Elon Musk releases shocking statement in response to being 'banned' from UK event
He may be the CEO of Tesla but Elon Musk is arguably just as well known for his controversial behavior on social media.
In 2020, he wiped a jaw-dropping $14 billion off Tesla's stock market value with a seven-word tweet.
And earlier this month, his own daughter called his words 'heinous incel nonsense' after he bizarrely told Taylor Swift, "Fine Taylor … you win … I will give you a child and guard your cats with my life," following her endorsement of Kamala Harris for the US presidency.
Now, it appears that the 53-year-old's inability to bite his tongue has got him banned from the UK government's International Investment Summit and it's safe to say he's not too happy about it.
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Earlier today, the BBC reported that the ban came about following a series of X (formerly Twitter) posts Musk made during riots in the country last month.
Violence spread across the UK in August after three children were tragically killed in a stabbing attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport.
A number of people were arrested for participating in the violent protests and others were charged with encouraging unrest on social media.
At the time, the SpaceX co-founder posted on X criticising Primer Minister Sir Keir Starmer and suggesting that 'civil war is inevitable.'
He also shared, and later deleted, a conspiracy theory, about the UK building 'detainment camps' on the Falkland Islands for rioters.
Members of Parliament said Musk's comments were 'totally unjustifiable' and 'deplorable.' They are believed to be the reason he has not been invited to the event which will take place on October 14.
Now, Musk seems to have hit back in the way he knows best - with a scathing post on X.
In response to a news article about the ban, Musk wrote: "I don’t think anyone should go to the UK when they’re releasing convicted pedophiles in order to imprison people for social media posts."
This refers to the fact that the UK government released some prisoners earlier this month to reduce prison overcrowding.
However, it must be noted that no people serving sentences for sexually based offences were amongst the prisoners set free.
But this isn't the only spot of bother the tech billionaire has landed himself in recently.
On September 19, adult party games company Cards Against Humanity (CAH) filed a $15 million lawsuit against Musk's SpaceX for trespassing on and causing damage to their property.
The lawsuit claims that the astronautics company has been using a plot of land owned by CAH without permission for the past six months as a staging area for construction.
But, while an offer from SpaceX to buy the land for less than half its value was rejected, CAH did cheekily say it would accept X as compensation.