{"id":86,"date":"2026-01-23T12:04:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reallynews.site\/?p=86"},"modified":"2026-01-23T12:04:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:04:39","slug":"just-in-elon-musk-punches-don-lemon-during-cnn-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reallynews.site\/?p=86","title":{"rendered":"Just in: Elon Musk Punches Don Lemon During CNN Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fpnh5-2.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/618597116_1229438366009695_5692665258471051865_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=127cfc&amp;_nc_eui2=AeHzN2g8Zh-4A76FRZOBR3Rr9lpqrVk47jD2WmqtWTjuMFRZsYeK0lUfs9WXDHVqgx1OY8L92RP89J7vN0uv4jk5&amp;_nc_ohc=iEXzXUtzA6kQ7kNvwGdH4Vm&amp;_nc_oc=AdkobiXTijG1opIgKUSPzN2D6jwcIIQyXwgDJJq1DKrv7Cp--quv7ceBSlS54AL_ugg&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fpnh5-2.fna&amp;_nc_gid=EnmpNsP5bAzLxBmo01DAcg&amp;oh=00_AfoiuO-Dy5fOJFe4doV5fNgp80icFP_ao77EgxZle-XDZQ&amp;oe=69794DE8\" alt=\"May be an image of hat and text\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a shocking turn of events during a recent CNN interview, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, reportedly punched anchor Don Lemon in the face.<\/p>\n<p>The interview started off innocently enough, with Lemon asking Musk about his plans for colonizing Mars and the future of electric cars. However, tensions quickly escalated when Lemon brought up Musk\u2019s recent controversial tweets about the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve been spreading misinformation about the pandemic on social media,\u201d Lemon said. \u201cDo you think you\u2019re doing more harm than good?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk, visibly agitated, responded, \u201cI think it\u2019s important to question the mainstream narrative and do your own research. You can\u2019t just blindly trust what the government and the media tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lemon pressed on, asking Musk if he thought he was smarter than the world\u2019s leading health experts. That\u2019s when Musk reportedly snapped and punched Lemon in the face.<\/p>\n<p>The incident was caught on camera and quickly went viral on social media, with many people condemning Musk\u2019s violent behavior. Some even called for a boycott of Tesla and SpaceX products.<\/p>\n<p>Musk later released a statement apologizing for his actions, saying that he was under a lot of stress and didn\u2019t mean to harm anyone. He also pledged to donate $10 million to COVID-19 research and urged his followers to get vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the apology, many people are still calling for Musk to face consequences for his actions. Some have even started a petition to have him banned from social media.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, the incident serves as a reminder that even the most successful and influential people can let their emotions get the best of them. Let\u2019s hope that Musk learns from this experience and uses his platform to promote positive change in the world.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spacexmania.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Elon-Don-Lemon.jpg\" alt=\"Elon Don Lemon\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1856220\" data-uid=\"023d5\">\n<div id=\"mgw1856220_023d5\">\n<div class=\"mgbox\">\n<div class=\"mgheader\" data-template-type=\"header\" data-template-placed=\"before\">\n<div class=\"mg_addad1856220 mglogo\" data-template-macros=\"logo\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a shocking turn of events during a recent CNN interview, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, reportedly punched anchor Don Lemon in the face. The interview started off innocently enough, with Lemon asking Musk about his plans for colonizing Mars and the future of electric cars. However, tensions quickly escalated when Lemon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reallynews.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reallynews.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reallynews.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reallynews.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reallynews.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reallynews.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88,"href":"https:\/\/reallynews.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions\/88"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reallynews.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/87"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reallynews.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reallynews.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reallynews.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}