In case you missed it, final 12 months, a rumor was circulating on-line that Disney was reportedly planning a sixth installment within the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. On the time, X proprietor Elon Musk determined to weigh in on the report — sharing some not-so-nice ideas.
In February 2024, Elon re-shared a submit with the headline “Disney Considers Ayo Edebiri as Alternative for Johnny Depp in ‘Pirates 6.’” Notably, there was nothing on the time to counsel this report was legit, and to today, Disney has not commented on it. Nonetheless, that did not cease Elon from giving his two cents on the time, sharing the submit along with his followers and saying, “Disney sucks.”
Elon’s submit, (which, on the time of writing, has not been deleted from his X web page), presently has over 60M views and hundreds of engagements. And amid his latest controversies, Ayo herself took to Instagram to share her expertise after Elon’s submit went viral final 12 months.
Sharing a screenshot of Elon’s submit, Ayo wrote, “simply remembering once I obtained a few of the most insane demise threats and racial slurs of my life (idk if it’s the #1 second, however for certain prime 3) for a faux reboot of a film I’ve by no means even heard of due to this man LMAO.”
“so not solely is he a double s**g h**l-ing fascist, he’s an fool ? however anyway ?,” she continued. “life is, after all, a present ??” Ayo added.
Ayo’s callout got here after she shared a submit from comic Invoice Burr who known as Elon a “man who can’t struggle his method out of a moist paper bag,” in a latest interview with NPR’s Recent Air. Elsewhere within the interview, Invoice criticized Elon for his extraordinarily controversial salute throughout a latest public look on the presidential inauguration. Ayo shared his phrases on her Instagram story with the bullseye emoji, saying, “Invoice Burr. Each time!”
As of proper now, there is no such thing as a proof to counsel that Ayo was ever in consideration to “change” Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow within the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Nonetheless, Ayo joked on Instagram that regardless of the grim scenario, she would “eat up” the position. “You’re licherally Caribbean!” wrote screenwriter Camilla Blackett in a DM Ayo shared.
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