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Elon Musk put his sophomoric humor on full display after hitting back at Stephen King for calling out a recent failure of SpaceX.
Elon Musk Roasted For Juvenile AI Photo Insult After Stephen King Puts SpaceX On Blast
Elon Musk retaliated after literary horror master Stephen King mocked him after the SpaceX founder’s Falcon 9 rocket launch vehicle partially exploded during a landing attempt on August 28.
King, who is known for authoring the best-selling books The Shining, Carrie and It, took to Musk’s social media platform X (formerly Twitter) and wrote:
“Oops. SpaceX launches are on hold after a booster rocket toppled over in flames while landing Wednesday.”
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Musk attempted to launch a full-on assault on the celebrated author with an AI-generated image of him drowning in cash with a wet eggplant emoji shoved in his mouth.
Pennywise, the demonic clown character from King’s 1986 masterpiece, It, can be seen observing in the background