Elon Musk was met with mixed reaction Sunday night when Dave Chappelle brought him on stage during a comedy show in San Francisco.
The Tesla CEO was met with boos but also a share of cheers.
“Ladies and gentlemen, make some noise for the richest man in the world,” Chappelle tells the audience.
“You weren’t expecting this, were you?” Musk tells Chappelle following the boos.
In a video shared on Twitter, the crowd can be heard jeering Musk, whose recent purchase of the social media platform attracted criticism due to concerns about mass layoffs and looser content moderation.
Chappelle responds: “It sounds like some of those people you fired are in the audience.”
Later in the video, Chappelle said: “All these people that are booing, I’m just pointing out the obvious — they have terrible seats in the stadium.”
According to reports, the owner of the video that was posted on Twitter appears to have had their account suspended or has taken it down, with a message reading: “This Tweet is from an account that no longer exists.”
Twitter is once again attempting to launch its premium service a month after a previous attempt failed. The social media company said it would let users buy subscriptions to Twitter Blue to get a blue checkmark and access special features starting Monday.
The blue checkmark was originally given to companies, celebrities, government entities and journalists verified by the platform.
After Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion in October he launched a service granting blue checks to anyone willing to pay $8 a month. But it was inundated by imposter accounts, so Twitter suspended the service.
Mark Heim is a sports reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim.