Elon Musk Trades Insults With Ryanair CEO

Elon Musk and Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary engaged in a public exchange on X after an outage on Friday, January 16, that left users unable to post. The spat escalated from O'Leary's rejection of SpaceX's Starlink onboard Wi-Fi—citing fuel-penalty and cost concerns—to viral insults, takeover jokes and mentions of Musk's grok chatbot. The exchange generated memes and highlighted PR risks for both figures.