Elon Musk claims to be first SNL host with autism
The billionaire hosted the popular skit comedy show 'Saturday Night Live' over the weekend and it's all anyone has been talking about. From his opening monologue itself, it's clear to see why...
Elon Musk is no stranger to controversy and making headlines.
He is one of the richest men in the world after all and with great money comes great responsibility.
And people are going to continue following your every move and remain interested in your life if you decide to name your son X Æ A-12!
The moment that the announcement was made that Musk would be hosting the infamous show, people had their doubts. He was joined by musical guest Miley Cyrus and the episode received the third-highest ratings for the season. Elon and Miley are tied with another iconic episode, the one featuring Adele and H.E.R.
Elon's episode was not a complete failure and many people were pleasantly surprised to find that they had actually enjoyed a few moments and the host wasn't doing a terrible job.
What did shock everyone was a startling, and unexpected, revelation Musk had made during his opening monologue at the start of the show.
Usually, the hosts will mock themselves during the monologue, address any current stories or rumours involving themselves, etc.
They might even reveal a tiny secret or two but Elon decided to make a major announcement.
I'm actually making history tonight as the first person with Asperger's to host 'SNL'. Or at least the first to admit it. Some people rarely know what I mean, that's because I don't always have a lot of intonation or variation in how I speak, which I'm told makes for great comedy.
He also joked about making lots of eye contact with the cast as it is known that those who have an autism spectrum disorder have difficulty registering tone of voice in others and responding to facial expressions and body language.
Musk also obviously addressed his one-year-old son's very controversial name saying, "it's pronounced: Cat running across the keyboard."
You can watch his full monologue here:
Monologue! 💫 @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/xeH1EOU79A
— Saturday Night Live - SNL (@nbcsnl) May 9, 2021
Although people are applauding Elon for speaking up about his diagnoses, there are quite a few people who are very upset over the fact that he had referred to autism as Asperger's:
As someone who has Aspergers, hearing Elon proudly speak about his neurological condition in his opening remark is very inspiring. Tackling every industry by storm, from the advent of the electric vehicle; to colonizing other worlds. @elonmusk is one hell of a human being! https://t.co/pb7wQ0ZM80
— Austin Barnard🚀 (@austinbarnard45) May 9, 2021
Major props to Elon Musk for publicly admitting he has Aspergers on live television. I'm sure that wasn't an easy decision.
— Jeff 💙✌️ (@JeffTutorials) May 9, 2021
Just goes to show that people with high-functioning autism can be some of the most genius people on Earth.
Never underestimate your fellow humans.
sadly i feel like elon musk is perfect representation for people who insist on clinging to the aspergers label even though aspergers is no longer a diagnosis, the autistic community asks people to stop using it, and it means “autistic person the nazis decided deserved to live”
— Erika Heidewald, Proud Autistic Bitch (@erikaheidewald) May 9, 2021
1. aspergers is no longer a diagnosis
— kate (@rainbowllester) May 9, 2021
2. elon musk being autistic does not change anything about how terrible he is and if u are excusing him for any of his actions bc he's autistic u are infantilizing autistic people
thank you for coming to my ted talk
Re: Elon Musk, SNL
— Dylan (@dyllyp) May 9, 2021
Aspergers is no longer a recognized diagnosis in the DSM because Hans Asperger was a Nazi. When most autistic kids were sent to the the gas chamber, Hans sent “intelligent” autistic kids to the Nazi’s Aktion T4 program to be experimented on and euthanized. pic.twitter.com/hD1EeRnwWf
People also started pointing out that he might have mentioned his diagnoses during his monologue but he is definitely not the first SNL host who is on the autism spectrum. Most notably actor Dan Akroyd is also autistic and hosted the show in 2003.
When Elon Musk claims he’s the first SNL host with Aspergers but he was not informed about Dan Aykroyd and Jerry Seinfeld pic.twitter.com/BPvYWmgPYv
— Diamond Joe (@ItsDiamondJoe) May 9, 2021
But like any other Elon Musk news, this will probably blow over in a few days when he either invents something super cool or says something about Bitcoin.
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