Current:Home > MyElon Musk responds after Chloe Fineman alleges he made her 'burst into tears' on 'SNL' -Wealth Harmony Labs
Elon Musk responds after Chloe Fineman alleges he made her 'burst into tears' on 'SNL'
View
Date:2025-04-16 19:13:08
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! (41556)
Related
- Big Lots store closures could exceed 300 nationwide, discount chain reveals in filing
- Katy Perry Shares NSFW Confession on Orlando Bloom's Magic Stick
- Inflation is cooling, yet many Americans say they're living paycheck to paycheck
- A law passed last year made assault in an emergency room a felony. Did it help curb violence?
- DoorDash steps up driver ID checks after traffic safety complaints
- A Mississippi judge removes 1 of Brett Favre’s lawyers in a civil case over misspent welfare money
- Father, daughter found dead at Canyonlands National Park after running out of water in 100-degree heat
- Pauly Shore Honors “One of a Kind” Richard Simmons After Fitness Icon’s Death
- Meet 11-year-old skateboarder Zheng Haohao, the youngest Olympian competing in Paris
- Aetna set to run North Carolina worker health care as Blue Cross will not appeal judge’s ruling
Ranking
- Shilo Sanders' bankruptcy case reaches 'impasse' over NIL information for CU star
- Anthony Davis leads Team USA over Australia in Olympic exhibition
- Stranger Things Season 5's First Look Will Turn You Upside Down
- French sports minister takes a dip in the Seine weeks before the 2024 Paris Olympics begin
- 'Kraven the Hunter' spoilers! Let's dig into that twisty ending, supervillain reveal
- As a Nevada Community Fights a Lithium Mine, a Rare Fish and Its Haven Could Be an Ace in the Hole
- Maps show location of Trump, gunman, law enforcement snipers at Pennsylvania rally shooting
- Former Chicago hospitals executives charged in $15M embezzlement scheme
Recommendation
Shilo Sanders' bankruptcy case reaches 'impasse' over NIL information for CU star
Billionaire Ambani wedding festivities included Kim Kardashian, Justin Bieber performance
Macy’s ends takeover talks with Arkhouse and Brigade citing lack of certainty over financing
Lightning-caused wildfire in an Arizona forest still uncontained, leads to some evacuation orders
Retirement planning: 3 crucial moves everyone should make before 2025
Video captures chaotic moment when Trump reportedly shot on stage at rally
Watch as Biden briefs reporters after Trump rally shooting: 'No place in America for this'
Lightning-caused wildfire in an Arizona forest still uncontained, leads to some evacuation orders