Twitter users quickly rushed to Elon Musk’s defense after he was publicly shamed for his shirtless vacation photos.
Musk recently took a break and went to Mykonos, Greece with his friends Sarah Staudinger (fashion designer) and Ari Emanuel (new husband).
After photos of SpaceX and Tesla CEOs in their swimming shorts were posted to social media, they went viral. But some criticised those making comments about his body.
One Twitter user comments on the images Submitted: “Some unfortunate news, I’m blind after gouging out my own eyes after seeing shirtless photos of Elon Musk on the internet.”
Another person : “Thought it was an albino manatee.”
Musk is not the only one who feels this way.
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One Twitter user commented on the hypocrisy of criticizing Jordan B Peterson for claiming that a plus-sized model is “not beautiful”And then, body shame Musk.
They wrote: “The Elon Musk body shaming is the latest in a long line of things that make me realise that no-one actually cares about the things in which they profess to unless it ultimately benefits them.
“The guy sucks but you can’t be annoyed at JBP’s ‘sorry not beautiful’ and then pile on.”
Someone else wrote: “I’ve seen a lot of tweets today body shaming Elon Musk. I do not stand with any of it.”
Another tweet: “Body shaming Elon Musk is NOT the move yall.”
“You can hate Elon Musk without body shaming him lol,”Another user clarified.
This comes as Musk is facing a trial in a suit brought by Twitter to challenge his withdrawal from the $44 Billion dollar deal to purchase the social media platform.
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