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 brazenly endorses Donald Trump, took to X to react to Swift’s assertion that she is going to vote for Harris within the upcoming US presidential elections.
“Nice Taylor… you win… I will provide you with a toddler and guard your cats with my life,” he remarked.
The submit 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 likely 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 truth 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 when you don’t see how, then you definately’re a part of the issue.”
“I might identical to to say to my viewers members, don’t let folks discuss to you want that. It’s disgusting; it’s belittling and extremely sexist. You deserve higher,” added Wilson.
Musk, who has fathered 12 identified youngsters, is at the moment engaged in a custody battle with former girlfriend Grimes over three of his youngsters.
In the meantime, Swift took to Instagram on Wednesday, Sept. 11, to formally endorse the Democratic nominees to her 283 million followers.
“I will likely 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 consider want a warrior to champion them. I believe she is a steady-handed, gifted chief, and I consider 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 must be “clear” about her plans for the elections after an AI picture of her endorsing Trump made the rounds on-line.