Elon Musk has entered the chat.
On Tuesday, the billionaire spoke out about Taylor Swift threatening legal action against a college student named Jack Sweeney for posting the location of celebrity private planes online.
“Sweeney is an awful human being,” Musk wrote on X in response to a post made by journalist Ian Miles Cheong about the news. “Taylor Swift is right to be concerned.”
Sweeney is an awful human being.
Taylor Swift is right to be concerned.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 6, 2024
Sweeney told Business Insider over text that Musk’s post was typical of the billionaire.
“Why does he get involved in literally everything?” Sweeney said.
The college student brought up his history with Musk in a response to Musk on X.
“Let’s remember you offered me 5k to stop,” Sweeney wrote. “Also threatened to sue me, and here we are a year later.”
Musk’s comment came after news broke of Swift’s attorney sending Sweeney a cease-and-desist letter in December, calling for him to stop “stalking and harassing behavior.”
“While this may be a game to you, or an avenue that you hope will earn you wealth or fame, it is a life-or-death matter for our Client,” the letter said. “Ms. Swift has dealt with stalkers and other individuals who wish her harm.”
Sweeney told BI he’s never meant any harm to the people whose jets he tracks, but created the accounts because he believes in “transparency and public information.”
Sweeney, a University of Central Florida college student, first made headlines for his myriad social media accounts when, in 2021, Musk offered him $5,000 to take down his @elonjet profile, which posted updates of the billionaire’s private flights.
Sweeney also had accounts on social media following the private plane locations of other ultrawealthy people like Swift, Donald Trump, and Mark Zuckerburg.
Some celebrities — Musk and Swift included — have tried to cloak their private jet travels by using privacy programs run by the Federation Aviation Administration, but this only works with websites that use FAA data, like FlightAware and Flightradar24.
Websites like ADS-B Exchange, however, rely on public data sources, giving jet trackers like Sweeney a loophole.
“You should have a decent expectation that your jet will be tracked whether or not I do it. After all, it is public information,” Sweeney told BI in response to Swift’s legal threat.
News
Jennifer Garner and Sarah Jessica Parker’s iconic on-screen outfits up for sale in exclusive $1 million Hollywood auction
Everyone has the opportunity to bring a little Hollywood glamour to their wardrobe with some iconic pieces from famous films and TV shows now up for auction. Fashionistas will have a chance to purchase items from some of the world’s…
Jennifer Lopez in bright orange leggings, hugging her every curve. But the face is extremely tense…What happened..
Jennifer Lopez showed off her gym-honed frame in a pair of bright orange leggings, which clung to her every curve, while arriving to a dance studio on Thursday. As she put her hard work at the gym on full display, the 52-year-old singer sported…
The TRUTH About Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck’s MESSY Marriage (She’s CONTROLLING and He’s a CHEATER)
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, known as “Bennifer,” have had a high-profile on-and-off relationship. They first dated in the early 2000s and got engaged in 2002 but called off their wedding in 2003. In 2021, they rekindled their romance, causing…
Shaking her booty! Jennifer Lopez sports skimpy body suit and thigh-high boots for private concert in Atlanta
Jennifer Lopez rocked yet another sequinned body suit Tuesday night in Atlanta. The pop star headlined a special gala for Qatar Airways despite human rights activists urging her to cancel her appearance, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. The 46-year-old donned a nude corset-style…
Taylor Swift broke the 2024 Grammy nomination record, receiving the most “Song of the Year” nominations in history. 👇👇
Taylor Swift competes in six categories at the 2024 Grammys, breaking the record for receiving the most “Song of the Year” nominations in history. She received the Song of the Year nomination for Anti-Hero , bringing her total number of competitions in…
How Taylor Swift Won Back the Public The reputation era was the last time the pop star let someone else define her. Here’s how she rebuilt her image. 👇
In her quarrel with the Wests, Swift was cast in the role of perfidious white woman falsely claiming victimhood. And since she has made her near-downfall an integral piece of her star narrative, the darkness before the inevitable triumph, some…
End of content
No more pages to load