‘You do one, maybe two Nazi salutes, everybody gets all bent out of shape!’ joked the late night host. Jimmy Kimmel has mocked Elon Musk after the Tesla CEO complained that people protesting his electric car company must have “some kind of mental illness.” Musk, 53, was being interviewed on Fox News when he described protestors as “deranged.” The comments come after an onslaught of arson attacks have hit Tesla showrooms. After playing the Fox News clip during Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the late night host, 57, shot back: “Well, let me see if I can explain it for you. When you pull out a chainsaw to celebrate firing thousands of people, they get mad.” He added: “My god. I mean, this poor guy. You do one, maybe two Nazi salutes, everybody gets all bent out of shape!” On his own social media platform, X, Musk responded to the clip by writing: “What a jerk.” (…) Earlier in his monologue, Kimmel discussed the arson attacks and referenced the fact that Tesla’s share price is slumping. “Here’s the thing, I get that people are upset,“ said Kimmel. ”Burning a car might not be great for the environment. I don’t think that’s what they had in mind when they invented the electric car. “In Las Vegas yesterday, someone threw a Molotov cocktail at a Tesla service center. At least five Teslas blew up, one from the Molotov and four because that’s just what Teslas do sometimes.” He added: “No one should be setting fires. You could kill somebody, you could hurt somebody. Elon Musk might not care about other people, but decent Americans should.”
via independent: Elon Musk responds after Jimmy Kimmel mocks him over Tesla fires and Nazi salutes