The Don Lemon Show — Elon Musk
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About this appearance
This interview became infamous for what happened after it: Musk canceled Don Lemon's X deal within hours of the interview ending. Lemon had pressed Musk harder than he expected — on his ketamine use, the advertiser boycott, content moderation failures, and racial slur policy on X. Musk's answers were often terse or defensive. The post-interview deal cancellation generated enormous coverage, with Lemon arguing it demonstrated the exact kind of arbitrary power Musk claimed to oppose.
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Memorable moments
Musk confirms he uses ketamine occasionally, prescribed by a doctor, describing it as treating 'a chemical imbalance' — the most personal health disclosure in any public interview.
Visibly annoyed when Lemon questions X's moderation of racial slurs: 'There's a difference between allowing something and promoting it.'
Musk cancels Lemon's X content deal within hours of the interview concluding — generating widespread coverage about the irony given X's stated free-speech mission.
