celebrity Saturday Night Live hosts about how good they were.

The two comics admitted they frequently tried to boost the egos of their star guests by telling them they had "crushed" their opening monologues, even if more often than not they had "tanked".

Speaking during the Netflix is a Joke Festival, John - who was a writer and made occasional appearances on the show from 2008 to 2013 - admitted: "When I was 25, I'd tell Oscar-winning hosts - I'd write their monologue and be like, 'You're gonna say all that, it's gonna go great,' and they'd tank eight times out of 10."

Pete laughed and admitted he also told host they had "crushed it", no matter how well they h...