Ayo Edebiri has been the latest celebrity to call out Elon Musk’s unemployed behavior on his platform X, where he took the bait of yet another fake post that sent his racist fanboys on a frenzy to attack the Emmy award winning actress. The post claimed that Disney is considering Edebiri as Johnny Depp’s replacement in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
While Musk’s post occurred last February and read, “Disney Sucks,” Edebiri on March 11 took to Instagram stories with a screenshot of the reply saying, “Just remembering when I got some of the most insane death threats and racial slurs of my life for a fake reboot of a movie I had never even heard of because of this man LMAO. So not only is he double S**g H**l-ing fascist, he’s an idiot but anyway.”
Edebiri’s response references the Nazi salutes Musk has yet to deny doing during the inauguration. The actress on Instagram has called out the billionaire before by praising Bill Burr’s comments on NPR’s Fresh Air where he prominently calls out Musk for the racist gesture. In the same interview, Burr rightfully criticized liberals for not standing up against President Donald Trump and Musk to which Edebiri quoted with a bullseye emoji on her story.
The billionaire’s fans could not take responsibility. Instead, they doubled down on their racist remarks to defend their actions. The stupidity of the Musk fanbase was only highlighted through their responses under the account @unlimited_ls on X saying, “These people are completely unhinged, Ayo Edebiri waited over a year to address rumors and credible reports circulating in Hollywood from trustworthy sources. And, of course, she attacks Elon Musk.”
As if Musk is not a grown man who cannot defend himself, his fans often think they might receive his attention if they come to his every beck and call. The situation with Edebiri is nothing new and showcases the true colors of users online as fan casts continue to stir up controversy, especially when those fan casts include people of color.
Edebiri’s response to the baseless rumors and the ongoing racist backlash points out a disturbing pattern in online culture — particularly on X — where misinformation and prejudice remain unchecked. Responsibility, especially when it comes to the spreading of misinformation, is necessary to put a stop to these breeding groundings of toxicity where men, like Musk, believe they can get away with everything online and in real life. To combat this, it is critical that people demand better: to question false narratives, reject racist behavior and hold white supremacists like Musk and his fan base accountable.
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