The Twitter CEO and 'world's richest man' gets a cold reception onstage with comedian Dave Chappelle, with loud booing heard echoing around San Francisco's Chase Center.
After all, Musk was appearing in San Francisco where just months ago thousands of Twitter employees lost their jobs following his $US44 billion takeover of the social media company, with the ones who stayed told they had to work "long hours at high intensity".
"It sounds like some of those people you fired are in the audience," Chappelle quipped as the boos grew louder. Visibly uncomfortable with the situation, Musk asked Chappelle what to say, to which the comedian responded: "Don't say nothing, you hear that sound, Elon? That's the sound of pending civil unrest."
Video of the show also showed Musk screaming, "I'm rich, bitch!" into the microphone before a loud air horn sounded.As more footage of the awkward encounter surfaced on the very platform that Musk owns, the billionaire attempted to smooth things over, saying that only 10 per cent of the crowd were booing and that he "offended SF's unhinged leftists".
Earlier in the year, Chappelle was tackled by an audience member at a performance. Following the assault, Chappelle joked that his attacker "was a trans man".
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