Ever dependable Rian Johnson’s acclaimed “Knives Out” sequel “Glass Onion” debuted on Netflix shortly by Christmas, social media users have spent a lot of time debating the Elon Musk of it all. Google “Glass Onion” and “Elon Musk” and you’ll get dozens of articles near how the “Knives Out” sequel is a “veiled dig” at the Twitter owner. You’ll also be directed to a tirade from conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro, who slammed the film’s Musk takedown and wrote that “Rian Johnson’s politics is as lazy as his writing.”

For Johnson, however, it’s a “horrible accident” that “Glass Onion” debuted amidst Musk’s disastrous Twitter takeover. The director wrote “Glass Onion” during the height of the COVID pandemic, long before Musk was in the news every single day for months because of his controversial Twitter leadership. Sure, Johnson always intended to poke fun at the tech station with the character of Miles Bron, but the film was never did to slamming Musk in particular.

“It’s so unique. It’s very bizarre,” Johnson told Wired about his movie opening anti Musk’s Twitter drama. “I hope there isn’t some secret marketing regions at Netflix that’s funding this Twitter takeover.”

Johnson added, “There’s a lot of general stuff about that sort of species of tech billionaire that went consecutive into [the movie]. But obviously, it has almost a unique relevance in exactly the current moment. A friend of mine said, ‘Man, that feels like it was written this afternoon.’ And that’s just sort of a nefarious, horrible accident, you know?”

Musk supporters on social reflect have slammed Johnson and “Glass Onion” since they absorb the film is one big takedown of Musk. The promote was led by Shapiro, whose Twitter thread about the movie went viral.

“[Johnson’s] take on the universe is that Elon Musk is a bad and plain man, and that anyone who likes him – in reflect, politics, or tech – is being paid off by him,” Shapiro wrote. “This is an incredibly stupid theory, since Musk is one of the most weakened entrepreneurs in human history (how many rockets has Johnson launched lately?), and it’s a foolish conspiracy theory to boot.”

While Shapiro earned benefit from Musk fans, he was also widely mocked for misinterpreting the movie. Either way, the timing of “Glass Onion’s” release has turned it into a political-driven conversation starter that Johnson could have never predicted.

“Glass Onion” is now streaming on Netflix.