Chloe Fineman says she and Elon Musk 'had a vibe' after he made her cry on “SNL”: 'We went on quite a journey'

Elon Musk famously made Chloe Fineman cry when he hosted Saturday Night Live in 2021 — and that was just the beginning. Now Fineman is adding some nuance to her recollection of the time she spent with the tech billionaire on the show.

Appearing on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live on Wednesday, Fineman was asked about Musk's harsh criticism of her SNL material. "We really got along," Fineman said. "I kinda thought we had a vibe. After he made me cry. It was sort of like — we went on quite a journey."

Fineman revealed last year that the Tesla CEO upset her and fellow cast members when he trashed the jokes they'd prepared. "You made I, Chloe Fineman, burst into tears, because I stayed up all night writing this sketch," she said in a since-deleted TikTok. "I was so excited, I came in, I asked if you had any questions, and you stared at me like you were firing me from Tesla and were like, 'It's not funny.'"

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Musk subsequently confirmed Fineman's account on social media, saying he was worried the show wouldn't get laughs.

On WWHL, Fineman clarified her "journey" with Musk. "He made me cry, I was like, 'F--- you!' And then it got picked, the sketch got picked, we did the sketch and we got along," she said.

While grasping for a reason she might have connected with Musk, she noted that he is "from the Bay Area" of California, where she grew up, before admitting, "We have nothing in common because he goes to Mars or whatever." (Musk was born in South Africa but is no stranger to Silicon Valley. He's also the CEO of SpaceX.)

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Despite their lack of similarities, Fineman still felt a connection to Musk. "In my head," she said, "I was like, 'I get this guy!'"

Fineman also expressed regret over calling Musk out publicly. "I shouldn't just make videos on my phone because the problem is I want to be able to talk s---, but then it gets picked up," she said. "But then he was like, 'It is true, in fact. It was funny.' That's my Elon. 'It was funny.' Because I think his brain didn't know that when you read something — he pawed through [the script] and was like, 'I didn't laugh once. Not once.' But then when you perform it, it's funny. Sir."

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Musk recently drew widespread criticism for appearing to make a Nazi salute (twice) at Donald Trump's inauguration. Despite tweeting hundreds of times in the days since the incident, he has not explicitly denied the gesture's intentions, nor has he apologized. Instead, he's made numerous posts accusing Democratic politicians of making similar gestures, made jokes about Nazism, and backed the far-right German nationalist party AfD.

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