- I don't know how to thank you guys
for this, this is crazy.
I assume a lot of you guys probably
watching here saw this last week,
where I just kind of as a joke,
I created a GoFundMe campaign
to buy Elon a new couch,
because the one that he
showed in a CBS interview
with Gayle King was pretty much not even
a real couch to sleep on.
I mean I couldn't even imagine,
I would just sleep on the floor,
which I think he also said he was doing,
he had a sleeping bag there and stuff.
So it was just kind of a fun joke,
but it took off and went crazy.
The Internet is an amazing thing,
and there are a lot of
people that love Elon,
and support what him and Tesla are doing,
so this is pretty astounding.
So this is the GoFundMe as of now.
We've officially raised 7,614
dollars from 592 people.
A lot of that came very early on.
And this thing kinda went viral,
it kinda went nuts.
So if I take a look,
there's a lot of news here.
A lot of things that cover this.
I checked yesterday, there
are literally four pages
of stories from every
news outlet out there
about this campaign.
Some people were kind of mocking it,
others were laughing about it.
Yeah, you know, because an
absurd GoFundMe campaign.
But the bottom line is we're gonna do good
with this money here.
So I think it's a good thing.
Now, one of the interesting things is that
CBS themselves actually
picked up the story.
I'll play that little clip for you here.
The same group that actually published
the first interview covered it as well.
So here's that clip from CBS This Morning.
This is Insider Reports,
the Internet is aghast
and maybe even agog,
about the couch Elon Musk sleeps on
when he works late at Tesla.
He showed us the couch during an interview
last week at his Silicon
Valley Model 3 car factory.
- Last time I was here I actually slept
literally on the floor because
the couch was too narrow.
- Yeah, I was gonna say.
Elon, I have to say, it's not even
a comfortable couch either.
- No, it's terrible, not a good couch.
- [News Anchor] After seeing that report,
a California man was moved to start
a GoFundMe page called
Buy Elon Musk a Couch.
In one day, the campaign raised
more than 5,000 dollars,
exceeding it's goal.
- So yeah. (laughs)
I don't what he was trying to say
in the beginning, aghast or agog?
I don't know what the hell that is, okay.
And I don't know why this struck me,
but being called a California man
made me feel odd for some reason.
I guess I just never thought, you know,
thought of myself in those terms.
So there you go.
I don't know what to say about this.
There also was a story on BuzzFeed,
which Julia Reinstein,
Reen-steen, Reinstein?
Sorry Julia,
and Tanya Chen actually interviewed
some folks that donated and were
asking them some questions about it.
And you can see some of the comments here,
you know, we need you to get good rest.
Sweet dreams, Elon.
And so this is pretty cool.
Obviously, you know, this was a joke,
and Elon Musk doesn't
need money to buy a couch.
He can, he owns the
factory in which the floor
that he's sleeping on.
But in any event, we're
gonna do some good with it.
So I have some updates.
First off, they're accepting the couch.
We're actually going to buy them a couch.
And I am going to go hand-deliver it
to the Freemont factory.
Elon may or may not be there.
You know, that would be a dream come true
to meet him and just contribute
in whatever way I can.
So that's real exciting,
stay tuned for any videos or anything
I can share about that experience.
Also, I've had a number
of companies pitch in
or offer to donate the couch, so that way,
all the money can go to charity.
So I'll be announcing who that is
and what we're actually getting very soon.
If you are one of the people
that donated to this campaign,
stay tuned for an email from me,
asking for you to vote on which charity.
So I mentioned in the GoFundMe
that this money's just gonna
go to charity, essentially.
So what would happen then,
is anybody that actually donated
will get an email with a
link to vote on which one,
and then I'll be announcing that later on.
So more to come on this story.
I really enjoyed all the
stuff I saw out there,
I've never had anything I've done
go as big and as far as this.
So, you know, in the
end it was just a joke,
but it actually turned
into something real,
and so hopefully we can do
some real good with this money.
So stay tuned, lots more to
come on that down the road,
including, hopefully, a meeting with Elon,
delivering the couch,
which will be kinda cool.
