Comedian Chloe Fineman says Space X owner Elon Musk made her cry when he hosted “Saturday Night Live” in 2021.
Fineman recalled working with the tech billionaire on a since-deleted TikTok, months after co-star and writer Bowen Yang alluded to the behind-the-scenes drama during an appearance on “Watch What Happens Live!” from Bravo. Yang cryptically revealed in August that a host made several employees cry because he “hated the ideas” they had. Speculation was rife and Fineman confirmed his involvement on Monday.
The “SNL” star broke his silence after blowing up the Tesla CEO's “pain in the butt” reaction to “SNL” alum Dana Carvey's impression of him in the post-election episode of Saturday. (Carvey returned to Studio 8H as a lively, rabble-rousing version of the “Dark MAGA,” who brags about Musk out in the open, claiming he would rule the country after former President Trump's re-election last week. Fineman said the man most The world's rich and Trump loyalists are “clearly watching the show” despite his barrage of “rude” criticism on his X platform.
“I'm going to come out and finally say that I'm the cast member who made him cry, and he's the host who made someone cry,” Fineman said in his video. “Maybe there are others.”
“Guess what, you made me, Chloe Fineman, burst into tears,” she continued, “because I stayed up all night writing this sketch. I was so excited. I walked in, asked you if you had any questions, and you looked at me like you were saying goodbye to Tesla and said, 'It's not funny.'”
The “Megalopolis” and “Despicable Me 4” star said he waited for Musk to say he was joking, but he didn't. She then accused him of “tampering” with her script and, while imitating his South African accent, claimed that she did not laugh at the sketch even once. She did not name the sketch; However, she and Musk appeared together in “The Ooli Show” sketch from the May 2021 episode in which she received writing credit. Fineman played an Icelandic talk show host and Musk played her producer crush.
She admitted that the sketch that appeared in the episode “was okay” and that she “really had a great time” doing it. He also admitted that Musk was “really fun.”
“But, you know, have some manners here, sir,” he concluded.
Although Fineman deleted the video, he saved it and reposted it on X, where Musk responded on Monday and explained his assessment of the work.
“Frankly, it was only the Thursday before Saturday that ANY of the sketches generated any laughs,” Musk said. “I was worried. I thought my appearance on SNL is going to be so fucking funny it'll sober up a crackhead!! But in the end everything turned out well.”
Musk did not apologize or mention making any cast members cry.
Representatives for Fineman and “Saturday Night Live” did not immediately respond Tuesday to The Times' requests for comment.
Before Fineman posted his TikTok, Musk ranted about the most recent episode of X.
“Dana Carvey just sounds like Dana Carvey,” Musk tweeted in response to a cold open clip, adding in another tweet that “They are so angry that @realDonaldTrump won.”
He also stated that the long-running Emmy-winning sketch series “has been slowly dying for years, as they become more and more out of touch with reality.” Musk, who is expected to be an influential voice in the incoming Trump administration, also accused the show of a “last-minute effort to circumvent equal airtime requirements” when Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on the 2 episode November, before the elections. stating that it “only helped sink his campaign even further.”
