Olivia Wilde recently appeared on “The Louis Theroux Podcast” and slammed Elon Musk while also speaking out against misogynistic incel culture at large. “The Invite” director and star revealed she once toured Musk’s SpaceX headquarters and met the business tycoon long “before he turned into a creature.”
“I really resent him now. I really deeply resent him,” Wilde said. “I met him many, many years ago. I think SpaceX had just built their headquarters in L.A. and I got to go on a tour because I wanted to see the rocket ships. He was interested in donating money to an organization that I was a part of in Haiti that was building hospitals and schools. I believe he did donate a little bit of money, and that’s appreciated. I was confused by him. I would never have predicted he would go down the path he has gone down. He did seem really smart.”
Wilde noted how Musk has perpetuated some of incel culture’s more disturbing ideology, particularly the belief that men are more powerful than nature. The filmmaker noted how Musk connects to this mentality by “talking about how we don’t have enough people and the world is underpopulated and we could handle another billion people.” Musk often expresses his belief that humanity is facing an impending “underpopulation crisis,” arguing it’s a bigger threat than global warming.
