Hugging Elon Musk: YouTuber Who Camped Outside Twitter HQ For Months Gets His Wish

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has finally hugged his superfan, content creator, and YouTuber Fidias Panayiotou, who was camping outside the Twitter headquarters for months to meet him.

Panayiotou showed up outside the Twitter building on a daily basis since mid-October 2022, according to an Insider report.

On Saturday, he posted a photo on Twitter of himself hugging Musk inside the Twitter office and wishing everyone Happy National Hugging Day. 

We are definitely living in a simulation @elonmusk ! Happy National Hugging Day everyone pic.twitter.com/uVzxTwHrDJ

— Fidias (@Fidias0) January 21, 2023

During the World Cup match in Qatar, Musk interacted with many people, including a young boy who urged him to hug the YouTuber. Musk replied, saying he would do it. 

Best video i ever watched @elonmusk ( dm me Elon to arrange the hug ) pic.twitter.com/ZTKTD98kKQ

— Fidias (@Fidias0) December 22, 2022

The kids I talked to just had one request, which was to hug this guy who keeps trying to hug me in SF. I checked to see if they were sure about that and they were, so I will.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 21, 2022

Panayiotou has faced criticisms for his approach on Twitter, with many people calling him weird and disturbing.  

Why does he want to hug Elon? It's weird the way the internet normalizes strange behavior

— Toni (@TTMalle) November 15, 2022

Musk’s mother, Maye Musk, was also not pleased with Panayiotou after his followers spammed her Instagram comments. 

What is good about ⁦@Twitter⁩ is you can complain about spamming on ⁦@instagram⁩ . ⁦@Fidias0⁩ asked his IG followers to spam me. I have removed over 500 comments. ⁦@elonmusk⁩ please do not hug this malicious man. Stay safe. pic.twitter.com/whNRMqmTxo

— Maye Musk (@mayemusk) November 15, 2022

Panayiotou has 1.4 million TikTok followers and 1.3 million subscribers on YouTube. 

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