Current:Home > NewsElon Musk responds after Chloe Fineman alleges he made her 'burst into tears' on 'SNL' -Core Financial Strategies
Elon Musk responds after Chloe Fineman alleges he made her 'burst into tears' on 'SNL'
View
Date:2025-04-19 10:33:33
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! (31586)
Related
- Why Sean "Diddy" Combs Is Being Given a Laptop in Jail Amid Witness Intimidation Fears
- The son of veteran correspondent is the fifth member of his family killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza
- Gypsy Rose Blanchard Reveals the Lowest Moment She Experienced With Her Mother
- Glynis Johns, known for her role as Mrs. Banks in Mary Poppins, dead at 100
- 'We're reborn!' Gazans express joy at returning home to north
- This grandma raised her soldier grandson. Watch as he surprises her with this.
- Scott Disick Shares Sweet Photo of His Kids at a Family Dinner as They Celebrate Start of 2024
- Blackhawks' Connor Bedard knocked out of game after monster hit by Devils' Brendan Smith
- Highlights from Trump’s interview with Time magazine
- Nigel Lythgoe departs 'So You Think You Can Dance' amid sexual assault allegations
Ranking
- Highlights from Trump’s interview with Time magazine
- ESPN issues apology for Aaron Rodgers' comments about Jimmy Kimmel on Pat McAfee Show
- Michael Bolton reveals he's recovering from a successful brain tumor removal
- A chance meeting on a Boston street helped a struggling singer share her music with the world
- Will the 'Yellowstone' finale be the last episode? What we know about Season 6, spinoffs
- Interim president named at Grambling State while work begins to find next leader
- As police lose the war on crime in South Africa, private security companies step in
- Sam Kerr suffers torn ACL, jeopardizing Olympic hopes with Australia
Recommendation
Justice Department, Louisville reach deal after probe prompted by Breonna Taylor killing
Prominent Black church in New York sued for gender bias by woman who sought to be its senior pastor
South Korea says the North has again fired artillery shells near their sea border
Olympian Mary Lou Retton Speaks Out About Her Life-Threatening Health Scare in First Interview
Scoot flight from Singapore to Wuhan turns back after 'technical issue' detected
Cowboys' CeeDee Lamb has officially arrived as one of NFL's elite players
NFL Week 18 playoff clinching scenarios: Four division titles still to be won
Blinken opens latest urgent Mideast tour in Turkey as fears grow that Gaza war may engulf region