According to Insider, after Taylor Swift was honored by Time magazine as Person of the Year, she shared a thank you post on X. Billionaire Elon Musk – the owner of the social networking application – went to the singer’s personal page and left a notable comment.
The Tesla boss congratulated Taylor Swift on the award, then warned: “You face the risk of losing your reputation after receiving this award. I’m just speaking from experience.”
Elon Musk’s comment created a stir on social media. “Only Elon Musk could think of this kind of flattery and flattery”, “Is it time for the congratulations? Already warning others that they’re no longer famous”, “Are you trying to be the second Kanye West to take over the airwaves?”Elon Musk makes a confusing comment under Taylor Swift’s post.According to Newsweek, the Time Person of the Year award honors individuals who have had an impact in the past year. Taylor Swift’s acceptance is entirely appropriate given her success as a global artist.
The Eras Tour was a bigger success than expected, now the second highest grossing tour of all time, behind only Elton John’s, and likely to top it soon.
From October 27 to November 1, the album 1989 (Taylor’s Version) sold 580,000 vinyl copies. According to Billboard, this is the best-selling vinyl album since the index was first tracked in 1991.
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour is the highest-grossing concert film in the United States ever. It earned $92 million in its opening weekend and has grossed more than $200 million worldwide.
The singer born in 1989 also became a billionaire in 2023, continuously successful.
As for Elon Musk, he was named Time’s Person of the Year before buying Twitter for $44 billion.
After that, Elon Musk changed the app’s name to X and cut staff. The decision is considered one of the reasons Musk’s reputation has declined.
Since owning X, Elon Musk has been embroiled in controversy, most recently for supporting anti-Semitic posts. According to the Wall Street Journal,
Musk’s hateful comments have angered investors.
They found the tech billionaire’s comments disgusting, demanding that Tesla’s board of directors meet to discuss the issue before investors withdraw from the company just because of Elon Musk.
The electric car billionaire has faced a lot of controversy recently.
Elon Musk’s controversy has put Tesla in trouble, amid falling demand for cars and the emergence of many new names in the electric car market. Just one day after Elon Musk’s controversial statement, the electric car company’s stock fell by 3.8%.
Elon Musk has recently been embroiled in a lawsuit over child custody with his ex-girlfriend. Newsweek believes that the Tesla boss’s reputation has declined because of his lifestyle and behavior on social media, and has nothing to do with his Person of the Year award.
Billionaire Elon Musk shocked the world when he responded to singer Taylor Swift’s announcement of support for the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate – Photo: Business Insider
“Okay Taylor… You win… I will give you a child and protect your cat with my life,” billionaire Musk wrote on social network X on September 11, referring to singer Taylor Swift .
Musk’s comments came after a viral Instagram post by American singer Taylor Swift, in which she said that the use of an AI-generated image of herself to imply that she supported former President Donald Trump had worried her.
Next, the singer announced that she would vote for Vice President Kamala Harris and called on fans to register to vote in the US presidential election this November.
At the end of the post, she signed it “Childless Cat Lady,” referring to Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance’s controversial statement that the Democratic Party is full of childless cat ladies.
The post, posted after the first debate between Mr Trump and Ms Harris, received millions of likes in just a few hours.
It’s not yet clear how the endorsement of Taylor Swift, a hugely influential star with a huge fan base, will impact the election.
Meanwhile, Musk, who recently interviewed Trump, has also been viewed millions of times. During the debate between Trump and Harris, Musk retweeted several anti-Harris posts.
He seemed to enjoy the controversy surrounding his post and Taylor Swift’s. “Oh my gosh, now the Elon vs Taylor Swift vote is actually happening,” he jokingly wrote in a comment. He eventually conceded defeat and announced that he would give the singer a child.
Mr Musk currently has 12 children and is in a custody battle with his ex-girlfriend Grimes over three of them.
