LA reporter roasts Tesla Diner on live TV: ‘Elon, don’t come for me’

Published July 23, 2025 8:56pm ET



Tesla’s highly anticipated 24/7 retro-futuristic diner in Hollywood may have drawn lines of hungry fans and excited EV owners. However, it got a full serving of side-eye from a local television reporter, whose live broadcast outside the diner quickly went viral for its unapologetically harsh tone.

KTLA reporter Ellina Abovian, who was covering the grand opening of Elon Musk’s Tesla Diner, admitted on-air that she didn’t eat at the diner at all. Instead, she ordered a breakfast burrito from Uber Eats, telling the studio anchors, “I owe no loyalty to Elon Musk. I went inside with the full intention of ordering … but it didn’t look very appetizing.”

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