Elon Musk Summons Legal Team: Preparing to Sue SNL and Mike Myers for Defamation Over Parody

n a twist that feels more like the plot of a late-night sketch than real life, tech mogul Elon Musk is reportedly summoning his legal team to launch an all-out assault against the creators of Saturday Night Live—and the man at the center of the comedic storm, Mike Myers. The alleged reason?A biting impersonation that Musk believes has crossed the line from satire into slander, one that he claims has irreparably damaged his public image and trivialized his role as a global innovator and leader.

The trigger? A recent SNL cold open that imagined a fictionalized meeting in the Oval Office between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. While the sketch already poked fun at international diplomacy, things took a turn for the bizarre when Mike Myers stormed the set dressed head-to-toe as Elon Musk.Complete with black jeans, a branded graphic T-shirt, and his signature tech-bro blazer, Myers’ Musk swaggered in wielding a prop chainsaw, echoing the very real moment when Musk waved a chainsaw at CPAC just months prior.

“What are you doing in my office?” Myers barked in his best Musk-ian tone. “You know I’m the president now, right?”The audience roared. The internet lit up. And Elon Musk? He wasn’t laughing.According to insiders close to the situation, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO was “absolutely livid” after watching the sketch. The impersonation didn’t just exaggerate Musk’s quirks—it allegedly mocked his business decisions, questioned his mental stability, and portrayed him as an erratic authoritarian wielding power like a prop weapon.One line that particularly stung? “They say I’m firing people without cause. But I do have cause—it’s ‘cause I feel like it!” Myers delivered the punchline with manic glee, but Musk didn’t find it funny.Within hours of the episode airing, Musk took to his platform, X (formerly Twitter), to express his discontent. “Humor fails when it lies,” he posted, a cryptic but unmistakable jab at the sketch. That comment alone would’ve passed as a simple complaint from a man often in the spotlight—but according to sources within Tesla’s upper ranks, that tweet was only the beginning.

Still, for Musk, this may be about more than image management. Sources close to him suggest he feels a genuine moral line was crossed, one that could set a dangerous precedent if left unchallenged. If comedians can blend fact and fiction so seamlessly that audiences can’t tell the difference, what’s to stop future sketches from rewriting public perception entirely?“He’s thinking long-term,” one confidante noted. “This isn’t just about Mike Myers. It’s about controlling the narrative around tech leaders, especially those as influential as Elon.He wants boundaries. He wants accountability. He wants to make it clear: even billionaires have limits.”Whether or not that message will land remains to be seen. SNL has not commented on the brewing legal threat, and Mike Myers has remained characteristically silent. But one thing’s certain—this story has only just begun.What started as a comedy sketch might now morph into a precedent-setting legal battle over parody, power, and personality in the age of digital culture wars.As Elon Musk gears up to take on one of the most iconic institutions in American satire, the world watches with popcorn in hand. After all, there’s nothing quite as captivating as a billionaire versus a comedian.And in this showdown, the punchlines might be just as powerful as the subpoenas.