'This Was The Moment Bill Decided to Kill Everybody on Earth', says Rob Schneider as he shares photo; Elon Musk replies
Rob Schneider
recently shared an old image of
Microsoft
founder
Bill Gates
on X (formerly Twitter). The image in the post references a 1998 incident in Brussels when Belgian prankster
Noël Godin
'attacked' then Microsoft CEO Bill Gates with pie. 'This Was The Moment Bill Decided to Kill Everybody on Earth,' reads the text on the image. The exaggerated caption, as reflected by some comments in the post, seems to tie to a conspiracy theory, linking Bill Gates to COVID-19 vaccine and depopulation myths. The post caught the attention of Tesla CEO
Elon Musk
who replied to it with a grimacing face emoji.
When Microsoft founder Bill Gates was attacked by pie
As mentioned above, the incident dates back to 1998 when Bill Gates was on his official visit to the European Union. As per CNET report, the Microsoft chairman was then struck in the face with a cream pastry--a cake or possibly a pie--as he was entering a government building to give a speech on education.
The prankster was then identified as Belgian prankster Noel Godin who escaped from the scene then only to appear back on television to take responsibility for the attack.
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Who is Noël Godin who attacked Bill Gates
Godin, who is also called "L'entarteur" or "The Pieman," reportedly had a bigger reason for his actions. He believed Bill Gates stood for the capitalist system. In Godin's eyes, Gates was part of a system that should be questioned and made fun of.
As per reports, Godin felt that even though Gates was rich and powerful, he was still following the rules of the system without trying to change it. Throwing a pie at Gates was Godin's way of protesting against what he saw as the problems and unfairness of capitalism.
How Bill Gates responded
Gates shrugged off the incident with humor, jokingly saying, 'The worst part is, it wasn't even that tasty.'
"Oddly enough, [Godin] apparently complained that [Gates] didn't react strongly enough," a Microsoft spokeswoman then said.
"This incident is very unfortunate, especially in light of the types of things Bill is trying to do," she added. "He later made a joke about how the cream didn't even taste that good." Only time will tell if that's good humored enough for the cream puff catapulting Godin.
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