Overview

• Nanjiani appeared on the Working It Out podcast in August 2025 to share firsthand stories of meeting Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg during Silicon Valley’s run
• He recalled Musk telling him he was “upset” by the pilot’s sparse Kid Rock party scene and insisting his own tech events were “much cooler”
• Nanjiani and co-star Martin Starr retooled a risqué gag for the 2016 Breakthrough Awards co-founded by Zuckerberg and watched it bomb onstage
• According to Nanjiani, Zuckerberg bluntly asked “What the f--- was that?” after the failed gag, underlining tech leaders’ sensitivity to satire
• Despite such pushback, Silicon Valley completed six seasons on HBO, earning critical acclaim and multiple Emmy nominations