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Elon Musk appears to have entered a dispute with Eric Kripke, the creator of the series The Boys, following the show’s finale, which mocked and eliminated a tech billionaire character seemingly modeled after Musk.
Musk launched a series of critiques against the show on platform X, though he skirted around the show’s clear parody of him. His primary target was the finale’s handling of Antony Starr’s character, Homelander, which Musk labeled as “pathetic.” Kripke, however, took Musk’s comments in stride and responded with humor.
“This is the best review I could ever hope for,” Kripke humorously remarked in a post on X.
In the series finale, the character Günter Van Ellis, portrayed by Ivan Sherry, serves as a blatant caricature of Musk. As the “world’s richest man,” Günter is described as an “amateur astronaut” with 17 children, representing a league of billionaires. He eagerly approaches Homelander, wanting to discuss “white fertility rates.” Although Homelander is visibly repulsed by Günter’s presence, Oh Father, played by Daveed Diggs, suggests that Homelander should engage with Günter to gain the backing of “the ruling class of America” for his ultimate takeover.
This encounter is brief, as Homelander soon takes Günter into space, leaving him behind and ultimately leading to his demise.
Kripke continued gloating on X when Musk later doubled down on his complaints of how Homelander was killed off the show. In the series finale, Homelander loses his powers and gets beaten to a pulp by Butcher (Karl Urban), who ultimately pries his head off with a crowbar.
In his final moments, Homelander is reduced to a human, blubbering mess as he begs Butcher to spare his life, offering him a blowjob and even promising to “eat shit on live TV” if that’s what it takes to live.
While once again ignoring the show’s parody of him, Musk instead tried to make it personal by taking shots at Kripke’s marriage as he criticized the finale. “Kripke probably got flack from his wife’s bf for Homelander being used in based memes and had to write that ending as a groveling apology,” he wrote on X.
In another post, Musk wrote, “I’m not upset, just remarking that the ending sounds fake and gay.”
Kripke shared screenshots of the posts on X as he reveled in Musk’s obvious breakdown.
“HAHAHAHAH. He’s posting. MULTIPLE TIMES. Also I have notes on his joke writing,” he wrote. Kripke then seemingly realized that his X account had randomly been verified. “And thanks for the free blue check mark I guess?”
Kripke stood by Homelander’s controversial death scene during his recent chat with DECIDER.
“It was so satisfying and cathartic after so much time,” he said, adding that there’s “a historical precedent that when seemingly terrifying and powerful autocrats lose their power, they are blubbering pussies.”
Kripke continued, “The truth is they’re soft, wet little boys. And they really are the nothing that we’ve been calling Homelander all season. Like you take away those powers. What are you? You’re nothing.”
The Boys is streaming now on Prime Video.
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