\nElon Musk is laughing off \u2014 but not laughing at \u2014 John Oliver\u2019s 30-minute rant, in which the comedian referred to the tech mogul as \u201cerratic,\u201d \u201cself-serving\u201d and \u201cincreasingly racist.\u201d<\/p>\n
When a social media user reposted an article on X, formerly known as Twitter, about Oliver\u2019s \u201cLast Week Tonight\u201d segment, asking, \u201cOh no, how will Elon ever recover?,\u201d the SpaceX founder replied with crying-laughing emojis. He then hit back at the British comic, writing, \u201cOliver was great several years ago, but stopped being funny when he sold his soul to wokeness where humor is basically illegal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Oliver began his discussion about Musk, 52, on his HBO late night talk show Monday by comparing the South African businessman to \u201cany bad guy in a movie\u201d like DC Comics\u2019 Lex Luthor, villains in James Bond flicks and Billy Zane\u2019s character in \u201cTitanic.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTruly, the man has range,\u201d he quipped, causing the audience to erupt into laughter. Oliver, 46, then delved into several of Musk\u2019s career downfalls, noting in part that ever since the latter\u2019s acquisition of Twitter, \u201cIt has been one fiasco after another with the most recent coming when he tweeted his agreement with this antisemitic post.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also spoke of Musk chastising advertisers who threatened to pull out of his social media platform over the antisemitism backlash, claiming the X owner was pulling the \u201cyou\u2019re not breaking up with me, I\u2019m breaking up with you card\u201d while wearing a jacket from \u201cRalph Lauren\u2019s midlife crisis collection.\u201d<\/p>\n
Oliver also called out Musk\u2019s early business failures such as when he sold Tesla cars in advance to customers at one price point and then elevated the cost in what even he admitted was a \u201cbait-and-switch.\u201d<\/p>\n
The talk show host then trolled Tesla\u2019s cybertruck, saying, \u201cWho on earth actually wants to spend up to $100,000 to drive every child\u2019s first attempt at drawing a car?\u201d<\/p>\n
Referencing Musk\u2019s company SpaceX, which is the world\u2019s most dominant satellite company, Oliver added, \u201cThe problem isn\u2019t just the optics of having someone as erratic as Elon in charge of half the world\u2019s satellites. His opinions can change the shape of world events.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also quoted Musk\u2019s biographer, Walter Isaacson, who once said the mogul likes \u201cdrama.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe loves drama? I\u2019m sorry, I\u2019m really not that comfortable with one of the most powerful people on earth being summed up the same way you describe Andy Cohen on New Year\u2019s Eve,\u201d Oliver said. \u201cI\u2019ll be honest, my feelings about Elon changed a bit in the writing of this piece. I\u2019m probably now more impressed by what he\u2019s doing, but more worried by the fact that he\u2019s the one who\u2019s been doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The comedian then concluded, \u201cThe least surprising thing on earth is a middle-aged billionaire CEO with self-serving libertarian views, increasingly racist politics and a messiah complex.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although Musk appeared only a bit miffed by Oliver\u2019s criticism, a writer who profiled him recently shared that he believes the world\u2019s richest man \u201ctruly cares about his reputation.\u201d Author Ben Mezrich, who penned \u201cBreaking Twitter,\u201d claimed Musk once spiraled after he was booed at Dave Chapelle\u2019s show in San Francisco last December.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Ooooh noes the big ol\u2019 bad wokeness virus strikes again! Didn\u2019t Elno say in that exhausting Joe Rogan interview that he bought Twitter to save us all from the \u201cwoke mind virus\u201d that will cause a zombie apocalypse? Nothing Oliver said was wrong. If you go back up and look at what I listed in (somewhat) close to chronological order, you\u2019d see exhibits A-J of \u201cerratic,\u201d \u201cself-serving libertarian\u201d and \u201cincreasingly racist.\u201d At this point, the word woke has been thrown around so flippantly that it has to be losing its scariness for anyone who isn\u2019t \u201cthe base\u201d (you know who I\u2019m talking about). <\/p>\n
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