'SNL' : Elon Musk Jokes About His Son's Name, Says He's the 'First Person with Asperger's to Host'


'SNL' : Elon Musk Jokes About His Son's Name, Says He's the 'First Person with Asperger's to Host'

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'SNL' : Elon Musk Jokes About His Son's Name, Says He's the 'First Person with Asperger's to Host' Elon Musk hosted the May 8 episode of Saturday Night Live with Miley Cyrus as the musical


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GuidelinesPublished on May 9, 2021 12:11AM EDT Credit : NBC Live from New York, it's Elon Musk.


The Tesla CEO and founder of SpaceX, 49, showcased his sense of humor while making his Saturday Night Live hosting debut, during which he was joined by his mother, model Maye Musk and


Grimes, who is the mother of their son X Æ A-Xii.


"It's an honor to be hosting Saturday Night Live, I mean that. Sometimes after I say something, I have to say I mean that so people really know I mean it. That's because I've always had a


lot of intonational variation when I speak, which I've been told makes for great comedy," Musk said. "I'm actually making history tonight as the first person with Asperger's to host SNL. Or


at least the first to admit it."


Later in his monologue, he shared how his "vision for the future" includes "renewable energy and humanity must become a multi-planetary space bearing civilization," also poking fun at his


previous tweets, joking about how his son's name is pronounced like a "cat running across the keyboard" and pointing out that he "reinvented electric cars and is sending people to Mars on a


rocket ship."


Grimes, 33, appeared in a Super Mario-themed sketch, for which she portrayed Princess Peach while Musk played Wario.


For the Musk-hosted episode, NBC aired SNL via a global YouTube livestream for the first time to allow international fans the opportunity to watch at the same time as U.S. audiences.


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