- John Oliver told TMZ that Elon Musk has a “thin skin.”
- Musk has been beefing with Oliver after the comedian mocked him on “Last Week Tonight.”
- “He’s definitely sensitive. That is a biological fact,” Oliver told TMZ.
John Oliver says he has no idea why Elon Musk is still beefing with him.
“You’re going to have to track him down and ask him. I don’t know. That’s a thin skin,” Oliver said of Musk to TMZ on Monday. “I cannot possibly pretend to guess what is in that man’s mind at any time. He seems wounded.”
“He’s definitely sensitive. That is a biological fact,” Oliver told TMZ.
Musk slammed Oliver after the British comic had made fun of him on his HBO show “Last Week Tonight.” The episode, which aired in December, mocked Musk’s public behavior and business decisions.
“It is rather tragic to see an otherwise capable comedian like @iamjohnoliver become weak sauce,” Musk wrote on X on January 2.
“The reason he is not very funny these days is because he is too keen to pander to wokeness, which is fundamentally a lie, whereas great humor requires revealed truth,” Musk added.
Oliver told TMZ that he didn’t understand what Musk was referring to when the billionaire accused him of being “woke.”
“I don’t think he could explain what that means, and I think it means nothing. I don’t know literally what he’s talking about,” Oliver said.
Oliver picked up two Emmy awards on Monday for his work on “Last Week Tonight.” The comedian has won a total of 16 Emmy awards for the series since 2016.
Representatives for Oliver and Musk did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.
