Elon Musk and Twitter reached a deal on Thursday.
Elon Musk purchased Twitter for $54.20 per share – or about $44 billion.
Musk immediately fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal and legal head Vijay Gadde.
On Thursday, CNBC talked to a few gentlemen standing outside of Twitter HQ who claimed they were fired Twitter engineers.
“They are visibly shaken. Daniel tells us he owns a Tesla and doesn’t know how he’s going to make payments.” the CNBC Tech reporter said.
It turns out they were just trolling the media.
It’s happening
Entire team of data engineers let go. These are two of them#TwitterTakeover pic.twitter.com/gNSl6qSCKU
— Deirdre Bosa (@dee_bosa) October 28, 2022
“Rahul Ligma,” one of the men trolling the media posing as a Twitter engineer said he owned a Tesla and wasn’t sure how he was going to make payments after getting laid off.
The troll went on to say how much he supports climate change and Michell Obama.
WATCH:
Lib reporters outside Twitter HQ get absolutely TROLLED by SAVAGE actors pretending to be fired software engineers
The looks on their faces when he says his name is PRICELESS
"Rahul Ligma" pic.twitter.com/l4IIxBdrdw
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 28, 2022
“I gotta touch base with my husband and wife,” one of the trolls, ‘Daniel Johnson,’ told the media.
WATCH:
Some guys just absolutely trolled local media outside Twitter's headquarters pretending to be a fired software engineer:
"I have to go touch base with my husband and wife." pic.twitter.com/B84ScRUqDk
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 28, 2022
Ligma/Johnson got ‘fired’ by Musk!
Yo @elonmusk
How dare you fire the highly skilled data engineer team of Ligma/Johnson pic.twitter.com/Bvnl4kXgRy
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 28, 2022
Elon Musk responded to the trolls with another troll.
“Ligma Johnson had it coming,” Musk said.
Ligma Johnson had it coming 🍆 💦 pic.twitter.com/CgjrOV5eM2
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 28, 2022
“Comedy is now legal on Twitter,” Elon Musk said.
Comedy is now legal on Twitter
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 28, 2022
