Trevor Noah Says He Couldn’t Resist the ‘Power to be Petty on an Epic Scale’ if He Were Elon Musk
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While Twitter founder Jack Dorsey tweeted that he believed Musk would act in good conscious, Noah pointed out that Musk has leveraged power in the past.“Don’t forget, this is a guy who once personally canceled a blogger’s Tesla order because of something they wrote about him.
So I’m just saying, he has nice intentions but when you have the power to be petty on an epic scale, the temptation to do it can be really hard to resist,” Noah said.He added that, if he were in a similar situation, he didn’t know that he’d remain so honorable, either.“If I bought Google, you best believe I would abuse those autofills, especially around like Emmy voting season,” Noah joked. “You would be like ‘John Oliver,’ and it would be like ‘children’s wig collector.’ Stephen Colbert, hit and run.
Trevor Noah saves puppies.”As the audience laughed, he added: “I just had to, because Stephen Colbert hit the owner and I had to.
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