Elon Musk calls Billie Eilish ‘not the sharpest tool in the shed’ in online spat

Elon Musk has called out Billie Eilish online (Picture: Getty)

Elon Musk has called Billie Eilish not the ‘sharpest tool in the shed’ after she shared a post about what he could do with his wealth.

Eilish, 23, shared a post on her social media on November 13 from My Voice My Choice, highlighting what Musk, 54, could achieve with his wealth.

The post included things like: ending world hunger, curing disease, rebuilding Gaza, and saving endangered species.

She then concluded the post with a message: ‘F***ing pathetic p***y b**** coward’.

Five days after her story was shared on X, the Tesla responded, questioning the star’s intelligence.

Last night, Musk replied to the tweet recapping Eilish’s Instagram Stories, writing: ‘She’s not the sharpest tool in the shed.’

(FILES) SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on as he speaks during his visit at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on June 16, 2023. Tesla shareholders on November 6, 2025 overwhelmingly endorsed a massive pay package for CEO Elon Musk that could reach $1 trillion. The pay package -- crafted to ensure Musk's continued service to the electric vehicle manufacturer as it pursues breakthrough technology on artificial intelligence and robotics -- won more than 75 percent support from shareholders, a Tesla official said at the company's annual meeting. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP) (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)
Musk has responded to the online spat (Picture: ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)

Only a few weeks ago, at the WSJ Innovator Awards, Eilish spoke out about wealth distribution and urged billionaires to give their money away.

‘We’re in a time right now when the world is really, really bad and really dark,’ Eilish said in late October.

‘People need empathy and help more than, kind of, ever, especially in our country. I’d say if you have money, it would be great to use it for good things and maybe give it to some people that need it.

‘Love you all, but there’s a few people in here who have a lot more money than me. If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? No hate, but yeah, give your money away.’

US singer/songwriter Billie Eilish attends the WSJ Innovator Awards in New York on October 29, 2025. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
Billie called out billionaires in her speech (Picture: ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Eilish’s net worth is estimated to be around $50million (£38m), while Musk’s is thought to be $467.9billion (£370.9b).

In October this year, Musk became the world’s first half-trillionaire as the Forbes billionaires index reported his net worth briefly reached $500.1b.

This has mainly been to the increase in share value of his businesses, including Tesla, the artificial intelligence start-up xAI, and rocket company SpaceX.

Other celebrities who have called out Elon Musk

Neil Young called out Musk in a song released this year as he told ‘fascists’ to ‘get a Tesla’.

Bette Midler called him out when she sold her Tesla, calling the make a ‘symbol of racism, greed and ignorance’.

Bill Burr also previously called Musk an idiot, and Michael Keaton also said of Trump and Musk: ‘They don’t really respect you, they laugh at you behind your back, they think you’re stupid.’

Metro has reached out to Billie Eilish’s representatives for comment.

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