Elon Musk has become a polarizing political figure in Donald Trump’s second run as President of the United States and comedians like Bill Burr and Chelsea Handler are not afraid to call him out.
In a new interview, Burr made a call to U.S. citizens to stop fighting each other as that is what people like Musk want people to do.
“I’m trying to get regular people to stop yelling at each other and realize that it’s a select few group of nerds eating raw almonds and doing their stupid workouts and competing with each other to have the biggest infinity pool and the rest of us are getting pushed down,” Burr said on NPR’s Fresh Air. “They’ve politicized the whole stupid thing and we’re falling for it.”
When Burr was asked about who he was referring to, the comedian said, “That idiot Elon Musk!”
Burr, who has an upcoming comedy special on Hulu titled Drop Dead Years, said that the Tesla CEO is “evidently a Nazi,” referring to Musk’s gesture during Trump’s inauguration.
“I just refuse to believe it was an accidental two-time Sieg Heil. And he does it at a presidential inauguration!” Burr added.
“This is why I hate liberals,” he said. “Liberals have no teeth whatsoever. They just go, ‘Oh my God, can you believe this? I’m getting out of the country!’ I’m just like, you’re gonna leave the country because of one guy with dyed hair plugs and a laminated face? Who makes a bad car and has an obsolete social media platform? Why doesn’t he leave? Why are we so afraid of this guy who can’t fight his way out of a wet paper bag?”
Burr’s comments on Musk came after fellow comedian Chelsea Handler also took some jabs at the billionaire.
“Did anyone vote for Elon Musk to be the president? I mean, can’t we come together — Republicans and Democrats — and say we don’t want that. Can’t we agree on that at least?” the former Chelsea Lately talk show host said at SXSW.
When the panel host suggested Handler date Musk, the comedian was not willing to take one for the team, saying, “There’s a lot I would do for the country, but having sex with Elon Musk is not one of them. I can’t.”
Listen to Burr’s full interview in the video below.
