Journalist Molly Jong-Fast claimed to have gotten an early look at an upcoming documentary about Tesla CEO and Trump ally Elon Musk, and after watching the first two hours, said she realized why the billionaire “doesn’t want” Americans to watch it.
“I saw two hours of the documentary and I know why Elon doesn’t want you to see it,” Jong-Fast wrote Saturday in a social media post on X. “And it’s not all the babies, it’s that the movie explains that Elon is kind of a fraud.”
Titled “Musk,” the film is scheduled to be released theatrically in the United States on Oct. 16 and is written and directed by filmmaker Alex Gibney. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film could expose Musk as “among the most dangerous” men “on earth.”
With Musk said to have been “freaking out” over its impending release, the film reportedly ran into trouble after YouTube, TikTok and Meta all declined to run ads promoting the documentary, The Hollywood Reporter reported Friday. On Saturday, YouTube released a statement claiming that a submitted ad for the documentary was "temporarily restricted" but had since been "cleared to run."
Musk played an outsized role in the 2024 presidential election, contributing more than $259 million in support of President Donald Trump’s campaign. Musk also gained access to an unprecedented amount of data on American citizens while leading the short-lived Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.
The documentary is also expected to reveal new details regarding Musk’s bizarre comments leading up to the 2024 election, including alleged remarks that he was aware of the election results “hours” before they were made public. Musk made the alleged remarks to Ashley St. Clair, who at 26 gave birth to a son fathered by Musk, then 53.
And it’s not all the babies, it’s that the movie explains that Elon is kind of a fraud
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) September 26, 2026