Elon Musk under fire for ‘weird’ comments about Sydney Sweeney’s breasts: ‘He needs to be stopped’

Katherine Kraayvanger
The Nightly
Sydney Sweeney was pictured on the red carpet for her new movie, The Housemaid, when Musk commented.
Sydney Sweeney was pictured on the red carpet for her new movie, The Housemaid, when Musk commented. Credit: Instagram, @sydney_sweeney

Elon Musk is under fire this week after he posted a “weird” comment about Sydney Sweeney’s breasts to his social media platform, X.

Variety posted a video of Sweeney posing on a red carpet at the premiere of her latest movie, The Housemaid, in LA on Monday, December 15.

In the replies, Musk posted a meme depicting two photos, one of a woman with large breasts and the other of a person with an inflamed spine and back pain, with the text saying, “What it looks like, what it feels like”.

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“Can’t be easy,” Musk captioned the post.

Musk received a barrage of criticism in the comments, with many X users taking aim at the Tesla owner’s comments about women’s bodies.

“Man focus on going to Mars and leave women alone,” one X user said.

“You’re such a perv,” another user said.

Many comments took aim at Musk’s age gap with Sweeney — Musk is 54-years-old, and Sweeney,28.

“She’s 30 years younger than you. Weird,” a user said.

“He needs to be stopped,” another said.

Sydney Sweeney was pictured on the red carpet for her new movie, The Housemaid, when Musk commented.
Sydney Sweeney was pictured on the red carpet for her new movie, The Housemaid, when Musk commented. Credit: Instagram, @sydney_sweeney

It appears Sweeney’s breasts are a regular feature on Musk’s X account, with the “weird” billionaire regularly using the actress’ image in his posts.

In a reply to a user about gaming, Musk posted a meme of Sweeney with the caption, “seems like this will be a contest for most double-stacked equipment” with a cry-laughing emoji, just two days after the Variety comment.

“You’re obsessed,” a comment read.

Elon Musk left the ‘weird’ comments on Variety’s post about Sydney Sweeney.
Elon Musk left the ‘weird’ comments on Variety’s post about Sydney Sweeney. Credit: JIM WATSON/AFP

In another video, Musk is pictured on a video call removing a jumper to reveal a T-shirt underneath, throwing in a comment about his own chest.

“You thought Sydney Sweeney’s boobs were great, [you] should see mine,” Musk said in between peals of laughter from the other five men on the call.

“I should put on something a little sheer.”

Sweeney is a regular feature on "weirdo" Musk's X account.
Sweeney is a regular feature on "weirdo" Musk's X account. Credit: X

Sweeney is yet to respond to Musk’s “weird” comment.

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