Elon Musk slams ‘unfunny’ SNL skits after being accused of making comedian cry

The comic, known for her attach-on impressions of celebrities, alongside side Nicole Kidman, Britney Spears and Jennifer Coolidge, acknowledged in a since-deleted video that Musk made her “burst into tears” all over his controversial stint as host.
Musk responded to a put up on X that shared the video, writing, “Frankly, it was as soon as handiest on the Thursday ahead of the Saturday that ANY of the sketches generated laughs. I was as soon as fearful. I was as soon as like damn my SNL appearance goes to be so f—ing unfunny that it goes to set a crackhead sober!! But then it worked out within the pinnacle.”
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“SNL” star Chloe Fineman says Elon Musk made her bawl assist in 2021 when he hosted the sketch comedy point to. (John Nacion/WireImage/Marc Piasecki/Getty Photos)
Fineman, who joined the point to in 2019 and became a permanent fixture in 2021, spread out about her non-public journey with Musk after he dissed “SNL” on his social media platform, X.
“OK, I gorgeous saw some knowledge article about Elon Musk being like, butthurt about ‘SNL’ and his impact,” she acknowledged within the since-deleted video. “But I am like, you are clearly watching the point to. Esteem, what are you talking about?”
On Saturday, passe “SNL” star Dana Carvey impersonated Musk in a cool launch, a lot to Musk’s chagrin.
Dana Carvey, heart, impersonated Elon Musk on “Saturday Night Live.” (Will Heath/NBC by strategy of Getty Photos)
“SNL has been loss of life slowly for years, as they turn into an increasing number of out of touch with truth,” Musk wrote in fragment on X, later responding to a particular person that asked him how he cherished Carvey’s impersonation of him with “Dana Carvey gorgeous sounds like Dana Carvey.”
Chloe Fineman at Michael Kors RTW Spring 2025 as fragment of Original York Ready to Put apart on Vogue Week held at The Shed on Sept. 10, 2024 in Original York Metropolis. (Gilbert Flores/WWD by strategy of Getty Photos)
Fineman countered Musk’s disdain with a jarring revelation about his behavior assist in 2021.
“And I am like, you understand what, I am gonna device out and sigh, at lengthy closing, that I am the cast member that he made bawl. And he’s the host that made any individual bawl. Perchance there’s others but I saw some articles and stuff and I was as soon as like, ‘I am no longer gonna sigh the relaxation.’ But I am like, no. While you’re gonna chase on your platform and be low. Esteem, bet what? You made I, Chloe Fineman, burst into tears because I stayed up all evening writing this sketch,” she acknowledged.
Chloe Fineman acknowledged Elon Musk’s response to a sketch she wrote made her bawl. (Fred Jagueneau/NBCUniversal by strategy of Getty Photos)
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Fineman was as soon as likely referencing fellow cast member Bowen Yang’s statements on “Glimpse What Occurs Live!” over the summer, when he was as soon as asked to ingredient the worst host behavior he witnessed on attach.
“This man who – this particular person, this host, made multiple cast participants bawl on Wednesday all around the, ahead of the table study, because he hated the strategies,” Yang remarked.
“SNL” star Bowen Yang printed one visitor host made cast participants bawl. (Charles Sykes/Bravo by strategy of Getty Photos)
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“I was as soon as so mad,” Fineman persevered in her video. “I came in, I asked at the same time as you happen to had any questions, and you stared at me akin to you had been firing me from Tesla and had been like, ‘It’s no longer funny.'”
“I waited for you to be like, ‘Ha-ha [just kidding].’ No! Then you began pawing thru my script, like flipping every net page being like, ‘I didn’t relate – I didn’t relate as soon as. Not one time.’ Nick to, the sketch made it on and it was as soon as like gorgeous, and I in actuality had a extraordinarily proper time and I belief you had been in actuality funny in it, but, you understand, hold a diminutive manners right here, sir,” she acknowledged.
Elon Musk was as soon as no longer amused by Dana Carvey’s impact of him on “Saturday Night Live,” ripping the point to for turning into “an increasing number of out of touch with truth.” (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Photos for The Met Museum/Vogue)
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Representatives for both Fineman and Musk didn’t staunch now return Fox News Digital’s expect for comment.
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