Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s interview with X owner Elon Musk was knocked offline crashed on Monday evening after it came under a “massive DDOS attack”.

The highly anticipated interview had hundreds of thousands of people listening live when it crashed right after it launched around 8 p.m. EST.

“There appears to be a massive DDOS attack on 𝕏,” Musk posted on the site. “Working on shutting it down. Worst case, we will proceed with a smaller number of live listeners and post the conversation later.”

There appears to be a massive DDOS attack on 𝕏. Working on shutting it down.

Worst case, we will proceed with a smaller number of live listeners and post the conversation later.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 13, 2024

Musk said that earlier in the day his team “tested the system with 8 million concurrent listeners”.

He added that X would proceed with a smaller number of concurrent listeners at 8:30 p.m. EST “and then post the unedited audio immediately thereafter.”

We will proceed with the smaller number of concurrent listeners at 8:30 ET and then post the unedited audio immediately thereafter https://t.co/oxF8PsNHnZ

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 13, 2024

Musk said that the distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack was proof of how much opposition there was to letting people hear what Trump has to say.

LeBron James faced backlash online over the weekend after he acted rudely toward a young fan in Paris following Team USA’s gold medal victory at the Olympics.

Video that was posted online showed James scolding the young fan for wanting to take a selfie photo with the NBA star.

“Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!” James snapped at the boy. “Don’t do that.”

The kid appeared stunned by James’ rudeness and arrogance.

Moments later, James broke out into a dance as he arrived at the restaurant that he was going to to celebrate the team’s win.

LeBron James tells a white kid who’s a fan to back the f*ck up and get out of the way so he can celebrate his gold medal. What a complete piece of sh*t. pic.twitter.com/IbLAdV10hG

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 11, 2024

LeBron James just snaps at a young white fan who wants to greet him and congratulate him on his win. Then he goes off and does a little dance over his gold medal. Brute. I’m heartbroken for the kid. pic.twitter.com/bf9PlNCICa

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 12, 2024

James faced a considerable amount of backlash online where many were stunned to see how he treated the kid.

“LeBron James shows his true colors as he shouts as a young boy who politely had asked for a photo in Paris,” one social media user wrote on X.

Another used posted: “LeBron James snaps at a kid waiting to take a picture with him. A total POS.”

Others called the event shameful because the kid was going to “remember this for the rest of his life.”

“Hey @KingJames, f you and that gold medal,” another user wrote. “Treat a kid that way, I hope no one ever buys another piece of crap merchandise from you or the @NBA who ought to suspend your a*s for unsportsmanlike conduct…off the court. You show your true character in how you treated that kid.”