Elon Musk Reacts to Popularity of Chinese Restaurant Owner Lookalike: "If He's Real, I'll Dance With Him"

"China has a large population, so there must be someone who looks like me"
"If he is real, I'd like to invite him onstage"】【。

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has personally commented on the popularity of a Chinese restaurant owner who looks just like him.

According to China.com on October 12, Musk said the previous day during a video call with Tesla owners and fans, in response to a video that recently went viral on Chinese social media, "China has a large population, so it's certainly possible to find someone who looks like me."

Elon Musk. AP-Yonhap News.

Mr. Ma, who drew attention for his resemblance to Elon Musk. X (formerly Twitter) user tongbingxue.

Musk said he hoped the person who had gone viral was real, but did not rule out the possibility that the video had been staged using artificial intelligence (AI). "If there really is a real-life 'Chinese version of Musk' who looks like me, I'd like to invite him onstage and dance with him," he said.

A video of a restaurant owner in Tongchuan, Shaanxi Province, China, who looks just like Musk grilling meat recently went viral on local social media. As the video spread, some internet users even called the restaurant to check whether a "chef who looks like Musk" actually worked there.

According to local media, the man at the center of the attention is a restaurant owner in his 40s surnamed Ma. He said people had often told him he looked like Musk even before the video was posted. "Some customers ask to take commemorative photos," he said, adding, "We have about twice as many customers as usual. The sudden attention makes me nervous."

Meanwhile, in 2022, a man known as Mai Long also drew attention for looking just like Musk. At the time, Musk posted an AI-generated image on X (formerly Twitter) showing himself sitting alongside Mai Long, writing, "It's hard to tell whether this is a fake made with deepfake technology, but if he's real, I'd like to meet him."

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