Liberal comic Larry David launched an assault on Elon Musk at a star-studded wedding ceremony earlier this yr, equating his Republican affiliations with a want to ‘homicide youngsters in colleges’, a brand new e-book reveals.
Walter Isaacson’s latest biography on the Twitter tsar particulars how the Curb Your Enthusiasm comedian berated Musk over political beliefs he expressed shortly earlier than the wedding of their celeb associates Ari Emanuel and Sarah Staudinger.
Entourage muse Emanuel, 62, and designer Staudinger, 34, tied the knot final yr in a sun-drenched St Tropez ceremony attended by A-Record friends together with Emily Ratajkowski, Mark Wahlberg and Sean Combs.
Isaacson’s Elon exposé reveals Emanuel purposefully seated Musk and David on the similar desk to trigger chaos as a result of he knew their political beliefs would collide.
‘I had advised Ari I used to be not a giant fan of Elon, so he seated me with him,’ David, 76, advised one other celeb on the desk – MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough – in accordance with the e-book.
Liberal comic Larry David confronted Elon Musk at a star-studded wedding ceremony earlier this yr, equating his Republican affiliations with a want to ‘homicide youngsters in colleges’. (Pictured left: David at a pre-wedding dinner, and proper: Musk on the ceremony)
Walter Isaacson’s latest biography on the Twitter tsar particulars how the Curb Your Enthusiasm comedian berated Musk over political beliefs he expressed shortly earlier than the wedding of their celeb associates Ari Emanuel and Sarah Staudinger (pictured)
In an interplay Isaacson’s describes as ‘a microcosm of Twitter’ – a platform the place high-profile folks with polarizing views incessantly lock horns – a ‘fuming’ David requested Musk: ‘Do you simply need to homicide youngsters in colleges?’
The 52-year-old SpaceX boss was ‘baffled and aggravated’ by the interrogation, and he gave the ‘stuttered’ response: ‘No, no. I am anti-kid homicide’.
Isaacson’s explosive Elon biography was printed September 2023
David went on to question how he might vote Republican if this have been the case.
The Seinfeld co-creator confirmed the interplay to Isaacson and elaborated on what prompted it.
‘His tweets about voting Republican as a result of Democrats have been the social gathering of division and hate have been sticking in my craw,’ he advised the writer.
‘Even when Uvalde by no means occurred, I in all probability would have introduced it up, as a result of I used to be offended and offended,’ David added – referencing the Robb Elementary College taking pictures which occurred three days earlier than the marriage.
Within the weeks earlier than the Might 27 wedding ceremony, former liberal voter turned Republican Musk blasted the Democrats on Twitter, which has since been rebranded by the Tesla boss as X.
‘Previously I voted Democrat, as a result of they have been (largely) the kindness social gathering,’ he wrote on Might 18.
‘However they’ve turn out to be the social gathering of division & hate, so I can not assist them and can vote Republican. Now, watch their soiled methods marketing campaign in opposition to me unfold.’
Musk foresaw how this assertion would trigger ‘political assaults’ in opposition to him to ‘escalate dramatically’ – although he appeared blindsided by David’s confrontation amid the sunny southern France wedding ceremony.
David is amongst Emanuel’s star-studded clientele, and he officiated the St Tropez wedding ceremony
Entourage muse Emanuel, 62, and designer Staudinger, 34, tied the knot final yr in a sun-drenched St Tropez ceremony attended by A-Record friends together with Emily Ratajkowski, Mark Wahlberg and Sean Combs. (Pictured: Ratajkowski on the wedding ceremony)
David is a vocal supporter of the Democrat social gathering. In 2010 he wrote a New York Instances article slamming Bush’s tax cuts for the wealthy- although he signed off his story with a sarcastic thanks to the president on the time, Barack Obama.
Till lately Musk was on the board of Emanuel’s firm, Endeavor, the leisure and media large which owns the UFC and WWE.
In the meantime David is amongst Emanuel’s star-studded clientele, and he officiated his wedding ceremony.
The marriage spat prompted a prolonged dialogue on The View Tuesday as co-hosts debated whether or not it was applicable for the comedian to confront Musk about politics throughout a celebration of affection for his or her associates.
Host Pleasure Behar voiced assist for David and mentioned that comedians ‘simply say stuff’ and he was merely ‘seizing the chance’ to problem the world’s richest man.
‘How typically is Larry David going to be sitting subsequent to Elon Musk?’ she mentioned. ‘You recognize, Republicans, each time there’s a faculty taking pictures, they do not need us to speak: ‘This isn’t the time is speak about it’.
‘Properly, when is the time to speak about it? And so Larry stepped up and talked about it. Good for him.’
In an interplay Isaacson’s describes as ‘a microcosm of Twitter’, a ‘fuming’ David requested Musk: ‘Do you simply need to homicide youngsters in colleges?’ (Pictured: David throughout a happier second of the marriage)
The Seinfeld co-creator pictured officiating the St Tropez wedding ceremony on Might 27 final yr
Her co-anchor Alyssa Farah Griffin countered that it was an ‘intellectually low-cost argument to say you are a Republican, subsequently, the blood of youngsters is in your palms’.
‘I do not assume it is honest to simply say since you vote with one social gathering there may be blood in your palms,’ she mentioned.
‘I feel it contributes to the polarization of Republicans are evil and Democrats are good or Democrats are evil and Republicans are – attempt to have a extra trustworthy dialog.
‘There’s a massive one to have with Elon Musk about among the folks he is platformed.’
Co-host Sara Haines additionally blasted David’s query as a reductive ‘gotcha second’ which over-simplified the controversy.
‘There is a spectrum of individuals that really have nuanced views, it is a difficult matter, and what Larry David did, what I am witnessing right here, is only a gotcha second,’ she mentioned.
Ari Emanuel and Sarah Staudinger tied the knot in entrance of a number of celeb associates
Ratajkowski saved it informal for the balmy wedding ceremony in a pink, sheer, sun-dress with lower out sides, and darkish, black shades
‘There is not any strategy to reply and, one, I do not assume anybody is for murdering kids.
‘So, that is simply an over-the-top assertion, and the way are you going to then dive into what you consider, your gun stance – as a result of we solely get two events to select from and generally they each suck a bit, so, not equally so.
‘However to me everybody has completely different causes they go for which social gathering to scale back it to simply to for those who vote this fashion you have to be this.’
The View’s Sunny Hostin agreed with Behar, saying that AR-15s have ‘no place on this nation’.
‘When you vote Republican, I consider that you’re complicit in that except you’re actively working day and night time to alter that inside your social gathering,’ she mentioned.
‘It strikes me that Elon Musk is a bit more fascinated by his cash. He is a bit extra fascinated by Tesla. He is extra fascinated by neo-Nazi platforming on Twitter or X.
‘You actually should assume whenever you align your self with a celebration as to what that social gathering is doing for you, your loved ones, your nation, and the Republicans, in my view, needs to be ashamed of what they’re doing.’
