Elon Musk, dealing with the truth that an already financially-precarious X might be poised to lose one other $75 million in advert income following his boosting of an antisemitic conspiracy idea, has a brand new message for advertisers pulling again from the platform: “Go fuck your self.”
Musk repeated the sentiment a number of instances throughout an appearance at The New York Instances’ DealBook occasion. “Don’t promote,” Musk mentioned. “If any person goes to try to blackmail me with promoting, blackmail me with cash? Go fuck your self. Is that clear? I hope it’s.”
whoa — “go fuck your self,” Elon Musk says to Bob Iger and others who pull promoting from X
at this level it’s nearly as if he’s watching the previous Iron Man films and doing a reverse Tony Stark impression pic.twitter.com/csXxeLH2wG
— j.d. durkin (@jd_durkin) November 29, 2023
“Hey Bob,” Musk added, in an obvious reference to Disney CEO Bob Iger, who appeared on the similar occasion earlier within the day and spoke in regards to the firm’s resolution to pull ads following Musk’s tweet earlier this month. Iger mentioned that Disney’s affiliation with X was “not essentially a optimistic one for us,” according to Selection.
Whereas Musk once more denied being antisemitic, he did categorical some remorse for partaking with the tweet that’s resulted in one other exodus of advertisers from X. “I ought to haven’t replied to that exact particular person… I primarily handed a loaded gun to those that hate me,” Musk mentioned in regards to the submit, per Selection.
X didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. X CEO Linda Yaccarino had a front-row seat to the remarks, based on The Hollywood Reporter, which reports the previous advert exec sat “stone-faced” throughout Musk’s tirade.
This text initially appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/elon-musk-responds-companies-pulled-233913536.html?src=rss
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