Businessman Elon Musk despatched an “unsettling” message to pop singer Taylor Swift after the latter endorsed Kamala Harris for president, sparking on-line outrage together with from his personal transgender daughter.
Musk, who overtly endorses Donald Trump, took to X to react to Swift’s assertion that she’s going to vote for Harris within the upcoming US presidential elections.
“Tremendous Taylor… you win… I gives you a toddler and guard your cats with my life,” he remarked.
The put up of the X’s CEO riled netizens who deemed the assertion “creepy” and an implication of “rape.”
“Did Elon Musk simply threaten to rape Taylor Swift?!?” wrote one X consumer.
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“Taylor Swift: I will probably be casting my vote for Kamala Harris. Elon Musk: I’ll impregnate you. That is sexual harassment,” pitched one other netizen.
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“Elon responding to tonight by telling Taylor Swift he’ll impregnate her is peak weirdo and creeper habits,” added one other on-line consumer.
Musk’s transgender daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson, slammed her father’s remark, calling it “sexist” and “incel nonsense.”
“Additionally, sure, I noticed ‘the tweet,’” she wrote on Threads. “Heinous incel nonsense is in actual fact heinous incel nonsense. I don’t actually have something so as to add to it; it’s simply abhorrent. That a lot is apparent and in case you don’t see how, then you definately’re a part of the issue.”
“I’d identical to to say to my viewers members, don’t let individuals speak to you want that. It’s disgusting; it’s belittling and extremely sexist. You deserve higher,” added Wilson.
Musk, who has fathered 12 recognized youngsters, is at the moment engaged in a custody battle with former girlfriend Grimes over three of his children.
In the meantime, Swift took to Instagram on Wednesday, Sept. 11, to formally endorse the Democratic nominees to her 283 million followers.
“I will probably be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz within the 2024 Presidential Election. I’m voting for Kamala Harris as a result of she fights for the rights and causes I imagine want a warrior to champion them. I feel she is a steady-handed, gifted chief, and I imagine we will accomplish a lot extra on this nation if we’re led by calm and never chaos,” she wrote.
The “Lover” singer underscored that she needs to be “clear” about her plans for the elections after an AI picture of her endorsing Trump made the rounds on-line.