YouTuber MrBeast asked Elon Musk if he could have Twitter if the Tesla chief died under ‘mysterious circumstances’, and the Tesla CEO responded with a tweet of his own.
In a hilarious exchange, Elon Musk promised to give Twitter to popular YouTuber MrBeast, should he die under mysterious circumstances. The joke chat has now gone viral on Twitter with over 1.8 million likes and over 177,000 retweets. Elon Musk is best known for delivering quirky and funny tweets on the microblogging platform he’s also about to take over. This particular incident began after Musk shared a photo on Sunday and claimed it was sent to him by former Russian prime minister Dmitry Rogozin. The image accused the Tesla CEO of conspiring with Nazi Germany. Read on to find out what happened next.
Elon Musk jokingly promises to hand over Twitter to MrBeast
Immediately after that post, Musk tweeted: “If I die under mysterious circumstances, that’s great.” Although the post may have been just a joke, many people, including his mother, Maye Musk, have become worried. She responded to the tweet saying, “That’s not funny at all.” While many people don’t see the funny side of the tweet, popular YouTuber MrBeast does see the humor in it.
MrBeast responded to the tweet, “If that happens, can I have Twitter”. Musk, without missing a beat, replied “Ok”. The conversation quickly went viral, and hundreds of people responded with memes and jokes of their own.
Meanwhile, MrBeast replied: “Jokes aside, be safe! I wuv u”. MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, has over 95 million subscribers on YouTube. He is also an acquaintance of Elon Musk. In 2019, Musk donated $1 million to Donaldson’s effort to plant 20 million trees around the world. Showing his involvement in the movement, he even briefly changed his Twitter name to Treelon.
Musk plans to acquire Twitter for $44 billion soon, and has made some promises about prioritizing free speech on the platform. He even promised to ‘remove the embargo’ on Donald Trump. However, this could put him at odds with the European Union, which is trying to put more scrutiny on tech giants to weed out hate speech online.
The Tesla chief was recently seen in a video with EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton, where the person promised to agree to EU guidelines and make the platform compliant with their policies.
