WTF?! Elon Musk has as soon as once more proven that he did not turn out to be a billionaire by having a peaceful mood. The CEO has canceled The Don Lemon Present, which was to be hosted completely on his social media platform X, a number of hours after a “tense” interview between the pair that was alleged to be a part of the present’s debut.
Talking to CNN’s Erin Burnett, Lemon stated he requested Musk a sequence of questions on a wide range of matters through the 90-minute interview.
Lemon stated one space the place he pushed Musk, who makes no secret about his dislike of reporters, was the quantity of hate speech on X. The interviewer needed to know if Musk and his firm felt that they had a duty to average hateful content material on the platform.
“I haven’t got to reply questions from reporters, Don,” Musk replied. “The one purpose I am doing this interview is since you’re on the X platform and also you requested for it. In any other case, I’d not do that interview.”
Elon Musk completely DESTROYED Don Lemon in his interview. This is a snippet. Watch it. pic.twitter.com/0V93RooPAy
– Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) March 14, 2024
Lemon requested Musk about his current assembly with Donald Trump, to which Musk emphasised that the previous president had not requested him for cash. There was additionally a query about Musk’s use of ketamine and whether or not it could be a difficulty for his authorities safety clearance. Musk stated it would not as he has a prescription for the drug.
Lemon stated that Musk texted him a number of hours after the interview concluded. The message learn, “contract terminated.”
Lemon stated that he would nonetheless air the present on YouTube and on X this coming Monday (March 18).
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– Don Lemon (@donlemon) March 13, 2024
Musk’s clarification for why the present was being canceled got here within the type of a publish that learn, “His [Lemon’s] method was mainly simply ‘CNN, however on social media’, which does not work, as evidenced by the truth that CNN is dying. And, as an alternative of it being the true Don Lemon, it was actually simply Jeff Zucker speaking via Don, so lacked authenticity.”
Thirty-minute episodes of the Don Lemon present had been set to run on X thrice per week. The previous CNN star was fired from the community final April attributable to inside disputes with different workers and his quick and disastrous run as a morning present host.
In a reply to Lemon’s announcement that he had been fired from CNN, Musk requested if he’d take into account doing his present on the social media website, which Musk claimed has an even bigger viewers than the TV community.
“Elon publicly inspired me to affix X with a brand new present, saying I’d have his ‘full assist’, and that his ‘digital city sq. is for all’,” Lemon stated. “I took Elon and his administration group’s phrase that they, for the primary time, had been curious about working straight with new and various voices.”
“Whereas Elon goes again on his phrase, I can be doubling down on my dedication to free speech,”
Musk has a historical past of retaliating in opposition to these he believes have wronged him. Amid a feud with Disney boss Bob Iger in December, Musk removed the Disney+ app from some Tesla automobiles with out giving homeowners a purpose why.