Billionaire Elon Musk's MAGA Christian fans reacted negatively after he attended Heidi Klum's annual Halloween bash while wearing what they've described as a "satanic" costume.
Musk wore a red and black samurai-style outfit complete with Baphomet heads and inverted crosses that is listed online as “Devil’s Champion-Leather Armor.”
The costume reportedly cost $7,500 and Musk posted photos to Twitter—which he recently acquired—of himself posing while wearing it.
The costume has a goat's head emblazoned on its front, which–along with the inverted crosses–is a classic Satanist symbol that also features in numerous occult traditions.
Baphomet—or the Sabbatic Goat—is a deity allegedly worshipped by the Knights Templar that subsequently became incorporated into various occult and Western esoteric traditions. Baphomet is a symbol of balance, representing the goal of perfect social order.
You can see the photos below.
\u201chttps://t.co/8paUCM8nh9\u201d— Elon Musk (@Elon Musk) 1667276102
But many of Musk's Evangelical Christian followers were upset by his costume choice and openly attacked him for his overt display of what at least one person referred to as "antichrist imagery."
\u201c#ElonMusk openly wearing a harness with #Baphomet on it, complete with upside down cross. This is antichrist material right here..\u201d— Soul Rebel (@Soul Rebel) 1667281675
\u201cCome on @elonmusk, we are fighting satanist and you choose to wear this?\u201d— Florida Anon (@Florida Anon) 1667303151
\u201c@elonmusk devil's champion? the antichrist? what's Musk signaling?\u201d— Elon Musk (@Elon Musk) 1667276102
\u201cWhen did you become a Satanist?\u201d— TraderSumo (@TraderSumo) 1667308006
\u201cAnyone else notice the satanic goat heads with the upside down cross on his costume? \ud83d\ude10\u201d— Rhema Prestella $ (@Rhema Prestella $) 1667338693
\u201cThere is an incredibly dark aura to this photo. Even the faces in the background look demonic. I don\u2019t like where this is going. \n\nOn top of that:\u201d— Defender of Faith (@Defender of Faith) 1667328942
\u201cSatan died at the appointed time, of course he did not exist from the beginning, he was only a rude illusion of man that stood before the reality of God. So don't fool yourself and don't play false theater for people, clear your existence, the day of reckoning is near.\u201d— panjneda (@panjneda) 1667305105
\u201cDevils Champion costume. all the reviews under the costume are customers saying they bought this & wore it to worship Satan............\u201d— \ud83e\udeac\ud835\udd38\ud835\udd40\ud835\udd4a\ud835\udd40\ud835\udd4a (@\ud83e\udeac\ud835\udd38\ud835\udd40\ud835\udd4a\ud835\udd40\ud835\udd4a) 1667307735
\u201c@elonmusk So you just going to blaspheme our personal lord and savior with that devilish outfit smh Antichrist\u201d— Elon Musk (@Elon Musk) 1667276102
The costume also drew the ire of Anthony Scott, an opinion writer for the far-right conspiracy theory website The Gateway Pundit. Scott questioned whether Musk—who took the helm at Twitter after months of decrying its content moderation policies and what he perceives as its attacks against free speech—had pushed an unnecessary limit.
Scott wrote:
“Musk’s take on free speech should be celebrated but as of right now it’s quite fair to question why the world’s richest man, who is also a major U.S. Defense contractor (SpaceX) and is the owner of Neural Link a company attempting to hook the human brain up to computers is wearing the Baphomet coupled with inverted crosses as if its a badge of honor."
Musk's costume wasn't the only costume worn by a celebrity to make headlines.
Klum herself stunned attendees when she arrived to her party dressed as a giant earthworm, the final product of a process she'd spent documenting on Instagram.
Meanwhile, musician Janelle Monae attended a separate event dressed as Diva Plavalaguna—complete with blue skin and head-to-toe tentacles—from the 1997 cult classic The Fifth Element.
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