Phony Starkin’: Whiny Elon Musk Tells Advertisers “Go F*ck Yourself”, X Roasts Him

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Elon
Musk
caused
a
major
stir
during
a
seminar
when
he
told
advertisers
aiming
to
stop
business
on


X
“Go
F—
yourself”.
Tech

billionaire
Elon
Musk
sat
down
for
a
conversation
at
the
New
York
Times
DealBook
Summit
at
Lincoln
Center
in
New
York
City
on
Wednesday
(November
29).
When
the
Tesla
founder
was
asked
by
moderator
Andrew
Ross
Sorkin
about
the
wave
of
companies
pulling
their
advertising
from
X,
formerly
known
as
Twitter
after
his
amplifying
antisemitic
comments,
he
responded
forcefully.
“I
don’t
want
them
to
advertise,”
he
said 
“If
someone
is
going
to
blackmail
me
with
advertising
or
money
go
f**k
yourself.
Go.
F**k.
Yourself.”

Pausing
briefly,
Musk
continued:
“Is
that
clear?
I
hope
it
is.”
He
then
directed
his
next
words
to
Disney
CEO
Bob
Iger,
who
was
in
attendance
earlier
at
the
summit
along
with
the
CEO
of
X,
Linda
Yaccarino.
“Hey
Bob,
if
you’re
in
the
audience,
sorry,
that’s
how
I
feel.”
Disney
is
one
of
the
companies
that
decided
to
pull
their
advertising
from
the
social
media
platform
along
with
NBCUniversal,
Comcast,
Lionsgate,
WarnerBros
Discovery,
and
Paramount.
Sorkin
then
asked
what
the
exodus
of
the
companies
would
mean.

“What
this
advertising
boycott
is
going
to
do
is
it’s
going
to
kill
the
company,”
Musk
stated.

Elon
Musk’s
words
were
part
of
an
overall

awkward
conversation
–
at
one
point
he
called
Sorkin
the
wrong
name
and
offered
up
a
half-apology
for
his
comments
supporting
antisemitism.
“Once
in
a
while
I
will
say
something
foolish,”
Musk
said.
“I
would
certainly
put
that
‘You’ve
said
the
actual
truth’
[reply
on
X]
as
one
of
the
most
foolish
things,
or
the
most
foolish
thing,
I
ever
put
on
the
platform.”
It
may
be
“one
of
the
dumbest
of
my
30,000
posts.”
He
recently
returned
from
a
trip
to
Israel
to
meet
with
Prime
Minister
Benjamin
Netanyahu.

Users
on
X
wasted
no
time
in
responding
to
Musk’s
comments,
with
a
litany
of
his
supporters
(those
recognized
by
blue
checkmarks
noting
their
paid
subscriptions)egging
him
on.
But
many
more
clowned
the
billionaire,
noting
how
lackluster
and
erratic
the
advertising
on
the
platform
has
gotten.

We’ve
compiled
a
list
of
some
of
the
more
striking
comments
below.