Elon Musk likens Don Lemon to spoiled
child from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
after TV host 'demanded free Tesla Cybertruck,
$8M salary with $5M upfront, and a stake
in X' before billionaire cancelled deal
for new show
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Will Potter *
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
3/16/2024 12:40:37 AM
Elon Musk has compared the former CNN anchor Don Lemon to a spoiled child from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory after a report claiming the TV host made a series of contractual demands before his new show streamed on X.
Lemon is alleged to have requested a Tesla Cybertruck, an $8 million salary, an equity stake in X together with a $5 million upfront payment on top.
In a posting to X on Friday night, Musk simply wrote, Don 'Veruca Salt' Lemon, in reference to the character from the 1970 film, that sees the youngster making clear her wants as she belts out 'I want it now!'
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
DVC 3/16/2024 12:46:28 AM (No. 1678713)
Rotten Don, just ask him how important he is......and then laugh, because he THINKS he's about 10,000 times more important than he actually is.
Obnoxious, hateful racist pervert.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Nexus-1 3/16/2024 12:48:13 AM (No. 1678714)
HA! That egg on Don's face is indistinguishable from the daily money shots that he takes to the grill.
13 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
MissNan 3/16/2024 1:47:21 AM (No. 1678723)
Lemon requested a Tesla Cybrtruck, $8 million dollar salary and an equity in X?
I wouldn’t pay a nickel to see him eat a bale of hay.
38 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
anniebc 3/16/2024 1:59:11 AM (No. 1678725)
Elon compared the lemon to a girl. Petty little slave running back to his CNN massah begging for crumbs. Like me, puleeseeeee.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
coyote 3/16/2024 2:08:17 AM (No. 1678726)
Lemon priced himself out of the market, which isn't hard to do.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
PChristopher 3/16/2024 2:13:30 AM (No. 1678727)
I love Musk. He does what needs to be done, speaks his mind and doesn't mince words. Very refreshing in this day and age.
37 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
pixelero 3/16/2024 2:27:37 AM (No. 1678728)
Don Lemon: What a clown. I'd like to buy him for what he's worth and sell him for what he thinks he's worth. An original member of the Participation Trophy, self-esteem cohort. This comes as no surprise. Black people in the United States have consistently reported the highest levels of self-esteem of any racial group. Yet in the case of Mr. Lemon, possibly some tempering of this characteristic is warranted.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 3/16/2024 3:02:10 AM (No. 1678729)
Hiring Day at X:
X-HR: "Mr. Lemon, so glad you could join us today by Zoom for this meeting. So, let us get this straight, you are out of a job, but demand something from Mr. Musk? Do we have that correct? And what again was that you're 'demanding?'
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DL
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X-HR: "Excuse us a moment, Mr. Lemon, we need a private conference on this. (click - DL goes out of conference)
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DL
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 3/16/2024 3:12:07 AM (No. 1678730)
(continued)
DL:
X-HR: "BWAHAHAHAHA... Hahahahaha... oh my gosh what a... OK, composure everyone, let's get him back on line (click - DL rejoins)
X-HR: "Sorry, and thanks for holding. Don, we've thought this over and it reminds us of that old chestnut, "If life gives you lemons," but instead of the usual, "make lemonade" response, for us the answer is, "fire him."
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 3/16/2024 5:28:12 AM (No. 1678746)
Squeeze Don Lemon and you get rotten lemonade. His importance to X is zero. But he's way too dumb to figure that out.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
mifla 3/16/2024 5:56:52 AM (No. 1678755)
Elon should have made him a counter offer.
He can have $25K per year, a 1976 Ford Pinto (Lemon colored), and one year's free subscription to X premium. In return, the rest rooms have to be clean by the end of each day.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Venturer 3/16/2024 7:36:47 AM (No. 1678802)
Wish and one hand and manure in the other and see which fills up.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
chumley 3/16/2024 7:52:15 AM (No. 1678806)
That boy sure is getting uppity for someone who is only suitable for field work.
8 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
downnout 3/16/2024 9:04:51 AM (No. 1678836)
I continue to be amazed at Lemon’s high opinion of himself. He’s basically a cipher!
10 people like this.
Don Lemon, a legend in his own mind.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
janjan 3/16/2024 9:05:52 AM (No. 1678839)
This whole story is hilarious. Especially the part where he goes running to The View to validate his hurt feelings. I doubt that Elon was impressed.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 3/16/2024 11:43:28 AM (No. 1678919)
For fewer nickels & dimes, Lemon would be just another welfare cheat showing up for his share of food stamps. He fits the description.
3 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 3/16/2024 2:40:08 PM (No. 1679038)
Lemon wants a truck???
I'm kind of surprised.... He seems more like a Miata type to me.
2 people like this.
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