Who is Fidias? YouTuber trying to hug Elon Musk for a month
26-year-old Fifi Panayiotou, or simply "Fidias," has made a series of eccentric yet ambitious videos trying to get the attention of none other than the newest CEO of Twitter, Elon Musk. The series of videos, which are usually titled "Day x of trying to give Elon Musk a hug," received a lot of recognition of late after his latest video in the series.
The YouTuber posted a video in the shorts section of his YouTube channel, explaining how he urged his fans to spam Elon's mother's socials to let her son know of the creator's wishes. The decision, however, backfired after Musk's mother took to her Twitter account to criticize the spam comments and inform his son of the creator's tirades.
Following that, Fifi proceeded to express his apologies for causing discomfort to the woman.
After Fidias urged his followers on Instagram to spam Elon Musk's mother, Maye, with comments trying to grab his son's attention, a Tweet discouraging Elon from making any contact with the YouTuber was posted on her account.
Replying to his mother's tweet, Elon Musk responded with a "hug" emoticon, indicating that he has no plans to meet Fidias.
Maye Musk also made a couple of other tweets regarding her bad experience. An hour after her initial tweet, she posted another tweet replying to one of Fidias' fans trying to explain his mission. She responded by saying:
Maye made a third and final tweet regarding the situation, claiming that the YouTuber's fans have been threatening her. She posted:
From the tweet that Maye was replying to, it appears that Fidias has been removed from the Space X vicinity, where he had stationed himself.
The latest video from the YouTuber's channel was made as an update video for the entire drama and was the 26th video of the
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