[video] Billionaire Elon Musk told advertisers that have fled his social media platform Twitter over antisemitic content to “go f—k yourself” in a fiery Wednesday interview.

His profanity-laced remarks followed a moment of contrition in a New York Times DealBook Summit interview, as he first said “I’m sorry” for a tweet that agreed with an anti-Jewish post on Twitter on Nov. 15. Musk has faced a torrent of criticism since he on Nov. 15 agreed with a user who falsely claimed Jewish people were stoking hatred against white people, saying the user who referenced the “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory was speaking “the actual truth.”

On Wednesday Musk said he had “handed a loaded gun” to detractors, describing his post as possibly the worst he had made during a history of messages that included many “foolish” ones.

The Tesla CEO bristled at the idea that he was antisemitic and said that advertisers who left Twitter should not think they could blackmail him, saying “f—k you” numerous times. At one point he added the words “Hey Bob”, an apparent reference to Robert Iger, chief executive of Walt Disney, which pulled ads on Twitter…A report from liberal watchdog group Media Matters precipitated the advertiser exit, which said it found ads next to posts that supported Nazism. The platform filed a lawsuit last week against Media Matters for defamation.

Andrew Sorkin: …[Musk tweeted] “This is the actual truth.” And it set off a firestorm of criticism all the way to the White House. People calling it
Elon Musk: Right.
A Sorkin: And then you make this trip to Israel. You have advertisers who left the platform.
E Musk: Well the Israel trip was independent of, of—It wasn’t something like some apology tour.
A S: Well, let’s talk about that. But just back to the moment at which you write that.
EM: The trip to Israel was independent. It wasn’t in response to that at all.
S: Well, we’ll do Israel in just a moment.

M: I have no problem being hated, by the way.
S: I hear you.
M: Hate away. [laughs]
S: Well, but you know what? Let’s go straight to that then for a second.
M: Sure.
S: Because there is an idea and you could say that
M: You know it’s a real weakness to want to be liked, a real weakness. I do not have that.

M: …You should hear the sketches SNL wouldn’t post, by the way. Those are really good.

S: …And I would say unfortunately or fortunately or unfortunately, whatever, whatever relationship we have, we don’t talk that much. But let me ask you this.
M: Wait where am I? I mean the point is that I’m here because you’re a friend. Not because I need any validation or anything. We’ve been friends for 16 years. And I promise you I’d be here, and that’s why I’m here.