Katy Perry bought a Cybertruck and posted a picture of her posing with it with the hashtag “idol.” I think the #idol was a reference to American Idol though, because her dress is the same one she wore to the American Idol Top 10 Tastemaker Event the other night. Anyway, I just spent a good amount of time trying to think of a creative joke about Katy buying a Cybertruck, but I can’t. How about… “We always knew Katy was a white Republican man at heart!” That’s all I got, and I know, it’s lazy.
Thankfully, Twitter X Twitter was all over it. It’s been a while since we had a good Twitter party making fun of a ridiculous celebrity action, but they came for Katy and they brought their best quips about her new purchase. There were some great ones, including jokes that her next song will be called, “But Daddy, He Owns Tesla” to observing that not even Katy Perry in a hot dress could make that truck look hot, lol. To quote one of the Tweets, “Imagine marrying Russell Brand not being the most embarrassing thing you’ve ever done”
Katy Perry, check your blind spot. The pop star is receiving heaps of criticism after flaunting her new Tesla Cybertruck in an X post on Monday, just days after the company issued a recall on the vehicle. Perry didn’t appear worried about her new ride’s safety, as she leaned against an army green Cybertruck while wearing a chic burgundy outfit in her photo.
“Thx for the delivery,” the “Roar” singer wrote in the post, where she also tagged Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
People flocked to the replies to make fun of Perry and the car, which owners have found a list of issues with since it was shipped out last fall. Some people mocked the truck’s clunky appearance, while others reminded the singer about the defective accelerator pedal which led to nearly 4,000 of the cars being recalled last week.
Okay, so my question is this: Do you guys think that she actually bought it or did she run into Elon at some event and he said he’d send her one? Are we going to get pap shots of her and Orlando Bloom driving around in one while out and about in LA? Lolol. Katy’s not even the only celeb to get a Cybertruck! Idk, it feels like a choice to let people know you’re on Team Space Karen right now. According to Business Insider, Jay-Z, Kim Kardashian, the Biebers, Pharrell Williams (who was photographed trying and failing to properly parallel park his in downtown Miami), and Jason Kelce are among the celebrities who allegedly own a Cybertruck. I don’t get it. They’re ugly, they’re unsafe, they’re poorly made, and they’re S.D.E. personified. When we talked about how they’re falling apart, some of you had some great descriptors in the comments, such as an “under-construction Oscar Mayer Wienermobile,” “Cyber El Camino,” and that it looks like it “drove straight off of Roblox.” Thanks, friends, for the laughs.
Speaking of the Cybertruck being unsafe, there is this crazy video going around with this guy holding a large carrot and cucumber to the trunks of larger cars as the doors close. The Cybertruck cleanly cuts both veggies in half. That is so dangerous! I don’t know how people can justify driving this car with kids in it! With all of the subpar safety features that keep coming out by the day, the Cybertruck is just one tragic, freak accident waiting to happen, ugh.
Imagine marrying Russell Brand not being the most embarrassing thing you’ve ever done https://t.co/Cedi7EFmIF
— remand chic (@our_jesse) April 23, 2024
Whenever I see one all I can think of is the Homer https://t.co/mxmfLxY8jZ pic.twitter.com/iPj5Z9kerr
— Darren (@dizsaidwhat) April 24, 2024
Girl it's recalled send it back! https://t.co/bSEk6Uhfox
— Threepeat Emmy Winner Ali B (@wtflanksteak) April 23, 2024
photos via Twitter and credit IMAGO/Faye Sadou/Avalon, Jeffrey Mayer/Avalon
Didn’t they just get recalled for an accelerator issue and then there was separate news recently that the texas site has an occupational injury rate that is so many more times what any other competitor site has?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/business/tesla-cybertruck-recall.html
https://www.reuters.com/technology/injury-rates-musks-spacex-exceed-industry-average-second-year-2024-04-22/
This smells like product placement that was dreamed up in some Tesla back room. They must have paid her really good, because this does not seem on brand for her.
Elno’s version of Meghan’s jam.
