Nigerian-American actress Ayo Edebiri has disclosed that she received death threats and racial slurs after billionaire businessman Elon Musk shared a fake report about her.
In February 2024, a false report claimed that Disney was considering Edebiri as a replacement for Johnny Depp in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Musk amplified the fake news by reacting with a post that read, “Disney sucks.”
Edebiri believes Musk’s reaction gave the report unnecessary publicity, leading to severe online harassment.
“Just remembering when I got some of the most insane death threats and racial slurs of my life (idk if it’s the #1 moment, but for sure top 3) for a fake reboot of a movie I had never even heard of because of this man. LMAO. So not only is he [Elon Musk] double Sieg Heil-ing fascist, he’s an idiot but anyway,” she wrote on her Instagram story.
