{"id":1462409,"date":"2022-05-03T15:14:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T19:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1462409"},"modified":"2022-05-03T15:14:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T19:14:57","slug":"elon-musk-explains-his-meme-material-met-gala-poses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-explains-his-meme-material-met-gala-poses\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Explains His \u2018Meme Material\u2019 Met Gala Poses"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-explains-his-meme-material-met-gala-poses%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1462409&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1240408510.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk took a moment on Tuesday to explain a series of comical poses that were captured on camera on the red carpet at the Met Gala the previous evening.<\/p>\n<p>Musk responded to a tweet from @dogecoin_empire which included several photos of Musk hamming it up, clearly having a good time. \u201c@elonmusk was giving us some amazing meme material,\u201d the caption read.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a> was giving us some amazing meme material \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aHsdfQ4NBo\">pic.twitter.com\/aHsdfQ4NBo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83d\udc8e Lil\u2019 \u00d0oge \ud83d\udc8e (@dogecoin_empire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dogecoin_empire\/status\/1521472588538695681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Musk\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1521536750161567745\">response<\/a> was simple: \u201cI was going full Looney Tunes haha.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk attended the event with his mother, Maye Musk, and the two stopped to speak with several reporters as they walked the red carpet together.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the conversation revolved around Musk\u2019s recently-secured deal to acquire Twitter \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/im-on-the-warpath-elon-musk-reveals-big-plans-for-twitter\/\">what people could expect<\/a> the social media platform to look like going forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I mean, the goal that I have, should everything come to fruition with Twitter, is to have a service that is broadly \u2014 is as broadly inclusive as possible where ideally most of America is on it and talking!\u201d Musk told the Associated Press, later adding, \u201cI\u2019ve also vowed this publicly that we have to get rid of the bots, trolls, scams, and everything. That\u2019s obviously diminishing the user experience and we don\u2019t want people to get tricked out of their money and that kind of thing. I\u2019m on the warpath! If somebody is operating a bot and troll army then I\u2019m definitely their enemy!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MetGala?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MetGala<\/a>, Elon Musk says he wants Twitter to be &#8220;broadly inclusive&#8221; after he completes his purchase of the platform: &#8220;Ideally, most of America is on it and talking.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7rK39ohHSu\">pic.twitter.com\/7rK39ohHSu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Associated Press (@AP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP\/status\/1521316112939380736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/he-doesnt-listen-elon-musks-mom-crashes-his-met-gala-red-carpet-interview\/\">also responded<\/a> to criticisms that he should have done something more philanthropic than buy Twitter, telling Entertainment Tonight that the goal underlying many of his business projects was to improve the human experience and to help provide for a better future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally, my companies are intended to do good for the future of humanity, with Tesla trying to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport and energy. And SpaceX is providing internet to the least served people around the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best space company in the world,\u201d Maye interrupted, \u201cIn the world!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk went on to concede that his mother was the reason he was attending the glamorous event in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>When the Entertainment Tonight correspondent asked\u00a0why, with everything else he had going on, he felt that it was important to take time to attend an event like the Met Gala,\u00a0Maye interrupted, answering for him: \u201cI wanted him to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah,\u201d Musk laughed. \u201cMy mom wanted to come, so I brought my mom. That\u2019s the reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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