Overview
- Musk responded on X on November 18 to screenshots of Billie Eilish’s posts, writing, “She’s not the sharpest tool in the shed.”
- Eilish had called Musk a “fucking pathetic pussy bitch coward” in Instagram Stories while urging greater giving from ultra-wealthy figures.
- Her posts amplified My Voice, My Choice infographics that outlined ways vast fortunes could fund global needs, including an estimate of $40 billion per year to end world hunger.
- At the WSJ Innovator Awards, Eilish criticized billionaires and announced a $11.5 million donation from her Hit Me Hard and Soft tour to charities and climate-related causes.
- Reporting stresses Musk is not a trillionaire and would only approach that figure if Tesla met steep goals that could lift its market value to about $8.5 trillion.