Azealia Banks has suggested to Taylor Swift that she sue Elon Musk over the eyebrow-raising comments he made about her this week, which Banks deemed as “harassment”.
After Swift announced she was publicly endorsing Kamala Harris earlier this week, Musk – a known supporter of Donald Trump – responded on X, “Fine Taylor … you win … I will give you a child and guard your cats with my life.”
The reference to Swift’s cats is in response to the singer’s post, in which she included a photo of herself holding Benjamin Button, one of her three cats. She signed off her message as “Taylor Swift, Childless Cat Lady” too, clearly poking fun at recent comments made by Trump’s running mate JD Vance, in which he described prominent Democrat politicians as “childless cat ladies”.
Musk has since doubled down on his comments, posting another message on X today in which he wrote, “Toxoplasma gondii is a danger to our democracy.”
The parasite known as toxoplasma gondii sexually reproduces exclusively in cats, and studies in the past have linked it to conditions including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and schizophrenia – as a result, some news outlets have called the findings “crazy cat-lady syndrome”.
Fine Taylor … you win … I will give you a child and guard your cats with my life
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 11, 2024
Toxoplasma gondii is a danger to our democracy
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 11, 2024
Now, Banks has waded in to the situation. In a repost of Musk’s comments, she wrote: “Nah this is actual sexual harassment. Taylor should flex on his ass and sue him for loads of cash n level up to be the most undefeatable richest woman in the history of music. Take his fucking money taylorrrrrrr!!!!
“Put his ass in a hole sis. Lmao the pop girlies would all be so crumb. I love this,” she added in a subsequent tweet.
She later said: “lmao the heart attack kanye will have when she is ULTRA -UNREACHABLE levels of WEALTHY of his daddy elons back bwahahahaha. CUCK THEM ALL SIS”.
Swift has not responded to Musk or Banks’ comments.
Nah this is actual sexual harassment. Taylor should flex on his ass and sue him for loads of cash n level up to be the most undefeatable richest woman in the history of music. Take his fucking money taylorrrrrrr!!!! https://t.co/t77g8pzVDb
— Azealia Banks (@CHEAPYXOMIAMI) September 12, 2024
lmao the heart attack kanye will have when she is ULTRA -UNREACHABLE levels of WEALTHY of his daddy elons back bwahahahaha. CUCK THEM ALL SIS
— Azealia Banks (@CHEAPYXOMIAMI) September 12, 2024
It has since been reported that Swift’s backing of Harris caused a “500 per cent” increase in voter registration, with nearly half a million registrants were directed from Swift’s Instagram page.
Meanwhile, the Donald Trump campaign has released a t-shirt designed very similarly to Taylor Swift‘s ‘Eras’ tour merch. It features a grid of photos of the former president coloured like the infamous ‘Eras Tour’ shirt and retails for $36 (£27).
Her fans are now wondering if Swift will take legal action, as they have done previously when Trump falsely claimed her endorsement with a series of AI-generated posts. After that incident – which he addressed by saying: “Somebody else generated them” – fans warned that “Swift is gonna sue him so fast, he’ll remember why her last name is swift”.
