Musk lands F-bomb on advertisers

Elon Musk told advertisers that fled his social media platform X over antisemitic content to "Go **** yourself" in a fiery Wednesday interview.

His profanity-laced remarks followed a moment of contrition in a New York Times DealBook Summit interview. Musk said repeatedly he was sorry for posting a tweet on November 15 that agreed with an anti-Jewish post. Musk faced a torrent of criticism ever since he agreed with a user who claimed Jewish people were stoking hatred against white people. Musk in his post said the user, who referenced the "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory, was speaking "the actual truth". Musk described his post as possibly the worst he had made in a history of messages.

The billionaire bristled at the idea that he was antisemitic and said that advertisers who left X should not think they could blackmail him.

"Hey, Bob, if you're in the audience," he added, referencing to Robert Iger, chief executive of Walt Disney, which pulled ads on X.