Barry Diller, who shared the box with Elon Musk at the US Open, says: If people saw it in the box today, they will throw away

Expadia group president Barry Deller Has commented on what he sees as a change in public sentiment Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Speaking in an episode of “On Kar Kara Swisar” podcast in Monday’s episode, Diller first watched Musk’s popularity at the 2024 US Open. However, Diller said that after less than a year, there has been a lot of change in the public mood around the Musk. “If he was in that box today, he would throw tomatoes at him,” the deleler said during the podcast.
Public mood flipped on Elon Musk: Barry Diller
The pair was sitting in the same luxury box to watch the US Open Mains Singles final match in September last year, where Musk, Diller said, the crowd received enthusiastic welcome. He said, “One -third of the faces of that audience were watching him and not in the game of this shampoo,” he said. The 83 -year -old people were ‘surprised’, gathering people to take pictures and asking for Musk’s signature during a break in the game.Eight months later, Diller said that such a public appearance would not be revealed in the same way that it happened in 2024. “If he had been in that box today, he would throw tomatoes at him,” Diller said, “This is only from September to May. I have never seen anything like this.”
Relationship with Elon Musk’s relationship with Trump
Elon Musk emerged as an important person in the US election, her impact as helping Donald Trump’s way of victory. He was appointed to lead the Government Efficiency Department (DOGE) – the workforce established to cut government spending. However, their increasing influence in Trump administration The perception of its companies, especially Tesla, has had a noticeable effect. His rapid public relations for Trump and right -wing politics has provoked backlash from major Tesla stakeholders, including consumers, investors and advertisers. So much that the stock of the electric vehicle manufacturer fell about 40% this year before the revival last Friday.The company also faced calls for boycott and criticism from progressive consumers. Musk’s private brand is so entangled with Tesla that his political rhetoric-which includes anti-di (diversity, equity, and inclusion) statements and attacks on media-is being seen as a company representative.
When Tesla Bull Ross Garber called Musk to get out
When Tesla Bull Ross Garber called to get out of the company, he said “the reputation of the company has been destroyed only by Elon Musk”. During an interview with Larry Kudlo, Musk admitted that he was “managing” several businesses “with great difficulty. In the interview, he was almost seen as ‘knee’ while talking about Tesla conflicts.This was eventually during the company’s Q1 results, Musk said that he would reduce his time in Dogi in May. Then he said that “from next month, May, my time to Dogge will fall considerably”.