Comedian Bill Burr stopped by NBC on Tuesday to sit down with The Tonight Show’s Jimmy Fallon and go on a rant against billionaires who have supported President Trump, but mostly Elon Musk, calling them “horrible, heartless people.”
A wound-up Burr began by declaring, “Well, it's a positive time, Jimmy.” After a nervous Fallon sarcastically agreed, “Yeah, it really is,” Burr continued, “Billionaires are not happy having a billion dollars.”
He then wondered, “Why does Elon Musk dress like he just got out of a Hot Topic? I am so sick of that guy trying to rewrite his origin story, like he was Matthew McConaughey pulling into the high school.”
According to Burr, Musk’s true origin story was, “You were a [bleep] nerd. Nobody banged you. And now you have hair plugs in your laminated face.”
Burr kept rolling, “Everybody is afraid of these nerds. I don't get it. My whole life, feminists were focusing on frat boys and guys with their hats on backwards, and they left the nerds alone. And now look at 'em. They got people wearing adult diapers driving 18-wheelers trying to get crocs to the, I don't know, the box store on time. They're horrible, heartless people.”
Ending with a demand, Burr continued, “And if for some reason, if you say that, you're like a communist and then we're in bed with the Russians. I don't get any of it. None of it makes sense. And then they try to politicize everything you say, and it's just like, ‘I don't know, shouldn’t you pay your workers?’”
People who praise Luigi Mangione should probably refrain from calling other people horrible.
Here is a transcript for the March 18-taped show:
NBC The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
3/19/2025
12:21 AM ET
BILL BURR: Well, it's a positive time, Jimmy.
JIMMY FALLON: Yeah, it really is.
BURR: Billionaires are not happy having a billion dollars. Why does Elon Musk dress like he just -- Alright, thank you.
FALLON: Oh, my god.
BURR: Why does Elon Musk dress like he just got out of a Hot Topic? I am so sick of that guy trying to rewrite his origin story, like he was Matthew McConaughey pulling into the high school. It's like, you were a [bleep] nerd. Nobody banged you. And now you have hair plugs in your laminated face.
No, and everybody -- everybody is afraid of these nerds. I don't get it. My whole life, feminists were focusing on frat boys and guys with their hats on backwards, and they left the nerds alone. And now look at 'em.
They got people wearing adult diapers driving 18-wheelers trying to get crocs to the, I don't know, the box store on time. They're horrible, heartless people. And if for some reason, if you say that, you're like a communist and then we're in bed with the Russians. I don't get any of it. None of it makes sense. And then they try to politicize everything you say, and it's just like, "I don't know, shouldn’t you pay your workers?" Yeah! Don't you remember that?
