The View Host Apologizes After Falsely Calling Elon Musk “Pro-Apartheid”

The View co-host Joy Behar issued an apology to Elon Musk during the show today, after previously calling him “pro-apartheid.”

Earlier in the show, Behar went on a bizarre rant against Elon Musk.

“The guy was not born in this country,” Behar said of Elon Musk, “who was born under apartheid in South Africa.”

She went on to refer to Musk as a “foreigner” and a “foreign agent” before claiming, “So, has that mentality going on. He was pro-apartheid, as I understand it.”

Watch here:

🚨 .@TheView just hit a new low @JoyVBehar falsely stated that @elonmusk was pro-apartheid when he lived in South Africa. That is completely FALSE. He participated in anti-apartheid protests @DailyCaller pic.twitter.com/5jdnLkhETW

— Nicole Silverio (@NicoleMSilverio) February 27, 2025

How uninformed and hypocritical is Joy Behar?

In this clip, she rambles about how Elon Musk is a foreign agent… then falsely claims he was pro-apartheid… then questions if he came here legally or not.

How has The View not been sued into oblivion yet?
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— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) February 27, 2025

What a disgusting, baseless, and fake accusation.

Really, how shameless can you be?

Sounds a whole lot like slander. Could be grounds for a defamation suit.

And The View‘s legal team must have known that, too, because after the show came back from a commercial break, Behar was quick to attempt to take her words back.

“Now I’m getting some flack because I said that Musk was pro-apartheid. I don’t really know for sure if he was,” she admitted, going on to plead,

“Don’t be suing me, okay Elon?”

What a sincere apology…

Watch for yourself here:

Joy Behar on having to apologize to Elon: "I don't really know for sure if he was…So don't be suing me okay, Elon?"pic.twitter.com/OwxlE0LODw

— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) February 27, 2025

It’s ironic, isn’t it?

Deranged liberals like Joy Behar suddenly flipping to become anti-immigration as soon as it’s about Elon Musk.

Brandon Tatum shared some thoughts:

The View HATES Elon Musk so much that it turned Joy Behar into an anti-immigration activist🤣

And then after slandering Elon Musk and lying about how he became a U.S. citizen Joy Behar was forced to apologize.

"Don't be suing me, ok Elon…They're allowed to say any lie they… pic.twitter.com/2PWFOwNfq7

— Brandon Tatum (@TheOfficerTatum) February 27, 2025

Not only is Behar slandering Elon Musk here, but she’s straight-up lying.

In reality, Elon Musk participated in anti-apartheid events and was barely an adult when apartheid ended in South Africa.

The Daily Caller noted:

“The View” co-host Joy Behar had to walk back her baseless accusation Thursday that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) overseer Elon Musk supported apartheid when he lived in South Africa as a child.

Behar adamantly argued that Musk was “pro-apartheid” and still currently has that “mentality,” though she provided no evidence of that being the case. In fact, Musk attended an anti-apartheid concert that opposed the racial system, according to an excerpt of Walter Isaacson’s book, “Elon Musk.”

“[Musk] kisses [President Donald Trump’s] butt and strokes his tiny ego, a big ego, whatever it is. And he can take a nap while the guy [who] was not born in this country, who was born under apartheid in South Africa, so he has that mentality going on. He was pro-apartheid as I understand it,” Behar said.

“I was just gonna say that now I’m getting some flack because I said that Musk was pro-apartheid,” Behar said. “I don’t really know for sure if he was. He grew up at that time when apartheid was in full blown before the great [former South African President] Nelson Mandala fixed that. [Musk] was around at that time, but maybe he was, maybe he wasn’t. He might have been a young guy, too. So, don’t be suing me, okay, Elon? They’re allowed to say any lie they want but we have to be really strict, that’s why this show’s important.”

Musk was born in South Africa in June 1971, making him nearly 19 years old when apartheid ended in May 1990. He moved to the U.S. in 1992 to attend Stanford University and became a U.S. citizen in 2002.

Apology or no apology, the American people are sick of hearing these lies.

Many folks think Elon Musk should sue anyways.

Take a look at these responses to Behar on X:

“Don’t be suing me, OK?” sounds like an apology to me in this day and age.

— Greg Ladd (@gladd1968) February 27, 2025

If a person does NOT know something for certain or not, they should not go on blabbering about it & associate someone by name-then request that person doesn’t sue them. It shows this video garbage they put on daily is hyped gossip, worthless, etc. @elonmusk should sue!

— shesgotfire (@shesgotfire) February 27, 2025

Elon should sue those creeps for every penny they have.

— yodel (@pmurcn) February 27, 2025

This illustrates a child testing limits. I said a terrible lie, ignore the potential of my lie, and act cute. Musk should sue.

— Constance Crane (@TrackingFires) February 27, 2025

I know one thing.

Elon Musk may have been foreign-born but he’s more of a true American than Joy Behar will ever be.