Taylor Swift responds to Elon Musk after he made sarcastic comments about Person of the Year. “He tried to sleep with me multiple times and I said no so he just kept embarrassing me…”
In a bombshell that has set the internet ablaze, Taylor Swift fired back at Elon Musk on April 8, 2025, after the Tesla mogul took a sarcastic swipe at her latest *Time* Person of the Year title—her third, following 2017 and 2023. Musk’s X post on April 7, “Another ‘Person of the Year’ for Taylor—guess I didn’t bribe *Time* enough with my $421 billion,” sparked the feud, but Swift’s response, delivered via an Instagram Stories rant, escalated it into a personal showdown. “He tried to sleep with me multiple times and I said no so he just kept embarrassing me,” the 35-year-old pop titan alleged, peeling back a layer of their history that has X buzzing, Trump’s tariff chaos fading to the background as Swifties and Musk fans clash in a cultural cage match.
The saga kicked off with Musk’s jab, a nod to his own 2021 *Time* cover and a dig at Swift’s reign—her Eras Tour raked in $2 billion, her net worth hit $1.6 billion (Forbes, 2025), and her carbon-neutral tour jet sealed her 2024 win. Musk, fresh off a $70 million *The View* suit and whispers of quitting Trump’s DOGE, couldn’t resist; his sarcasm—liked 3 million times—hit Swift’s victory lap after *The Tortured Poets Department* topped charts. But her rebuttal flipped the script. “I said no, and he’s been petty ever since,” she wrote, claiming Musk’s “embarrassing” antics—like a 2023 X post mocking her jet use—stem from spurned advances. X exploded: “Taylor spilling tea—Musk’s cooked!” versus “She’s lying—Elon’s above this!”
Their paths crossed plenty. Swift and Musk mingled at tech-galas in 2021 and 2022; insiders say he pitched a SpaceX tie-in for her tour—think rocket stage props—only to get a polite “no thanks.” “He got weird after that,” a source told *People*, alleging Musk texted her post-rejection, mixing flirty banter with business. Swift’s claim—“multiple times”—hints at a pattern; Musk’s 11 kids with three women and tabloid tales of bold moves lend credence, though no proof’s surfaced. “He’s a flirt—Taylor’s not wrong,” an X user mused, while Musk’s camp stayed mum, his Portugal love tweet—“Eu amo Portugal”—a lone distraction.
Swifties rallied hard. “He messed with the wrong queen—Taylor’s untouchable,” trended with #SwiftVsMusk, as fans dug up Musk’s 2022 “Taylor’s breakup songs are overrated” jab—post her Joe Alwyn split—and his jet shade after her 2023 Grammy sweep. “Embarrassing me” fits—Musk’s X clout (200 million followers) dwarfs her 94 million Instagram reach, yet her cultural heft trumps his tech throne. “She said no, so he’s salty—classic Elon,” an X Swiftie crowed, tying it to her Eras Tour finale in Lisbon, where Portugal fans screamed “Olá!”—a nod Musk echoed days ago. On X, 47% back her (unscientific), 53% scoff: “She’s playing victim—grow up!”
Musk’s orbit fuels the fire. His $421 billion empire—Tesla reeling from $4.20 gas, SpaceX eyeing Mars—clashes with Swift’s soft power; his Trump tie (DOGE, TikTok tariff cuts) contrasts her Harris endorsement in 2024, which swung 2% of young voters (Edison). “He’s mad she’s bigger than him,” an X post quipped, as his *The View* win and “Person of the Year” dig suggest a grudge. Swift’s “no” stings a man used to yes—Portugal loves him, X adores him (47% approval there), but Taylor’s a wall he can’t breach. “He’s a creep—she’s a legend,” her base chants, though his fans counter: “She’s exaggerating—Elon’s a catch!”
The stakes soar in 2025’s chaos. Trump’s 104% China tariff, Vietnam’s $40 billion loss, and Barrett’s snub fade as Swift-Musk steals focus—Kim Soo Hyun’s $5 million gift a footnote. “Taylor’s truth matters more than tariffs,” an X fan insists, as her Eras Tour doc, out April 10, looms. Musk’s silence—bar a Portugal tweet—lets Swift dominate; her 1.2 billion streams this year dwarf his Starlink buzz. “He’s embarrassed her? She’s embarrassing him now,” Slate’s Mark Stern wrote, noting her 2023 jet clapback crushed his eco-jabs.
Who wins? Swift’s claim—unproven but potent—lands her a PR coup; 47% on X buy it, 53% don’t, but her army’s louder. Musk’s sarcasm backfired—his “Person of the Year” shade now a punchline. “He tried, she denied, he cried,” an X meme sums up, as Portugal’s “Olá” contrasts X’s “Nós amamos Trump.” In a year of Leavitt’s CNN ban and Biden indictment calls, Swift’s “no” to Musk echoes louder than tariffs—pop beats tech, for now. She’s unbothered, he’s quiet, and the world’s watching a feud bigger than billions. Taylor’s still Person of the Year—Musk’s just a footnote.
