Olivia Wilde has publicly criticised Elon Musk, calling him a "creature" and saying she now "deeply resents" him, despite once meeting him years ago on friendly terms during a tour of SpaceX's Los Angeles headquarters. Speaking on "The Louis Theroux Podcast," the actress and director tied her disdain for Musk to a broader critique of incel culture, arguing that his rhetoric about population growth echoes ideology she sees as harmful to women. Her comments add another prominent celebrity voice to ongoing public criticism of Musk's views and public conduct.

Wilde recalled meeting Musk "many, many years ago" when he was interested in donating to a Haiti-based charity she supported that built hospitals and schools, saying he did contribute some money and that she found him "really smart" but was "confused" by him, never expecting he would take the path he has since followed. She specifically pointed to his comments about the world being "underpopulated" as reflecting a mindset she links to incel ideology. The interview also saw Wilde revisit her 2022 remarks during the "Don't Worry Darling" press tour, when she compared Jordan Peterson to an "incel hero," partially softening her earlier "pseudo-intellectual" description while maintaining that his ideas feed into more extreme figures such as Andrew Tate.