Doja Cat asks Elon Musk to restore X audio posts

On Wednesday, singer and rapper Doja Cat publicly requested that Elon Musk reinstate the audio post feature on the social media platform X, but her plea was accompanied by a series of personal insults directed at the platform's owner. The posts quickly circulated online, drawing attention to both the feature's removal and the singer's unconventional approach.

In her initial post, Doja Cat wrote directly to Musk, asking him to restore the ability for users to post audio messages to their feeds. She then called him a "frog build looking bitch" and a "barrel chested ewok," adding that he looked "like u eat sand." Several hours later, she posted again, tagging Musk's account and repeating her request while escalating the insults, describing him as a "hairless noneck havin, chimpanzee" and making further unflattering physical comparisons. She concluded the second post by writing, "Not tryna be mean though sorry."

The audio post feature, which allowed users to share voice messages publicly on their profiles, was introduced by X in June 2020. It was discontinued at some point, though users retain the ability to send voice notes through direct messages. Musk completed his purchase of...