Ayo Edebiri Says Elon Musk Caused Her To Receive “Insane Death Threats” On X
Written by djfrosty on March 13, 2025
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Ayo Edebiri ripped Elon Musk for inciting death threats against her over a false rumor on social media.
Add award-winning actress Ayo Edebiri to the list of people who despise tech billionaire Elon Musk. In her Instagram Stories, Edebiri shared how Musk shared a false news report that led to her being heavily harassed on X, formerly Twitter, receiving a barrage of racial hatred.
Edebiri shared a post, writing: “Just remembering when I got some of the most insane death threats and racial slurs of my life (idk if it’s the #1 moment, but for sure top 3) for a fake reboot of a movie I had never even heard of because of this man,” Edebiri wrote on the story. “LMAO. So not only is he double Sieg Heil-ing fascist, he’s an idiot but anyway.” It accompanied a post that Musk made on X, quoting an account called Unlimited L’s, which falsely claimed that she was replacing Johnny Depp in a new installation of The Pirates of The Caribbean film series. Musk quoted it with a pithy remark, writing “Disney sucks.”
In a previous story, Edebiri was responding to comedian Bill Burr’s roasting of the SpaceX founder during an appearance on NPR’s Fresh Air by sharing a clip with a bullseye emoji. Burr stated that Musk was “evidently a Nazi,” referring to the gestures he made during an inaugural event for President Donald Trump. “I just refuse to believe it was an accidental two-time Sieg Heil. And he does it at a presidential inauguration!” Burr exclaimed before going on to call the Tesla co-founder an “idiot” with “dyed hair plugs and a laminated face,” further labeling him as someone “who makes a bad car and has an obsolete social media platform.” He then asked a question to the audience: “Why are we so afraid of this guy who can’t fight his way out of a wet paper bag?”
As far as the Pirates of the Caribbean series is concerned, the full future is uncertain – but producer Jerry Bruckheimer did confirm that there is a reboot from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales writer Jeff Nathanson in progress. Bruckheimer also expressed his desire for Depp to return, which is in doubt for now after the actor’s legal troubles including a libel trial against Amber Heard in 2022. Edebiri’s next film is the A24 horror film Opus, which also stars John Malkovich and premieres March 14.