That video of the Cybertruck trunk closing and perfectly cutting a carrot and a courgette should be compulsory viewing before ordering that monstruosity.
With its price tag it should parallel park itself.
Didn’t these just get recalled? Maybe that’s why Elno has some freebies to send out!
I have had cars recalled three times, once for one, twice for another. You take it to a dealership & they fix the problem. It doesn’t mean they all get returned & you’re without a car, or get another one.
I think it’s clear that Katy Perry and Kim Kardashian are both closeted Republicans…
yup.
Yup. Closeted, but with an open door.
I saw this on Threads and thought it was Kim Kardashian.
There are worse things to be in life than a Republican. I am not one, by the way. Far from it. But I think we need to stop othering people because of their political leanings. Focus on issues, not identity, and look for common ground. (It exists! You’d be surprised!)
@PinkOrchid They tried (and are still trying) to destroy representative democracy, civil rights, and the rule of law, in this country. They staged an ongoing coup attempt to overturn the results of a democratic election. They are aligned with fascists and white supremacists. They signed off on Trump’s attempt to kill off Democratic voters in Blue States, with covid-19. They push business-as-usual, in the face of a deadly pandemic, at the cost of millions of lives. Our current patriarchy isn’t good enough for the. They’ve stripped women of the hard-won right to bodily autonomy and want to return the country to the glorious 1850s.
What could be worse than all that?
PinkOrchid, I do understand where you’re coming from since I have some Republican family members. However, I’m living in a country that voted in a far right party (Geert Wilders—very scary!), that like many Republicans wants to change the constitution. Luckily, there’s a bit of a block (and the NLs is part of the EU, too). If you vote Republican in the US, there’s a very, very good chance that your candidate will not stand in the way of making life harder for certain people. Reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, racism, immigration, schools, libraries, healthcare, vaccines, science, cultural arts, censorship, the environment, etc… have all been negatively impacted. Elon Musk has fallen up and failed up protected by laws Republicans have passed.
@bizymaptic- Let’s also not forget the racism and standing by while the Neon Orange Bellend was tossing the undocumented into literal concentration camps. I can’t be “all sides” about that. Especially as someone who could fall into those crosshairs by appearance alone. I’m not a bootlicker.
A lot of people drive Teslas. Why is it now a republican thing to drive one?
Because of Tesla’s major shareholder…
It is a rolling deathtrap and banned in some countries because the design is so shoddy. And. It has already been recalled. Tesla stock has tanked, a huge number of Tesla employees have been laid off, but muskrat is still running the company into the ground and getting paid big money for being incompetent and awful.
They’re illegal in the EU. The build is dangerous to pedestrians. Out of curiosity, does anyone know how they made it through safety checks in the US to (originally) be deemed roadworthy?
Not in Germany. There’s a big factory here in Berlin. I haven’t seen them around, but I probably wouldn’t in my neighborhood. Some of my students have said they’ve seen them.
I just double checked the Dutch (and Belgian) rules. Technically it is no longer impossible as of January to own and drive one here…but according to three different websites, I would in theory need to buy it in the US, have it shipped, inspected by the RDA, made road-worthy via adjustments, and get my truck license to drive it. I couldn’t find anything about purchasing one in Germany? Have the Cybertrucks been changed so they conform to EU law, and do you guys need a trucking license to drive them?
@ML: just curious, do you need a special license just to drive a pickup truck? Say, a Ford F-150? In addition to a standard drivers license?
She is so cringe.
In Germany as well. This has nothing to do with German law but eu law. For one thing they’re too heavy, you need a specialist licence to drive them your bog standard driving licence most people have don’t cover it. It might be shown in show rooms and if you have money to burn you can probably import one from the US and make them road safe but they’re not generally sold. Also the factory in Germany doesn’t produce cybertrucks (as an aside, it should also have never been built but that’s a different issue)
Beaniebean, if a truck whole weight is under 3,500 kilograms, you don’t need a different driving licence, therefore all the current pick-up trucks travelling in the UK are under that weight (I live rural and plenty of farmers own a giant Ford or Mitsubishi truck here). The Cybertruck is the only vehicle on the market that weighs over 3,500 kilograms.
