Jimmy Kimmel has shared a brutal comeback to Elon Musk after the Twitter boss posted about changing his pronounces to "Prosecute/Fauci".
Musk, 51, got into a debate with former NASA astronaut and retired US Navy Captain Scott Kelly over the weekend, all sparked by the Tesla CEO's controversial tweet.
Musk tweeted that his pronouns are "Prosecute/Fauci" - referencing his distaste for the US response to the Covid-19 pandemic, where Fauci was the top medical advisor to the White House.
The astronaut responded: "Elon, please don’t mock and promote hate toward already marginalized and at-risk-of-violence members of the #LGBTQ+ community.
"They are real people with real feelings. Furthermore, Dr Fauci is a dedicated public servant whose sole motivation was saving lives."
Musk gave a lengthy response to Kelly, stating that he "strongly disagrees" with the astronaut and that nobody should "force" their pronouns onto others.
It now seems that the tweets caught the attention of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, who responded to Musk's tweet in an incredibly brutal manner.
Kimmel responded rather bluntly: "Your pronouns are a** and hole."
The tweet resulted in the 51-year-old getting a lot of heat, including from the Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine, Peter Hotez.
"For the record: Dr. Fauci has done nothing wrong, except serve our nation," Hotez began in a series of tweets. "In the meantime, Mr. Musk should know that 200,000 Americans needlessly lost their lives from Covid due to this kind of antiscience rhetoric and disinformation. Elon, I’m asking you to take down this Tweet."
This comes in the wake of Twitter announcing it will no longer be enforcing the "Covid-19 misleading information policy" which was in place during the pandemic, per Deadline.
These guidelines were established mid the pandemic, due to the high amounts of misinformation circulating online about the spread of the virus, as well as the vaccine that was to follow.
The policy involved accounts being suspended, and tweets that were deemed to be spreading misinformation were labeled as such.
Several high-profile stars have chosen to leave the platform since Musk took over Twitter, including Elton John, who announced: "I’ve decided to no longer use Twitter, given their recent change in policy which will allow misinformation to flourish unchecked."
Maybe the lengthy booing the Twitter boss received on stage at a Dave Chappelle show this week will give him an indication of how people feel if Kimmel's tweet didn't do the trick...