Current:Home > InvestElon Musk responds after Chloe Fineman alleges he made her 'burst into tears' on 'SNL' -Golden Horizon Investments
Elon Musk responds after Chloe Fineman alleges he made her 'burst into tears' on 'SNL'
View
Date:2025-04-17 16:10:27
Chloe Fineman isn't fine with the way Elon Musk allegedly treated her on "SNL."
In a since-deleted TikTok, the "Saturday Night Live" star alleged the Tesla CEO made her cry when he hosted the show in 2021.
Addressing Musk, she said, "You made I, Chloe Fineman, burst into tears because I stayed up all night writing a sketch, I was so excited, I came in, I asked if you had any questions, and you stared at me like you were firing me from Tesla and were like, 'It's not funny.'"
"I waited for you to be like, 'Haha, JK.' No. Then you started pawing through my script, flipping each page, being like, 'I didn't laugh once. Not one time.'"
USA TODAY has reached out to Fineman and Musk for comment.
Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.
Musk responded on X by defending his reaction to Fineman's sketch, but he did not confirm or deny that he made her cry, nor did he apologize.
"Frankly, it was only on the Thursday before the Saturday that ANY of the sketches generated laughs," the SpaceX founder wrote. "I was worried."
Elon Musksays 'SNL' is 'so mad' Trump won as he slams Dana Carvey's impression
He added that he was concerned his appearance was going to be "unfunny," but "then it worked out in the end." Musk also linked to a September appearance on the "All-in Podcast" where he similarly said that "nothing was funny" in the beginning of his time working on his "SNL" episode.
According to Fineman, the sketch she wrote ended up making it onto the show, and she thought Musk was "really funny" in it. "But have a little manners here," she told him.
The "Megalopolis" actress' fellow "SNL" cast member Bowen Yang previously revealed on "Watch What Happens Live" that an unnamed host made "multiple" people on the show cry "before the table read because he hated the ideas."
'SNL' stars jokinglydeclare support for Trump, Dana Carvey plays Elon Musk
Fineman suggested in her TikTok that Musk is the person Yang was talking about. "He's the host that made someone cry," she said of Musk. "Maybe there's others."
Chloe Fineman slams Elon Musk for criticizing 'SNL' impression
Fineman said her TikTok was inspired by Musk on Sunday slamming "SNL" for its spoof of him in this weekend's episode.
In the show's latest cold open, Dana Carvey played the billionaire, who jumped around on stage to celebrate President-elect Donald Trump's election win. In a series of X posts, Musk said "SNL" has "been dying slowly for years," that Carvey's impression "just sounds like Dana Carvey" and that "they are so mad that" Trump won the election.
Fineman said she saw coverage of Musk's complaints, "but I'm like, you're clearly watching the show. What are you talking about?"
She also said that when she saw articles about there being an "SNL" host that made people cry, she decided she wouldn't say anything about who it was. But Musk being "rude" on social media made her decide to come forward.
Musk hosted "SNL" in May 2021. In one sketch, he played the video game character Wario trying to combat his poor reputation court.
Since then, the X CEO has frequently criticized "SNL" on social media, saying the show "has become so woke."
veryGood! (9)
Related
- Bill Belichick's salary at North Carolina: School releases football coach's contract details
- Hailey Bieber Responds to Criticism She's Not Enough of a Nepo Baby
- Bed Bath & the great Beyond: How the home goods giant went bankrupt
- Former WWE Star Darren Drozdov Dead at 54
- Meta releases AI model to enhance Metaverse experience
- The US May Have Scored a Climate Victory in Congress, but It Will Be in the Hot Seat With Other Major Emitters at UN Climate Talks
- Nuclear Energy Industry Angles for Bigger Role in Washington State and US as Climate Change Accelerates
- The best picket signs of the Hollywood writers strike
- Rolling Loud 2024: Lineup, how to stream the world's largest hip hop music festival
- New York Is Facing a Pandemic-Fueled Home Energy Crisis, With No End in Sight
Ranking
- Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
- Khloe Kardashian Says She Hates Being in Her 30s After Celebrating 39th Birthday
- Manure-Eating Worms Could Be the Dairy Industry’s Climate Solution
- North Carolina Hurricanes Linked to Increases in Gastrointestinal Illnesses in Marginalized Communities
- What to watch: O Jolie night
- North Carolina’s Bet on Biomass Energy Is Faltering, With Energy Targets Unmet and Concerns About Environmental Justice
- Inside Clean Energy: Here’s How Compressed Air Can Provide Long-Duration Energy Storage
- Warming Trends: Butterflies Bounce Back, Growing Up Gay Amid High Plains Oil, Art Focuses on Plastic Production
Recommendation
Arkansas State Police probe death of woman found after officer
The origins of the influencer industry
Roy Wood Jr. wants laughs from White House Correspondents' speech — and reparations
An Unprecedented Heat Wave in India and Pakistan Is Putting the Lives of More Than a Billion People at Risk
Justice Department, Louisville reach deal after probe prompted by Breonna Taylor killing
Pennsylvania’s Dairy Farmers Clamor for Candidates Who Will Cut Environmental Regulations
Why Sarah Jessica Parker Was Upset Over Kim Cattrall's AJLT Cameo News Leak
How Prince Harry and Prince William Are Joining Forces in Honor of Late Mom Princess Diana