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 publish with the headline “Disney Considers Ayo Edebiri as Alternative for Johnny Depp in ‘Pirates 6.’” Notably, there was nothing on the time to recommend this report was legit, and to at the present time, Disney has not commented on it. Nonetheless, that did not cease Elon from giving his two cents on the time, sharing the publish along with his followers and saying, “Disney sucks.”
Elon’s publish, (which, on the time of writing, has not been deleted from his X web page), at the moment has over 60M views and 1000’s of engagements. And amid his current controversies, Ayo herself took to Instagram to share her expertise after Elon’s publish went viral final 12 months.
Sharing a screenshot of Elon’s publish, Ayo wrote, “simply remembering once I acquired among the most insane loss of life threats and racial slurs of my life (idk if it’s the #1 second, however for positive high 3) for a pretend 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 publish from comic Invoice Burr who referred to as Elon a “man who can’t struggle his manner out of a moist paper bag,” in a current interview with NPR’s Contemporary Air. Elsewhere within the interview, Invoice criticized Elon for his extraordinarily controversial salute throughout a current 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 recommend that Ayo was ever in consideration to “exchange” Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow within the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Nonetheless, Ayo joked on Instagram that regardless of the grim state of affairs, she would “eat up” the position. “You’re licherally Caribbean!” wrote screenwriter Camilla Blackett in a DM Ayo shared.
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