SNL actor breaks her silence, claims Elon Musk made her cry over script

Elon Musk took to his social media platform X to share his views on a skit from Saturday Night Live (SNL), featuring Dana Carvey impersonating Musk after the 2024 presidential election. In the post, Musk criticised SNL for being "out of touch with reality." This sparked a response from Chloe Fineman, with the actress sharing a now-deleted TikTok video in which she recalled an incident where Musk allegedly made her cry.

Elon Musk recently commented on Saturday Night Live's (SNL) portrayal of him, reposting a video of Dana Carvey's impression of him following the 2024 US presidential election. 

Is this funny to anyone?

This is the SNL election skit. pic.twitter.com/WitxJ2FIbj

— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) November 10, 2024

In his post on X, the 53-year-old Tesla CEO didn't hold back, calling SNL "out of touch with reality" and criticising the show's attempts to support Kamala Harris during the election. He also claimed that their efforts only hurt her campaign.

SNL has been dying slowly for years, as they become increasingly out of touch with reality.

Their last-ditch effort to cheat the equal airtime requirements and prop up Kamala before the election only helped sink her campaign further. @nbcsnl

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 10, 2024

In response, 36-year-old comedian Chloe Fineman, who was part of the SNL cast during Musk's 2021 hosting gig, posted a now-deleted TikTok video. 

In the video, she recalled an emotional incident where Musk allegedly made her cry while she was working on a sketch.

Chloe Fineman deleted the video after it was up for a few hours. Luckily I saved it…in it she says Elon Musk did not like her sketch: “You made I, Chloe Fineman burst into tears because I stayed up late writing a sketch. I was so excited, I came in, I asked if you had any… https://t.co/y4BxNSab8j pic.twitter.com/p2RVHQMYuC

— Chris Gardner (@chrissgardner) November 12, 2024

She shared that after spending all night writing the skit, she was excited to present it to Musk. 

"I was like I'm not gonna say anything, but I'm like, no, if you're gonna go on your platform [X] and be rude, guess what? You made I, Chloe Fineman, burst into tears because I stayed up all night writing this sketch."

However, Fineman claims Musk responded coldly, telling her the sketch wasn't funny, and proceeded to flip through the pages of her script, saying, "I didn't laugh once."

She expressed her frustration, adding, "I actually had a really good time and I thought you were really funny in it, but, you know, have a little manners here, sir."

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