Elon Musk’s try-hard red carpet posing prompted no end of mockery – 17 favourite takedowns
We have to confess we hadn’t come across the Annual Breakthrough prize ceremony, which is a bit like the Oscars but for science and maths.
But it rocketed onto our radar because of one particular guest and his try-hard red carpet posing. Step forward, Elon Musk!
.@elonmusk gives multiple poses on the #BreakthroughPrize red carpet pic.twitter.com/VWTiQkdZMu
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) April 14, 2024
And his comedy antics prompted just as much mockery as you’d expect. Which is to say, an awful lot.
These 17 people might very well have said it best.
1.
I’ve never seen anyone so desperate to be liked and so obviously unlikeable. https://t.co/tjs4bnQb7I
— Ashley Lynch ✂️️ (@ashleylynch) April 14, 2024
2.
How do you have this much money and you can’t find a goddamn tuxedo that fits. https://t.co/J6hGvH1qVK
— Imani Gandy (Orca’s Version) ⚓️ (@AngryBlackLady) April 14, 2024
3.
Trying to mime Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me at charades pic.twitter.com/XSYLEZmG3f
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) April 14, 2024
4.
your annoying ipad kid nephew after one too many Shirley Temples at the family function pic.twitter.com/5oaIsTI3xU
— sarah (@sablaah) April 14, 2024
5.
He’s so uncomfortable in his own skin it looks like absolute hell to even be alive https://t.co/mWoAcEc2UI
— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) April 14, 2024
6.
You know he was practicing these poses in the mirror for an hour before he left https://t.co/EpxCAUbUDY
— Adam Ellis (@adamtotscomix) April 14, 2024
7.
We’re watching history in the making here to bear witness to the first man with zero (0) rizz https://t.co/XfC3K3bF4g
— Zack Bornstein (@ZackBornstein) April 14, 2024
8.
No amount of money can make you cool, and I do take some small comfort in knowing that fact will haunt elon until the day he dies, probably in some exploding-car related mishap https://t.co/A4o8KoeMwA
— Ross McCafferty (@RossMcCaff) April 14, 2024
9.
The gold is in the desperate moments between the poses https://t.co/uHhlMOb05Y
— John Levenstein (@johnlevenstein) April 14, 2024
10.
This is exactly what we’re talking about when we say “he wants to be Tony Stark so bad but he’s actually Justin Hammer” https://t.co/JkuU2qTbfh
— Monkee D. Hernandy (@hernandy_s) April 15, 2024
11.
You can really tell how important this type of attention is to him. Everything he does is for this https://t.co/98H9PRSSpa
— evan loves worf (@esjesjesj) April 14, 2024
12.
you will never be him https://t.co/lPxHgm1rDz pic.twitter.com/GvamBEKJ9Q
— greed (@lisaragorn_) April 14, 2024
13.
Guy who came to the mic with 9 of his buddies with nothing written but has been told his stories are like so epic and funny. https://t.co/Xp4RuJpbIV
— Bob Gurnett (@BobIsntFunny) April 14, 2024
14.
No amount of money can make you cool, and I do take some small comfort in knowing that fact will haunt elon until the day he dies, probably in some exploding-car related mishap https://t.co/A4o8KoeMwA
— Ross McCafferty (@RossMcCaff) April 14, 2024
15.
anyone who was ever taught an improv 101 knows this guy. finance / MBA bro in love with his own shit who absolutely bails 2 seconds into any sort of committed performance https://t.co/UBY4pvBqrQ
— dang laser (@youranalogbuddy) April 14, 2024
16.
it’s like a 12 year old trying their hardest to be the class clown https://t.co/RtsZ9SpQZy
— selma (@selmacashmoney) April 15, 2024
And also this.
I really wonder what’s up with his chest. It just looks really bigger than any other human being’s chest that I’ve ever seen. It’s not muscles, and it’s really weird.
— doloresquintana (@doloresquintana) April 14, 2024
17.
And finally …
Epic red carpet sir! https://t.co/rZim4JZ58U pic.twitter.com/yG4MFky2vn
— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) April 14, 2024
To conclude.
My god, he is such a bellend. https://t.co/V6ozqp1fcb
— Matt (@Matt_Mark2) April 14, 2024
Source @THR
