Elon Musk booed heartily during surprise appearance at Dave Chappelle show – National | 24CA News
Twitter CEO Elon Musk was invited onstage by comic Dave Chappelle throughout his San Francisco stadium present on Sunday night — and issues didn’t go as deliberate.
Chappelle was performing on the Chase Center in San Francisco, coincidentally additionally the hometown of Twitter’s headquarters, when he unexpectedly introduced close to the top of his set: “Ladies and gentlemen, make some noise for the richest man in the world.” And make noise they did.
At first, the viewers response was combined, with cheers and boos, however quickly the jeering overtook the packed stadium, based on movies posted to Twitter and YouTube.
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“You weren’t expecting this, were you?” a clumsy Musk mentioned to Chappelle.
The Twitter CEO, who has confronted rebuke for firing half of the platform’s workers and overhauling its moderation insurance policies, didn’t have a lot to say whereas on stage, and largely paced round.
“It sounds like some of those people you fired are in the audience,” Chappelle joked because the boos continued.
Chappelle then took a jab at his personal viewers, saying, “All these people who are booing, and I’m just pointing out the obvious, you have terrible seats.”
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A Twitter consumer who posted a video of the awkward occasion wrote, “The response to Elon obviously speaks for itself, but @DaveChappelle just outright ripping on ‘the poors’ in the upper level that literally paid money to come see him perform may be the most disturbing part of this. Pretty gross.”
Phones weren’t allowed within the venue, however not less than one individual caught a video of the incident. The authentic video posted to Twitter was eliminated and the account both suspended or deleted. It has since been re-uploaded on YouTube and by different Twitter accounts. (One bootleg recording may be seen beneath — word there’s foul language within the clip.)
Twitter consumer James Yu mentioned he was on the present and tweeted concerning the encounter: “A good 80% of the stadium boos. 18k people. and he withers. Like absolutely turns into a corncob.”
“Dave gave him so many chances to speak but he just put his hands in his pockets,” Yu wrote.
Yu puzzled why Musk would even seem on stage with Chappelle to start with, writing, “My only read is that he thought it would be a layup. Ppl feeling good after chapelle set. SF home turf.”
By the top of the night time, Yu says he “actually felt bad” for Musk due to the embarrassment.
Musk responded to Sunday night time’s antics by replying to a tweet on Monday.
Musk had beforehand tweeted a transphobic joke saying that his pronouns had been “Prosecute/Fauci” and replied to his personal tweet that “Truth resonates.”
A Twitter consumer replied, “So does a crowd full of boos.”
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Musk defended himself by writing: “Technically, it was 90% cheers & 10% boos.”
(Chappelle himself has additionally come underneath fireplace for making transphobic jokes throughout his comedy reveals.)
According to movies posted on-line, Chappelle would crack a joke and the viewers would cheer and snigger, however when Musk would pipe up, the boos would drown him out.
“Dave, what should I say?” Musk mentioned at one level, pissed off by the heckling.
“Don’t say nothing. It’ll only spoil the moment,” Chappelle mentioned. “Do you hear that sound, Elon? That’s the sound of pending civil unrest. I can’t wait to see what store you decimate next, m———-r. You shut the f–k up.”
Chappelle shortly wrapped up the set, saying, “Booing is not the best thing you can do. I wish everybody in this auditorium the joy of feeling free and may your pursuit of happiness set you free. Amen,” he concluded.
Musk’s Twitter has just lately come underneath investigation by town of San Francisco over studies that the corporate arrange unlawful bedrooms in its headquarters. It’s presumed that the beds had been for the remaining “hardcore” staffers to sleep in a single day within the workplace to construct Musk’s imaginative and prescient of “Twitter 2.0.”
San Francisco’s Department of Building Inspection is searching for to examine the headquarters at 1355 Market St. for potential code violations.
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