Elon Musk sparked a number of reactions after he posted a bizarre meme comparing the outfits worn by Queen’s Elizabeth II with the British TV series Teletubbies on Sunday.
Queen 🐝 pic.twitter.com/InE4OIu9kL
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 4, 2019
The comment “Queen Bee” that he left led to a wave of speculation from social media users, who tried to ascertain a deeper meaning to the post, with some speculating that it could be connected to the launch of a new Tesla.
Could it 🐝 Model 🐝? pic.twitter.com/XKj2TwzGDF
— Patrick Riley (@quietbyday) August 4, 2019
Pickup Truck will be called the Model B.
— Steve Jobs Ghost (@tesla_truth) August 4, 2019
Tesla —B S3XY R
B Semi S3XY R if you count the semi?@elonmusk will this 🐝 the case
One user even decided to continue the trend by adding Musk’s face to Teletubbies’ figures.
Elon🐝 pic.twitter.com/ITwxwrmVzz
— Staka (@IAmStaka) August 4, 2019
Others confined their reactions to philosophical questions such as “Cool but why”.
cool but why
— Rebecca C. Johnson (@RebeccaCJo) August 4, 2019
It is not the first Musk’s tweet that has referred to the “Bee” topic, with some of his previous tweets indicating references to colourful insects.
A US 🐝 pic.twitter.com/WEvAwY465n
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 4, 2019
🐝 all u can 🐝
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 4, 2019
Musk’s tweets came just a year after a scandal broke when he tweeted about taking Tesla private – a gesture that cost him a $20 million fine.
Elon Musk is a tech entrepreneur, the founder and CEO of rocket manufacturer SpaceX and co-founder and chief executive of electric vehicle company Tesla. Tesla made a loss of $408 million in the second quarter of 2019, despite a rising number of cars sold.
