In a rambling interview at the ‘New York Times’ DealBook Summit, Elon Musk suggested advertisers fleeing X were blackmailing him and could kill the platform.

Elon Musk, whose antisemitic remarks have been at the center of a mass X (formerly Twitter) exodus, told advertisers boycotting the company to “go fuck yourself” during The New York Times ’ DealBook Summit on Wednesday.

Your move, Linda. Elon Musk said "go fuck yourself" to advertisers who recently paused spending on X after he endorsed an antisemitic conspiracy theory on

Walmart said it had stopped advertising on Elon Musk’s X, joining the parade of major marketers that have left the social-media platform in recent weeks. The retail behemoth said the halt—in the middle of its critical holiday shopping season—wasn’t due to a change in its advertising policies,

"We aren't advertising on X as we've found other platforms to better reach our customers," a Walmart spokeswoman told Bloomberg News.

Retail giant Walmart on Friday revealed it no longer advertises on X, becoming the latest major corporation to pull ads from the Elon Musk-owned social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

Walmart pulls its ads on X platform. Walmart Inc. said Friday that it is no longer advertising on X, formerly known as Twitter. Walmart joins a host of major companies that have p

"We aren't advertising on X as we've found other platforms to better reach our customers," a Walmart spokesperson told Reuters, which first reported on the retail chain's decision to suspend ad campaigns on the website formerly known as Twitter.

We aren’t advertising on X as we’ve found some other platforms better reach our customers,” Walmart said in a statement. The announcement comes two days after Musk went on an expletive-ridden rant in an on-stage interview with journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin about companies halting spending on X,

The company officially went public on Friday with their decision, with X later confirming they hadn't advertised on the platform since October.

As Walmart becomes the latest big advertiser to abandon Elon Musk's troubled social network business, X, due to worries over hate speech on the platform, the Internet and Musk's followers seem to be doing their own thing.