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Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Elon Musk's sister Tosca cashes in on Trump feud in bizarre X-rated silver
Elon Musk 's sister found an unexpected silver lining amid the escalating feud between her brother and Donald Trump - a surge in traffic to her streaming platform. The once-cozy bromance between the world's richest and most powerful men unraveled on Thursday, as Musk called for Trump's impeachment over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein - prompting the president to suggest deporting the SpaceX CEO. But Tosca Musk, sister of the billionaire and founder of steamy streaming platform Passionflix, seemed to seize the moment on X, cashing in on the viral feud and promoting her new series. 'Due to the massive influx of viewers today on Passionflix the app is down,' Tosca shared to X on Thursday afternoon. 'Stay with us, we're working on it!' she added, accompanied by a few emojis. 'Black Dagger Brotherhood!' Tosca runs Passionflix, a streaming platform dedicated to film adaptions of erotic romance novels, where she also serves as a director and producer on many of its steamy projects, as reported by IMBD. 'Stories for women should be told by women. That's what we do,' Tosca, speaking about the platform, told the outlet in December. 'I want to make sure that that the stories are told for the female gaze,' she added. The once-cozy bromance between the world's richest and most powerful men unraveled on Thursday, as Musk called for Trump's impeachment over ties to Jeffrey Epstein - prompting the president to suggest deporting the SpaceX CEO 'There is a delicate touch that I want to see in our movies, and I want women to tell those stories.' Within the same hour, the 50-year-old filmmaker announced on X that the site was back up and running, allowing romance fans to resume binging Black Dagger Brotherhood - a new series based on J.R. Ward's bestselling paranormal romance novels. This isn't the first time Passionflix has experienced shifting viewership, often rising or falling in step with Elon's high-profile actions, especially during periods when he was closely aligned with the White House. Earlier this year, Tosca faced a wave of backlash on her erotic film site after critics on the left accused her brother of making a 'Nazi salute'. In January, she was in the audience with their mother Maye at Trump's inauguration, where Elon quickly drew backlash over his controversial 'salute' to the crowd at the Capital One arena. Musk made light of the controversy, but Tosca's site began receiving furious comments. 'Don't shop at Naziflix,' one angry commenter wrote on its Facebook page. Another said: 'Good Luck finding any actors who want to take part in your movies Tosca Musk, you and your family are disgusting.' 'STOP SUPPORTING PASSIONFLIX TOSCA IS A NAZI LOVER LIKE HER BROTHER READ WHAT SHE WROTE ON X' wrote a third. Another commented: 'Is this the Nazi's sister?' Passionflix was launched by Tosca in 2017. Though the exact number of subscribers isn't publicly released, they offer a monthly subscription for $5.99 or a Signature Membership for $125 a year. Previously the president has stood by Elon during high-profile moments like this, but their alliance appears to have dramatically unraveled this week following the SpaceX CEO's public opposition to Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'. On Tuesday, Elon posted on his social media platform that the bill was an 'abomination' and went on to urge Senators to 'kill the bill' on Wednesday. Two White House officials familiar with the matter told a Reuters reporter that Trump expressed confusion and frustration in the meeting about Elon's attacks on his sweeping tax and spending bill on Wednesday. But the president held back, the officials said, because he wanted to preserve Elon's political and financial support ahead of the midterm elections. However, by Thursday afternoon, Trump's mood had shifted and an all out war of words began which led to Musk accusing Trump of blocking the Epstein files' release because appears in them. With each post, the spat became yet more virulent - until Elon dropped a new allegation which could one day prove to be the catalyst leading to the downfall of Trump - his connection to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein (pictured left) Musk's Tesla stock has been down 29.5 percent so far this year - but notably, 14 percent of that drop came in the immediate aftermath of Elon's online clash with the president, who also threatened to end his lucrative federal contracts, Reuters reported. When asked for comment, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told the Daily Mail in a statement: 'This is an unfortunate episode from Elon, who is unhappy with the One Big Beautiful Bill because it does not include the policies he wanted'. 'The President is focused on passing this historic piece of legislation and making our country great again,' she added.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Elon Musk's Lefty Sister: It's ‘Unfathomable' People Think the Worst of Him
Elon Musk's sister says it is 'unfathomable' that people assumed the worst about her older brother after his evocative gesture—which resembled a Nazi salute—on President Donald Trump's Inauguration Day. Musk followed up with attacks on the media and Holocaust jokes. But Tosca Musk says her brother's detractors have it all wrong. 'It's unfathomable to me to think that anybody would think such negative things about my family,' she told the Hollywood Reporter about allegations Musk's gesture was a white supremacist signal. 'That's not who we are.' Tosca, 50, is three years younger than Elon. She has historically backed Democrats and donated to Georgia senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock. She regularly reshares her brother's posts on X and came to his defense last month amid the fallout. Elon said he intended the gesture to mean 'my heart goes out to you.' Quote-tweeting a video from PBS that alleged Musk gave a 'fascist salute,' Tosca wrote she was 'remarkably disappointed' that the public broadcaster was 'spreading such a hateful lie.' 'Do better,' she said. Tosca also took issue with PBS using the word 'billionaire' to describe the world's richest man. 'I think you can come up with better adjectives than 'billionaire,'' she wrote. 'I suggest: Innovator, entrepreneur, engineer, rocket scientist, Achiever of the American Dream.' The post—and another that included still photos of other political leaders making a similar gesture—backfired on Tosca, who runs the steamy streaming platform Passionflix in suburban Atlanta. Tosca's full-throated support of her brother—who has become the face of MAGA along with Trump—led to a rush of subscription cancellations, her mother, Maye Musk, claimed in a post last month. 'Unfortunately @ToscaMusk's movie streaming platform is suffering,' she said. 'On Facebook, there is continuous hate for @PassionFlix as subscribers should not support a Nazi family. Hundreds have canceled their subscriptions. They actually believe the MSN!!! For me, I receive numerous USA and European media interviews, which I delete. Legacy media needs to die quicker.' Tosca said her brother's actions should not be attached to her. 'I love my family dearly, and I will always be there and always support them, but sometimes their beliefs and their structures can be placed on me as if they're the same as mine,' she told The Hollywood Reporter. 'And they aren't. Everybody is their own person with their own belief system and priorities.' Tosca said she and the three Musk siblings remain 'close,' even though it is rare for them to spend time together in person. 'There are so many people who have differing opinions to some of their family members, and it's creating such a divide within families, and it shouldn't,' Tosca said. 'Family is number one. You need to find a way of communicating with your family. You have to find a way of engaging with people that you don't necessarily agree with.'
