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YouTube Becomes Unlikely Hero After Play Button Is Perfectly Placed Over Musk's Face

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A screenshot of Elon Musk from a recent interview on Fox News has gone viral after YouTube's play button appeared to give Musk an apt bit of facial hair.

Amelia Mavis Christnot
By Amelia Mavis ChristnotMar 24, 2025
Amelia Mavis Christnot

Amelia is an Oglala Lakȟóta of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, Kanien'kehá:ka of the Haudenosaunee and Métis Navy brat who settled in the wilds of Northern Maine. A member of the Indigenous Journalists Association, she considers herself another proud Maineiac.

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Call it kismet or divine intervention, but sometimes the fates align to inadvertently create something wonderful.

Or hilarious.

The YouTube video of a recent interview on Fox News with White House advisor and self-described Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk got an amusing bit of karma served when the thumbnail for the video bestowed an interesting addition to Musk's face.

The new facial accessory was quickly noticed and screenshots went viral across pretty much every social media platform.

You can see it for yourself here from just some of those platforms:



@ElleGray/Mastodon


Musk is gonna sue YouTube.

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— medinnovation.bsky.social (@medinnovation.bsky.social) March 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM

The jokes came fast and furious.

Including on Musk's own X platform.


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YouTube get the play button just right #ElonMusk

[image or embed]
— Andy Lancelot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 (@andylancelot.bsky.social) March 23, 2025 at 3:02 AM


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Even the YouTube play button knows at this point

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— Tiffy Clyro (@thehumanstrobe.bsky.social) March 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM


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Despite the popularity of the new look, there's been no response from Musk yet on any plans for new facial hair.

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