‘SNL’ star Chloe Fineman says ‘rude’ Elon Musk made her cry: I ‘burst into tears’

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in May 2021.The comedian, 36, took aim at the Tesla founder, 53, following his scathing comments about the iconic show being a “dying” art.“I just saw some news article about Elon Musk being butt hurt about ‘SNL’ and his impression,” Fineman said in a now-deleted TikTok video shared Monday. “But I’m like, ‘You’re clearly watching the show.

Like, what are you talking about?'”Fineman then went on to call out the SpaceX CEO, saying he was the anonymous celebrity host that her co-star Bowen Yang previously accused of making “multiple cast members cry” because “he hated the ideas.” “And I’m like, you know what?

I’m gonna come out and say at long last that I’m the cast member that he made cry. And he’s the host that made someone cry. Maybe there’s others,” she went on.“But I’m like, no, if you’re gonna go on your platform and be rude, like, guess what?

You made I, Chloe Fineman, burst into tears because I stayed up all night writing the sketch.”Admitting she was “so excited” to show him the sketch she had been working on, Musk “stared” at her in return.“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.’ I waited for you to be like, ‘Ha ha, joke.’ No.