Chloe Fineman Says Elon Musk Made Her Cry When He HostedSNL

Mar. 15, 2025

(L-R) Chloe Fineman, Elon Musk.Photo:Gilbert Flores/WWD via Getty; Justin Sullivan/Getty

Gilbert Flores/WWD via Getty; Justin Sullivan/Getty

Chloe Finemanis recalling an alleged incident in which she says thatElon Muskmade her cry.

In anow-deleted TikTokvideo Fineman, 36, a comedian onSaturday Night Live, accused the SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO, 53, of making her cry whenhe hosted the long-running sketch comedy show in May 2021.

Elon Musk hosting “Saturday Night Live” in May 2021.Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty

Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty

The entrepreneur recently addressed the show whilereplying to a post on XofDana Carvey’s impression of him following the2024 presidential election.

“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,” wrote Musk.

Fineman, for her part, said on Monday: “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,” said Fineman.

“I was so excited, I came in, I asked if you had any questions and you stared at me like you were firing me from Tesla and were like, ‘It’s not funny.' I waited for you to be like, ‘Haha, JK.’ No. Then you started pawing through my script, like flipping each page being like, ‘I didn’t laugh. I didn’t laugh once, not one time,’ " she continued.

Chloe Fineman attends the"Megalopolis” premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on September 23, 2024 in New York City.Michael Loccisano/Getty

Michael Loccisano/Getty

While Fineman didn’t disclose what sketch she was referring to, she said it made it on the show and “it was fine.”

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“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,” she added.

On Nov. 12, Musk responded to Fineman’s TikTokvia a post on X. “Frankly, it was only on the Thursday before the Saturday that ANY of the sketches generated laughs. I was worried,” Musk wrote.

He said he was concerned his appearance on the show would be “unfunny” but said “it worked out in the end.”

Fineman’s message comes three months after fellowSNLpersonalityBowen Yangrevealed onWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohenthat a previous male host made “multiple cast members cry” because he " hated the ideas" he was given.

PEOPLE reached out to a representative for Musk for comment.

source: people.com