![Elon Musk Shirtless in Mykonos Elon Musk Shirtless in Mykonos standing on his boat.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/041/156/shirtless_elon_musk.jpg)
Elon Musk Shirtless in Mykonos
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Elon Musk Shirtless in Mykonos, also known as Shirtless Elon Musk, refers to several photographs of a shirtless Elon Musk on a yacht in Mykonos, Greece, being hosed down with water by another man named Ari Emanuel. After the paparazzi images surfaced on Twitter in mid-2022, they became exploitables and inspired memes about Musk's body, which many expressed appeared oddly proportioned, overweight and pale.
Origin
On July 18th, 2022, the paparazzi agency Backgrid[1] captured photographs of Elon Musk vacationing in Mykonos, Greece with his friends Ari Emanuel and Sarah Staudinger aboard a $20,000 per week yacht called "Zeus."[2] The photographs showed Musk coming out of the water, being hosed down by Emanuel and drinking a cocktail aboard the boat (shown below).
![Shirtless Elon Musk in Mykonos](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/406/164/dce.jpg)
![Shirtless Elon Musk in Mykonos](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/406/165/c14.jpg)
![Shirtless Elon Musk in Mykonos](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/406/163/87b.jpg)
The photographs were written about by publications like TMZ[3] and Page Six[2] before 2 p.m. EST on July 18th. Around 2:12 p.m. on July 18th, Twitter[4] user BrandyLJensen tweeted a screenshot from TMZ's website, captioning it, "looking good, elon!" and earning roughly 18,700 likes in less than a day (shown below). This is the first known tweet using one of the photos.
![Shirtless Elon Musk in Mykonos (meme) Brandy Jensen @BrandyLJensen looking good, elon! ELON MUSK VACATIONS ON YACHT IN MYKONOS 2:12 PM Jul 18, 2022. Twitter for iPhone : x](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/406/167/c08.png)
Spread
The shirtless photos of Musk in Mykonos were used in more tweets continuing into the evening of July 18th, 2022. A common form of mockery was comparing shirtless Musk to shirtless vacation photos of other billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates.
For instance, on July 18th, Twitter[5] user wallstmemes compared Musk to a shirtless Swole Jeff Bezos image, earning roughly 7,600 likes for the tweet in less than a day (shown below, left). Also on July 18th, Twitter[6] user RMac18 referenced Mark Zuckerberg's White Sunscreen Face in a reply that received roughly 2,400 likes in a similar timeframe (shown below, right).
![Shirtless Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos (meme) WSB Wall Street Memes @wallstmemes Elon got a lot of catching up to do 524 3:27 PM Jul 18, 2022 Twitter for iPhone . : WN](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/406/168/430.png)
![Shirtless Elon Musk vs. Zucc on surfboard Ryan Mac @RMac18 choose your fighter 4:00 PM. Jul 18, 2022. Twitter Web App :](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/406/173/173.png)
Continued discourse surfaced about the ethics of body shaming billionaires. For instance, Twitter[7] user JUNIPER tweeted on July 18th, "elon musk is wearing his human skin today," earning roughly 64,100 likes in less than a day (shown below, left). However, this prompted a reply from Twitter[8] user MutedChaotic that included a The Simpsons meme about the repercussions of body shaming public figures (shown below, right). Their reply received over 700 likes in a similar timeframe.
![Shirtless Elon Musk (meme) transgender marx @JUNIPER elon musk is wearing his human skin today Nota 5:15 PM Jul 18, 2022. Twitter for iPhone . :](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/406/183/112.png)
Meme creators also started object labeling the photo of Musk being hosed down. For instance, on July 18th, Instagram [9] page thisbitchknowshorses420 posted an object-labeled meme within a carousel post that received roughly 2,200 likes in one day (shown below).
![Shirtless Elon Musk getting hosed (meme) me weed my problems](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/406/184/15d.jpeg)
Musk responded to the photographs in a reply[10] on July 18th that stated, "Haha damn, maybe I should take off my shirt more often … free the nip!! (already back in the factory btw)," earning roughly 85,400 likes in less than a day.
Various Examples
![Elon Musk Torso Meme T TORSO](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/407/264/c8a.jpg)
![Shirtless Elon Musk in Mykonos (meme) keyv @most_opppressed 16h This is truly one of the most disturbing images I've ever seen .](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/406/185/5f3.png)
![Shirtless Elon Musk in Mykonos (meme)](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/406/192/f5f.png)
![Shirtless Elon Musk in Mykonos (meme) no tarah only juul @alohacatss They're the same picture F POSSID 6:21 PM Jul 18, 2022. Twitter Web App ·](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/406/196/570.png)
![Shirtless Elon Musk in Mykonos (meme) unusual_whales @unusual_whales I'm arranging a team. A AR 8:51 PM Jul 18, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone ●](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/406/194/bf1.png)
Search Interest
External References
[2] Page Six – Shirtless Elon Musk vacations in Mykonos on luxury yacht
[3] TMZ – ELON MUSK
SUNNING AT HIS OWN RISK ON YACHT VACAY!!!
[4] Twitter – @BrandyLJensen
[5] Twitter – @wallstmemes
[8] Twitter – @MutedChaotic
[9] Instagram – @thisbitchknowshorses420
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