Elon Musk and Jack White.Photo:AP Photo/Evan Agostini, Rich Polk/Getty
AP Photo/Evan Agostini, Rich Polk/Getty
Long gone are the days whenJack WhiteconsideredElon Musk"the Henry Ford of the 21st century."
Months afterslamming the billionairefor allowing hate speech on Twitter since becoming the platform’s CEO, the 48-year-old rock star is auctioning off his “personal Tesla model S” in a virtual garage sale on the platformEverything But the House.
“Thought to be the first model S in the state of Tennessee, this car long-served as White’s daily driver,” reads a description from Ben Blackwell, an archivist for White’s Third Man Records, who noted that the musician utilized the car’s sound system to mix the Raconteurs’ 2019 albumHelp Us Stranger.
Jack White and Elon Musk.Jason Kempin/Getty, Taylor Hill/Getty
Before Musk, 52, took over as Twitter’s CEO last year, White used to champion his efforts to create environmentally conscious vehicles. The pairposed for a photoin 2016, when White made the “Henry Ford” claim, and the White Stripes memberstaged a free concert for Tesla employeesin California two years later.
“I believe that what Tesla is doing is so important for the future of how we look at car design itself. The added benefits of its help towards fixing climate change and taking the world away from the internal combustion engine are incredible,” said White at the time, perRolling Stone.
Last year, however, White condemned Musk’s handling of Twitter after Donald Trump was allowed back onto the platform. In alengthy post on Instagramin November, he wrote that giving the former president his account back was “absolutely disgusting” and an “a—hole move.”
“You did a lot of amazing things with Tesla, Elon, and you deserve a lot of compliments in that department,” he wrote. “But you’ve gone too far and are now using your power to promote horrible, violence inducing liars, who are taking the country and the world backwards and endangering the democracy that made you rich and successful in the first place.”
Earlier this month, the “Seven Nation Army” performer called outJoe Rogan,Guy Fieri,Mark WahlbergandMel Gibsonfor getting friendly with Trump, 77, at a UFC fight.
“Anybody who ‘normalizes’ or treats this disgusting fascist, racist, con man, disgusting piece of s— Trump with any level of respect is ALSO disgusting in my book,” wrote White onInstagramalongside photos of the celebrities with Trump.
source: people.com
