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

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 […]

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.”

One of the anchors then confronted her: “You’re outside a diner doing a whole story on it and didn’t even try the food?”


Abovian reaffirmed her decision not to eat at the establishment, insisting her review was “honest” and “unbiased.”

While on air, she also knocked the Tesla-themed Cybertruck lunch box to the ground, adding: “I swear I’m not doing this on purpose. Elon, don’t come for me.”

The segment, intended to showcase Tesla’s flashy new venue with LED megascreens and EV superchargers, turned into an informal roast. The in-studio anchors mocked the Cybertruck as a car that says, “I’m a mean guy,” and suggested its design was “too aggressive.”

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When showcasing the food, Abovian didn’t eat it but instead pulled in videographer David Lopez to review a half-eaten $15 Tesla burger.

“Really, really good,” Lopez said.

“But $15 tasty?” Abovian scoffed.

However, she praised the marketing effort and diner’s aesthetic, calling it “Greece meets the Jetsons.” Still, she couldn’t resist another dig: “Have you seen the boxes? They need a robot to hand you the food because the current ones fall apart.”

The segment took another turn when a studio anchor asked the cameraman to pan over to neighboring apartments with blocked views, courtesy of Tesla’s massive outdoor screen.

Abovian followed up by asking a diner patron if residents might be upset. “Probably not happy,” he replied. “That’s a huge ouchy for their eyes.”

Despite her jabs, Abovian acknowledged the diner’s popularity.

“This place is open 24 hours. It’s poppin’ at 10 a.m.,” she said. “It’s cool. You’ve got burgers, tacos, milkshakes, a sky deck, even soap in the bathroom.”

Online reactions were swift and divided over her reporting. Critics accused KTLA of “biased” reporting.

“Shame on you, KTLA, for the biased and unprofessional coverage of the Tesla Diner, something many people are genuinely excited about,” one user posted.

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“Why go so hard on something that’s actually good? Was this about the food or the man who built it?” another person said on X.

Another viewer joked, “Legacy media is sniffing around the Tesla Diner — the ‘Elon, don’t come for me’ moment is going to live rent-free in my head.”

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Others found humor in the chaos when she complained about the diner’s cybertuck burger boxes falling apart. “Puts it teetering on her suitcase and then blames the box when it falls,” one post read.

Tesla’s first-ever diner, which opened Monday, features 250 seats, 80 Supercharger stalls, exclusive merchandise, and a massive LED display screening retro sci-fi films and SpaceX launches. Musk himself called it “one of the coolest spots in LA.”

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