Saul Hutson. Updated March 17th, 2026 Share Tweet Money can buy you a lot of things, but a personality and a sense of humor are not on that list. Elon Musk wants to be funny so bad he will do anything to get a laugh. Apparently, that includes looking at his phone for jokes a middle schooler would find beneath them. Musk was appearing on an interview show when he tried to set up some sort of epic burn. He nervously looks at his phone and then tries to get out his prompt, only he promptly tripped on his own words and the whole thing fell apart. Watch as this interviewer expertly dismantles Musk’s attempt at sabotaging the interview. When Elon Musk hilariously trolled the BBC interviewer 😂 Elon Musk: “Do you like BBC?” Interviewer: “I see what you are doing, I am not going to respond to that” Elon Musk: “Surely you like BBC, come on” Interviewer: “I am not engaging” pic.twitter.com/288iR8ZoSi