Elon Musk gears up for Saturday Night Live hosting gig with Miley Cyrus, the Dogecoin dog & Tesla’s Cybertruck prototype
'DOGEFATHER' Elon Musk is gearing up for his Saturday Night Live hosting gig alongside Miley Cyrus and the 'Dogecoin dog'.
The tech titan has been tweeting about hitting New York City with his Cybertruck prototype ahead of his .
He tweeted that his "cybertruck prototype" is "in New York this weekend", where it has been spotted in Manhattan.
It prompted a barrage of memes in response, with one fan pointing out to the billionaire that "unfortunately for the majority of us 'average' folk these are completely out of our price range."
Another joked that a "Honda Civic is better".
Ahead of his SNL appearance, also tweeted a pic of him, Cyrus, Australian rapper The Kid Laroi and a canine guest - a Shiba Inu dog from the meme which inspired Dogecoin's creation.
The chilled-out looking dog had a necklace round its neck, showing a medallion with the cryptocurrency exchange logo, and Kraken bank.
would host an episode of SNL with musical guest Miley Cyrus shocked the internet. "Guys please this better be a joke," one upset fan.
Others pushed back, like , who said of Musk's planned appearance, "What's the big deal? I don't know why people are freaking out."
"They’re like, ‘Oh I can’t believe that Elon Musk is hosting!’ And I’m like, the guy that makes the earth better, kind of and makes cool things and sends people to Mars?" Davidson added.
Just a week ago Musk admitted that he was struggling with his upcoming TV gig.
He took to Twitter to beg for skit ideas while trying out some jokes on internet strangers.
tweeted: "Throwing out some skit ideas for SNL. What should I do?"
He then floated the joke: "Baby Shark & Shark Tank merge to form Baby Shark Tank" and "Irony Man - defeats villains using the power of irony".
It came amid claims the SNL cast have been told they will not need to act alongside Musk, the self-proclaimed "Dogefather", if they feel uncomfortable.
NBC announced last week that on May 8, a decision that reportedly left some of the SNL cast upset about the controverisal SpaceX founder appearing at 11.30pm on Saturday.
"Speaking historically, if a cast member has been that unhappy, they don't have to do it,"a source familiar with the matter.
"[SNL boss Lorne Michaels] won't ever make them do anything they don't want to do," the source added.
None of the cast members were pulled out of the show, .
"Whether you like him or not, Elon is a very interesting character … He's very much a showman," the source added.
Musk has named himself the "Dogefather" ahead of his appearance on SNL, in a tweet that appears to have sent the cryptocurrency soaring.
The price of shot up from $0.25 to $0.30 in less than 15 minutes after Musk posted a cryptic tweet reading: "The Dogefather SNL May 8.”
However, Musk on Friday urged caution when investing in Dogecoin, the "joke" cryptocurrency.
Musk out a video in which he told the paparazzi in February: "People should not invest their life savings in cryptocurrency. That's unwise."
But Musk's warning contradicts his past hefty praise for Dogecoin that gave him a name as one of cryptocurrency's most vocal promoters.
"Dogecoin is the people's crypto," .
In April, : "SpaceX is going to put a literal Dogecoin on the literal moon," a reference to the internet meme "to the moon," the rallying cry of retail traders during the GameStop market craze earlier this year.
Twenty-eight-year-old singer Miley Cyrus announced the SNL news with just an image of their names on the show's cork board.
The official Twitter account soon shared the image and added a caption of three spaceships.
Fans were shocked to learn the Tesla CEO would be headlining the long-running sketch show.
One fan wrote to SNL on Twitter: “April Fool’s Day was like three weeks ago.”
Another begged: “Guys please this better be a joke."
A third upset fan tweeted: “Imagine ruining a great season with this and thinking it’s a good idea!!!!”
Others called for the NBC show to change its mind and remove the tech guru from the schedule.
Musk’s recent tweet suggested that he planned to discuss dogecoin during his feature on the show next month.
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Dogecoin, , was valued at , and has surged from a price of less than a penny at the beginning of 2021 to .
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Dogecoin's market value has responded quickly to Musk's mentions. After he "The Dogefather" to promote his planned SNL appearance on May 8, the by a whopping 144.44 percent.
The sudden rise was especially good news for one who owns 30 per cent of Dogecoin and made $11 billion, thanks to Musk's tweet.