Christine Baranski Addresses Picture of Her Obtrusive at Elon Musk

Diss meant! Christine Baranski went viral after she was photographed obtrusive at Elon Musk on the 2022 Met Gala.

“The humorous factor is I’ve no reminiscence of turning again and obtrusive at him, however I used to be truly dissing him as I used to be ready in line to go to dinner,” Baranski, 70, advised Leisure Weekly throughout an interview printed on Wednesday, July 20. “I used to be with somebody who was at my desk, and I seen Elon Musk and I went, ‘Oh, my God, it’s Elon Musk.’ I principally mentioned [to my friend], ‘I don’t understand how you’re feeling about him, however why is he spending billions of {dollars} in area when he might be cleansing up the planet?’ I’m an environmentalist.”

The Good Wife alum added that regardless of her “low opinion” of billionaires like Musk, 51, she didn’t intend to make the facial features within the now-iconic picture. “I will need to have in some unspecified time in the future turned again and seemed, however I didn’t pose for that image,” she mentioned.

Baranski advised EW that the Tesla CEO’s identify will come up within the sixth and remaining season of her collection The Good Combat, which premieres September Eight on Paramount+.

“We now have our personal Elon Musk in The Good Combat. Neil Gross is within the second-to-last episode and I get to bash the billionaires a bit. I’ve added a couple of strains [to the script], and I truly will embody Elon Musk within the remaining episode,” the Mamma Mia! actress revealed. On the present, John Benjamin Hickey performs Neil Gross, the founding father of a Googleesque search engine known as Chumhum.

Along with mentions in authorized dramas, the SpaceX founder has lately made headlines for backing out of his deal to buy Twitter. In accordance with CNBC, Musk’s lawyer despatched a letter to the social media firm on July 8, withdrawing his merger settlement.

Regardless of the angel investor’s authorized staff alleging that Twitter misrepresented the state of their enterprise, the platform stays intent on finishing the deal.

“The Twitter Board is dedicated to closing the transaction on the worth and phrases agreed upon with Mr. Musk and plans to pursue authorized motion to implement the merger settlement,” board chair Bret Taylor tweeted on July 8. “We’re assured we are going to prevail within the Delaware Court docket of Chancery.”

The Boring Firm founder initially reached a deal with Twitter in April, agreeing to buy the social media firm for $44 billion.

“Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital city sq. the place issues important to the way forward for humanity are debated,” Musk mentioned in a press launch asserting the deal on April 23.