Tech billionaire Elon Musk was cyberbullied on Saturday while playing video games on a livestream in his personal jet, using satellite WiFi from his own company, Starlink.
Musk, who actively panders to the gaming community and brags about his purported skills, previously faced controversy after gamers accused him of paying a professional to level up his character in the game Path of Exile 2 so he could take the credit.
For a while, Musk fought the allegations, but he confessed to outsourcing his gameplay in January, telling one user on X, “It’s impossible to beat players in Asia if you don’t,” Rolling Stone reported at the time. Earlier that month, he had stopped posting from his apparent gaming account on X.
Musk’s daughter, Vivian Wilson, accused her father in March of pretending to be a skilled gamer, calling him “dogshit awful” in an interview with gamer and progressive political commentator Hasan Piker.
On Saturday, in an apparent attempt to rebuild his reputation amongst gamers, the SpaceX founder streamed Path of Exile 2 on hardcore mode, meaning that he had to create a new character every time he died in game.
Not long into the stream, Musk’s chat, which can be viewed by the audience, was flooded with personal attacks. Viewers made references to his close relationship with President Donald Trump, his three divorces, his parenting practices, and more.
“I’m your biggest fan! Please jerk off mr. trump so he dies of a heart attack!” one viewer wrote less than five minutes into the stream.
“Elon. It’s me, Ashley St. Clair. I have no other means of contacting you so I bought PoE2 early access just for this. Please pay your child support. Thank you Elon,” wrote another viewer who was almost certainly not the real Ashley St. Clair, a conservative influencer engaged in a legal battle with Musk over the son she says they share.
Some of Musk’s fans showed him love, telling him to turn on “Do Not Disturb” mode to censor the hate. Musk muted some trolls who spammed the chat and continued to play the game with an expressionless gaze.
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Musk ended the stream after losing a number of his characters to hardcore mode. His last character died after the Tesla CEO complained of a “lost connection.”
“YOU RUINED THE COUNTRY JUST LIKE YOU RUINED ALL YOUR MARRIAGES,” one viewer wrote toward the end of his almost 2-hour gaming session.
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