Elon Musk upped the ante in his ongoing beef with Don Lemon, evaluating him to Veruca Salt — the bratty youngster within the ‘Willy Wonka’ movies.
In a Friday evening publish on X, the billionaire mogul wrote, “Don ‘Veruca Salt’ [lemon emoji]” linking the previous CNN moderator to the spoiled woman character, who whined about wanting issues from her rich dad all through the well-known 1971 flick.
As you understand, the unhealthy blood between the 2 males stems from Elon canceling Don’s contract to host his personal TV present on the X social media platform, which is owned by Musk.
Earlier this week, Elon received pissed at Don after they sat down for an interview that was scheduled to seem on X, however by no means did.
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Don requested some questions that rubbed Elon the unsuitable approach, prompting Musk to terminate the deal that they had collectively earlier than the present even aired.
Don then went on CNN – his former employer – to debate what occurred with host Erin Burnett. A couple of clips of the Elon interview had been aired, giving a window into the road questioning that irritated Musk. Hate speech on X and Elon’s ketamine use had been among the many subjects talked about.
The New York Post reported Friday that Don issued an inventory of calls for to Elon throughout contract negotiations, together with a free Tesla Cybertruck and $8 million with $5 million paid upfront.
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We caught up with Don following the entire debacle and he told us X wants his voice on the platform.
Clearly, Elon would not assume so.