Elon Musk called Jimmy Kimmel “such an unfunny jerk” on X after the comic poked enjoyable at Tesla’s latest misfortune Wednesday evening on Jimmy Kimmel Stay!
“Tesla inventory is means down, virtually disastrously so,” Kimmel stated Wednesday to cheers from the reside viewers. “Individuals have been vandalizing Tesla autos, new Tesla autos. Please, don’t vandalize, don’t ever vandalize Tesla autos.”
Kimmel delivered that final bit with a touch of sarcasm in his voice, which raised the ire of Musk and conservative pundits at the moment.
So tonight, Kimmel went again at Musk, Tesla and his conservative supporters.
“Tesla is just not having week,” Kimmel stated in his monologue. “At the moment they issued a recall of practically all 46,000 of their Cybertrucks. That’s the eighth Cybertruck recall since they got here out in November of 2023. It’s 15 months — 8 recollects.
“I discussed final evening a number of Teslas had been burned at a Tesla facility in Las Vegas. Authorities at the moment are investigating which Teslas had been set on hearth — and which set themselves on hearth,” the host quipped.
“And whereas nobody must be setting something on hearth, ever, individuals are mad at Elon Musk for randomly and gleefully placing 1000’s of People out of labor, together with veterans. However the MAGA gang — which has been very in opposition to any sort of violent protest since January 7, was it? 2021? That’s after they began being in opposition to it — they’re extremely upset.”
Minimize to a sequence of clips from Fox Information and Information Nation the place hosts, visitors and commentators decry “left-wing lunatics,” reward Musk for working for the federal government “without cost,” urging “We must be loving him,” suggesting that “possibly it’s time we go full Kyle Rittenhouse-style safety” and warning “when you’re gonna contact a Tesla, we’re coming after you.”
Kimmel replied, mimicking these critics, “Proper, proper. However when you attempt to taser a cop on the steps of the Capitol, ‘We’ve acquired your again.’ “
“Everybody simply must crack open a Bud Gentle and loosen up already,” he stated with a nod to a 2023 Red State-Blue State battle that appears very way back now.
