Elon Muskreceived a lukewarm welcome from the crowd atDave Chappelle’s stand-up show in San Francisco on Sunday.
The Twitter CEO, 51, wasgreeted with a mix of boos and cheersafter Chappelle, 49, brought him to the stage during the event at the Chase Center, as seen in a since-deleted NSFW clip on Twitter, according to CNBC.
Chappelle asked the crowd to “make some noise for the richest man in the world” as he introduced the billionaire, who haslaid offthousands of employees andcontinuously courted controversysincepurchasing the social media platformin late October.
“You weren’t expecting this, were you?” Musk replied after hearing the crowd’s mixed reaction.
“It sounds like some of those people you fired are in the audience,” the comedian remarked.
(L-R) Elon Musk, Dave Chappelle.Taylor Hill/Getty; Charley Gallay/Getty
As members of the crowd continued to boo, Chappelle tured to one section and said, “All these people that are booing — I’m just pointing out the obvious — they have terrible seats in the stadium.”
The account that originally posted the video appears to have been suspended or removed on Twitter, per CNBC, although the video is still circulating on other accounts.
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Elon Musk.Randy Shropshire/Getty Images
Musk attempted tobrush off the criticism, suggesting that only 10% of the crowd was booing him.
“Still, that’s a lot of boos, which is a first for me in real life (frequent on Twitter),” he tweeted Monday morning.
However, writer James Yu, who was in attendance, tweeted that"a good 80% of the stadium"was booing Musk at the event. Several other Twitter users reported hearing a majority of the crowd boo the billionaire.
According toThe Los Angeles Times, the billionaire was booed for nearly five minutes.
Elon Musk.ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty
Musk has faced much public backlash in recent months, especially for his handling of Twitter since purchasing the company for $44 billion.
In addition to the aforementioned layoffs, some of which haveresulted in lawsuits, Musk has been criticized forrestoring the accountof former PresidentDonald Trump, the rollout of the new"Twitter Blue" verificationsystem, the apparent rise of hate speech on the platform, and more.
The comedian was previously criticized for making several jokes that targeted the LGBTQ+ community, particularly transgender people, during his 2021 Netflix special,The Closer.
source: people.com