BeanieBean, the simplest answer is that it depends. If the pickup weighs more than 3500 kg, then you absolutely need a trucking driver’s license. There seem to also be regulations on how much load capacity you have and how the passenger configuration is set up. I rarely see pickups here.
No, you do not need a special license to drive a pick up truck. You need a special license to drive commercially, but you can drive your own truck with a regular license.
Signed, a former owner of an F-150.
Owning (or promoting) cybertrucks tells me everything I need to know about a person.
I might conclude things like: not that bright, more money than sense, slave to silly fads and trends of the wealthy, can’t read, pretends being bad at/not understanding science sounds better if it’s called “doing your own research”.
I bet she doesn’t strap her kid into that thing.
Ugh, worse- if she does.
It is hideous. Plus it’s a POS. S.D.E is right!
I finally saw one in the wild last night on my commute home. It was SO fugly, all I could think was that you could slap wheels on my stainless steel refrigerator and it would be more attractive than that vehicle.
I just saw one, too. I would be so embarrassed to be driving it. It looks ridiculous.
I saw one in the wild for the first time a few weeks ago.
I wouldn’t have thought it possible, but it was even more offensively hideous in person.
I saw my first one in the wild on Wednesday. It truly is even uglier in person than it is in pictures.
Owning, posing with, or admiring a Cyber truck (or Elon Musk) is basically putting a level on yourself.
I can’t believe people are still buying cars and trucks from Tesla.
Yeah, I agree – but many people bought Teslas (including my ex and my sister) way before everyone realized what a nut job Musk was and it’s not like everyone can just turn around and get a brand new car.
I remember the first presentation when the thing with the window went wrong. My first thought was that this car is going to be a disaster. The Homer Car moment was really overwhelming. Kateydarling probably needs money? I can’t explain to myself otherwise why anyone would be wanted to be seen with it right now.
Looks like a 60s-era Japanese cartoon car. As for Katie P, eh, chalk this up to another poor decision by the rich & famous.
Maaaybe she ordered it before he bought Twitter and dropped the mask entirely? The first orders were all the way back in 2019. Though I can’t understand why you’d still take delivery and then tell the whole world with a weirdly lit glamor shot. I don’t think he’d have her locked into a promo contract, but maybe.
Teslas are so common on the west coast that I really can’t assume much about anybody’s politics seeing them. This being said…I’ve only seen one of these on the road, and they’re hideous. Not just in an aesthetic sense, but they just look hard to drive, park, etc. I can’t imagine buying one for anything but some weird wealth flex.
I’ve ridden in the sedans (via uber) and they’re… fine. the truck is ridiculous! then again, so is Katy. like she once said in an interview, it’s too bad she never got an education.
Hard agree. White Teslas SUVs are so common in my SoCal neighborhood that people have a hard time finding their car in a parking lot,
But I have only seen one Cybertruck on a highway a few months back and it’s godawful. And a bit scary, can anyone recall when literally all of all of a new car model has been recalled in its first year ?
Ps finally got an electric car and it’s a pale grey Volvo SUV, it’s more expensive (and safer) and a bit less miles per charge than a Tesla but it’s also just not a white Tesla SUV so maybe I will be able to find it in the parking lot.
Wow! Katy Perry’s face has changed so much over the past year or two that I did not even recognize her at all! I totally didn’t know who the pic was of – until I read the name.
Most celebs strive to be trendy, shallow, want to be relevant, etc. That is why they keep wanting to purchase this unsafe monstrosity.
Excuse me, Louis Vuitton, your pick to succeed the incomparable Virgil Abloh owns a Cybrtruck? Oh the drop in the taste level…is beyond. 🤦
I mean, I know it’s not only made by a ridiculous man, but also is very much a ridiculous car that doesn’t even deserve to be called a truck. BUT I do kinda really dig the space-y design. That’s all.
My takeaway from this is that Orlando Bloom has really questionable taste in womyn. It was pretty obvious when he started dating her. But it’s cemented now. Can’t imagine what he’s been through to have such low self worth.