A 2020 clip of Elon Musk’s truly cringeworthy dancing has been giving people the ick all over again – 17 slick takedowns

Back in 2020, Elon Musk went viral for all the wrong reasons during a visit to Tesla’s Gigafactory in Shanghai.

It wasn’t even the rumours of poor work conditions or rumblings about a virus in China that got people talking. It was Musk’s complete lack of shame at doing this –

David Brent called …

Anyway, the clip resurfaced after Sarrah Bellus posted this.

How shitt faced on drugs do you have to be to actually humiliate yourself on camera like this ? pic.twitter.com/oqfQzlq37q

— Sarrah Bellus (@sarrah_bellus) August 5, 2026

Tweeters agreed.

1.

dude thinks he’s Tony stark but he’s really Mr bean https://t.co/DPMaDZkIvN

— Fuck You I Quit (@fuckyouiquit) August 6, 2026

2.

This is so embarrassing and cringe! 😬 https://t.co/C9KWp6SSjU

— Lucas Sanders 👊🏽🔥🇺🇸 (@LucasSa56947288) August 5, 2026

3.

No money in the world can buy rhythm https://t.co/h3ucLnVabJ

— Leah Dionne (@leahdionne__) August 6, 2026

4.

What the fuck is Musk on? Dude's high as the sky!

Look at how he's tossing his jacket! What's next? Is he gonna strip down to his BVDs? 🤣 pic.twitter.com/QAAzd2lAUf

— Damaan, AKA 'Philly's Finest!' (@Damaan4u33) August 6, 2026

5.

He wants to be cool so bad, it’s just depressing ‍♂️

— Matthew Thomas (@MattThomas2021) August 5, 2026

6.

Reinforcing the straight white-guy can't dance stereotype.

Thanks…. https://t.co/Nwbbfao7tj

— Fred Tee (@TencicFred) August 6, 2026

7.

I just want to note that at the 20 second mark he was doing the "walk like an egyptian" dance from the 80s pic.twitter.com/WUwS6QcptU

— Chris Kanakis クリス　カナキス (@kanakis_chris) August 6, 2026

8.

he doesn't understand that he is humiliating himself!

he surrounds himself with other asocial weirdos who've become cultists who worship him and tell him how awesome he is 24-7

he's delusional af

— crazer (@CrazerArts) August 6, 2026

9.

Captain Ketamine is doing the sex-offender shuffle. https://t.co/uQXORnj9Rz

— Samuel L. Datsun™ (@SamuelLDatsun) August 5, 2026