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Kumail Nanjiani Says Elon Musk Knocked Silicon Valley’s Party Scenes

The actor shared the remark on Mike Birbiglia’s podcast, renewing interest in how tech leaders receive the HBO show’s satire.

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Overview

  • On Working It Out, Nanjiani said Elon Musk “didn’t like the show” and told him “all the parties I go to are much cooler than these parties.”
  • Nanjiani noted he has met Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, recalling encounters with figures the series lampooned.
  • The HBO comedy from creator Mike Judge ran from 2014 to 2019, with Nanjiani portraying programmer Dinesh Chugtai.
  • Coverage resurfaced Emily Chang’s Brotopia accounts of Silicon Valley parties that mentioned Musk in 2017, which he downplayed in a 2018 Wired interview.
  • No new responses from Musk or Zuckerberg have been reported following the renewed attention to Nanjiani’s anecdote.