Elon Musk booed at San Francisco event, Dave Chappelle says Twitter staff fired by billionaire in the audience

Elon Musk, the man who amassed the most headlines in 2022, is back in the news. But this time, nothing related to his children, or Twitter spat with celebrities, nor even about his shenanigans at Twitter headquarters.

The 51-year-old made an appearance with comedian Dave Chapelle on stage recently. And, the audience, it seems, were not quite amused by the guest. Those present at the venue did not bat an eye to express their displeasure at the sight of Twitter’s new boss.

Chappelle made a grand announcement to welcome Musk on stage. “Ladies and gentlemen, make some noise for the richest man in the world,” the comedian proclaimed enthusiastically at the Chase Centre in San Francisco on Sunday night.


Initially, Musk appeared eager to witness an overwhelming reception from the excited crowd of about 18,000. On the stage, the billionaire in his characteristic manner raised his arms high in the air and took a spin, as if he had just conquered the world.
What began as a thunderous applause, quickly turned into booing by the crowd. According to people present at the venue, the booing got louder and louder and it continued for 10 minutes. This was something that was dubbed by netizens as a live popularity assessment of the Tesla chief.

Chappelle was diplomatic in his demeanor and said, “Weren’t expecting this, were you?” Perhaps, both Musk and Chappelle were appalled by the mass booing at the event.

Most observers said that the event was being hosted in San Francisco where thousands of employees were fired by the billionaire after his takeover of the microblogging site in October. To many it came as hardly surprising, considering the spate of employee grievances towards Musk. Chappelle was also heard saying, "It sounds like some of the people you fired are in the audience."