# Musk Called Her a Marionette. She Was There For Her Brother.

*AI · 20 August 2026 · RECORDx NEWS*

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Elon Musk called Anne Hathaway "a marionette" — "just reading the script someone else wrote." But her viral 2018 HRC speech was deeply personal: she's stood up for LGBTQ+ rights for years because of her gay brother, as the event's own introduction noted. Here's the passage the internet clipped — and the part they never show. She hasn't responded.

## The reporting

Windows (source yozqpDzuk1Q, rails 281 segs): 662.5–679.6 Ella's note → "It takes ZERO courage to love you" · 693.7–697.9 "your note right next to my heart" · 863.1–877.5 the myth ("gayness orbits straightness") · 1028.4–1049.5 "myths are destroyed by the same thing that creates them… claps back and says NO MORE" · 1088.9–1091.5 "love is love."

## Transcript

This week, the Internet declared war on a new Anne Hathaway speech. It's from 2018. Elon Musk called her a marionette, said someone else wrote her script. Here's what she actually said.
That's the part they clipped. Here's the part they never show. A note from a 10 -year -old fan named Ella.
A marionette reads someone else's script. She was in that room for her gay brother, and in eight years, she hasn't taken back a word.

## Topics

anne hathaway, elon musk hathaway, anne hathaway speech, zero courage to love you, resurfaced speech, culture news, celebrity news, viral speech

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