{"id":2453,"date":"2026-05-17T18:13:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T18:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/alec-baldwin-hits-back-at-elon-musk-for-criticizing-lupita-nyongos-looks\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T18:13:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T18:13:02","slug":"alec-baldwin-hits-back-at-elon-musk-for-criticizing-lupita-nyongos-looks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/alec-baldwin-hits-back-at-elon-musk-for-criticizing-lupita-nyongos-looks\/","title":{"rendered":"Alec Baldwin hits back at Elon Musk for criticizing Lupita Nyong&#8217;o&#8217;s looks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/128040172.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Alec Baldwin hit back at Elon Musk for criticizing Lupita Nyong\u2019o\u2019s looks after she was cast to play Helen of Troy in \u201cThe Odyssey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDear Elon\u2026 but she IS the most beautiful woman in the world\u2026Alec,\u201d the \u201c30 Rock\u201d alum, 68, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYV_AsWuVQb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote on Instagram<\/a> alongside a photo of the actress.<\/p>\n<p>Baldwin\u2019s remarks came days after conservative commentator Matt Walsh <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/2054253559357583387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took to X<\/a> to slam the decision to cast Nyong\u2019o as the demigoddess, whose beauty sparked the Trojan War.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Alec Baldwin (pictured here in 2025) took to social media to defend Lupita Nyong\u2019o\u2019s looks against Elon Musk\u2019s criticism. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Musk (photographed at court in 2026) criticized the \u201cBlack Panther\u201d star\u2019s casting in \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d as the beauty Helen of Troy. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNot one person on the planet actually thinks that Lupita Nyong\u2019o is \u2018the most beautiful woman in the world,&#8217;\u201d Walsh tweeted May 12 of the forthcoming Christopher Nolan-directed film.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cBut Christopher Nolan knows that he would be called racist if he gave \u2018the most beautiful woman\u2019 role to a white woman. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNolan is technically talented but a coward. Too afraid to do anything that even slightly challenges the spirit of the age,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cDear Elon\u2026 but she IS the most beautiful woman in the world\u2026Alec,\u201d Baldwin wrote in an Instagram post (as seen above). <span class=\"credit\">alecbaldwininsta\/instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>N\u2019yong\u2019o (seen here in 2025) will be playing a mythical figure whose beauty sparked the Trojan War. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Musk, 54, seconded Walsh\u2019s opinion, writing, \u201cTrue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When someone asked, \u201cWhy is Christopher Nolan like so many other directors so keen to race swap white characters?\u201d the X owner responded, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/15\/entertainment\/elon-musk-accuses-christopher-nolan-of-pandering-for-awards-with-casting-in-the-odyssey\/\">\u201cHe wants the awards.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Musk added that Nolan has \u201clost his integrity\u201d by casting the Oscar-winning actress, 43, in the role.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The Tesla CEO (seen here in 2026) backed comments made by conservative pundit Matt Walsh. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Musk also criticized the casting of trans actor Elliot Page (photographed above in 2025). <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this month, Musk became incensed over rumors that trans actor Elliot Page had been cast as Achilles, the hero of the Trojan War.<\/p>\n<p>The billionaire wrote on X that the idea was \u201cone of the dumbest and twisted things I\u2019ve ever heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After it was announced that Page would actually portray the character Elpenor, Musk reposted a tweet that read, \u201cI\u2019m not mocking her masculinity. I\u2019m denying its existence.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Musk (seen above in 2026) slammed the \u201cOdyssey\u201d director Christopher Nolan. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>He accused the Oscar-winning director (seen here on the set of \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d) of pandering for awards. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Musk has a <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/05\/09\/celebrity-news\/elon-musks-estranged-daughter-vivian-works-the-runway-at-drag-race-event\/\">transgender daughter named Vivian<\/a>, with whom he has been estranged for several years.<\/p>\n<p>Nolan, 55, also faced backlash for casting rapper Travis Scott in the upcoming film.<\/p>\n<p>However, the filmmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/12\/entertainment\/christopher-nolan-defends-backlash-to-odyssey-casting\/\">defended the decision<\/a> to add the \u201cSicko Mode\u201d emcee, saying he cast Scott because he \u201cwanted to nod towards the idea that this story has been handed down as oral poetry, which is analogous to rap.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/17\/celebrity-news\/alec-baldwin-hits-back-at-elon-musk-for-criticizing-lupita-nyongos-looks\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alec Baldwin hit back at Elon Musk for criticizing Lupita Nyong\u2019o\u2019s looks after she was<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/128040172.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}