Elon Musk Uses Slur To Slam Ben Stiller For Backing Kamala Harris
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The billionaire cited a somewhat misleading headline to ridicule the actor.
Elon Musk called Ben Stiller a “retard” on Wednesday after the actor, who backed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, said he probably wouldn’t have been able to make the 2008 movie “Tropic Thunder” in today’s climate.
The billionaire owner of X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, shared a post from author John LeFevre that included a screenshot of a Daily Mail article headlined, “Ben Stiller says woke America killed ‘edgier’ comedy.”
“Says this.... Endorsed Kamala,” LeFevre wrote of Stiller.
In his repost, Musk wrote, “Damn he went full retard,” alongside two laughing emojis, referencing a line from “Tropic Thunder.”
Stiller didn’t exactly say that, and he never used the word “woke” in his recent comments on the film. In a Collider interview published this week, the actor was asked if he thought “Tropic Thunder” could get made today. The movie, which Stiller directed and starred in, featured Robert Downey Jr. as a fictional white actor who dons blackface to portray an African American soldier.
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