Michael Rapaport: I Was Duped by Fake Elon Musk Nazi Salute

Fool Michael Rapaport once, shame on you. Fool him twice, shame on the “Atypical” alum.

Last year, Rapaport apologized for believing one of the Left’s biggest lies about President Donald Trump. Both legacy media reporters and former presidents alike said Trump called White Supremacists “fine people” following a “Unite the Right” rally in 2017.

Disgraced former President Joe Biden started his 2020 campaign with the bald lie. President Barack Obama repeated it in the 2024 campaign’s stretch run.

Rapaport believed it for far too long before his heartfelt mea culpa. He almost fell for another lie this week.

The actor/podcaster said he posted an image of tech mogul Elon Musk allegedly making the “Heil Hitler” salute on President Trump’s Inauguration Day. He quickly took the post down after social media followers said he was missing the larger context.

“I felt like I had been duped again,” Rapaport said on the latest episode of his podcast.

“The guy’s a spaz,” he said simply, and it’s not out of any fealty  to the X owner. “I have no allegiance for Elon Musk… I got blocked by Elon Musk years ago for taking about his space rockets and that he’s a wannabe space man.

“I’m an independent contractor. I don’t get paid by nobody … I have no allegiance to anybody but myself and my heart … Nobody is off limits. No-bo-dy,” he added.

“I’ll tell you one thing, if he’s an N-word [Nazi] I want my N-words like Elon Musk. I want my N-words giving money to Israel. I want my N-words meeting [Israeli president Benjamin] Netanyahu … going to to Israel post-Oct. 7 and bearing witness … if that’s an N-word in this day and age that’s how I want my N-words.”

Earlier in the monologue, the “Beautiful Girls” star shared how he got fooled so badly on the “Very Fine People” hoax.

“One of my hardest rants ever on Trump was after Charlottesville after they pieced together [Trump’s] response,” he said, referring to the media hoax. “It wasn’t true, and I felt like a sucker.”

He also addressed those who have criticized him for “changing” over the years. He’s not denying it. He’s proud to change. Everyone should be changing all the time.

“You wanna stay the same your entire life? ‘Yo, you changed.’ Yes, I have changed. I’m gonna continue to change … I pray for knowledge. I pray for the ability to stay open, to gain knowledge, to listen.”

“If I’m the same person I was yesterday, I ain’t working hard enough,” he added.

Rapaport was one of President Trump’s most vocal critics for years. He softened his stance in 2024 as he realized some of the media narratives surrounding Trump weren’t accurate. 

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