- Elon Musk shouted a profanity-laden jibe when he signed the Twitter takeover deal, per a brand new e book.
- Musk took intention at rival social media boss Mark Zuckerberg, Ben Mezrich wrote.
- He mentioned the rivalry between Musk and Zuck pair on a podcast hosted by Kara Swisher.
Elon Musk shouted a profanity-laden jibe when he signed the Twitter deal, in accordance with the creator of the brand new e book titled “Breaking Twitter: Elon Musk and the Most Controversial Company Takeover in Historical past.”
Ben Mezrich’s e book paperwork Musk’s chaotic Twitter takeover and cites “distinctive entry to Twitter staff and Musk’s confidants.”
Showing on the podcast On With Kara Swisher, Mezrich mentioned: “Within the e book, there is a scene when Musk indicators the papers to take over Twitter, the very first thing he screams out is, ‘Fuck Zuck! Fuck Zuck!’ — which I have never seen reported wherever else.”
Mezrich was discussing the billionaire’s rivalry with the Meta CEO that famously flared this 12 months when the 2 proposed a cage match.
The creator, who additionally wrote “The Unintentional Billionaires,” mentioned Musk “positively sees” Zuckerberg as a rival however was a way more “dictatorial management individual than Mark.”
Musk and Zuckerberg have additionally butted heads outdoors the ring since Musk’s Twitter acquisition.
The Meta CEO launched the social media platform Threads in July to immediately compete with X, previously Twitter. Threads amassed customers shortly and was seen as one of many extra viable alternate options to X.
Representatives for Musk didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from Insider, made outdoors regular working hours.
Mezrich’s e book, printed this week, paperwork the emotional toll working Twitter had on Musk. He claims the takeover and subsequent backlash had a critical influence on the billionaire’s well being and popularity.
Mezrich cited a number of incidents that led to an emotional “spiral” for the Tesla CEO, together with getting booed at a Dave Chappelle comedy present and a automobile carrying his son being focused.
