Jennifer Aniston expressed a clear disinterest in Elon Musk during a recent Vanity Fair interview, dismissing any romantic allure towards the tech billionaire. The conversation arose when Aniston was asked about her on-camera relationship with Jon Hamm, whose character on The Morning Show shares similarities with real-life tech moguls like Musk.
Aniston Firmly Rejects Any Attraction to Elon Musk
While reflecting on the comparison between Musk and Hamm’s character, Aniston was unreserved in her opinion. She told Vanity Fair,
I don’t find him desirable in any way or shape.
Jon Hamm Explores the Inspiration Behind His Role as a Tech Mogul
Jon Hamm, who portrays Paul Marks on The Morning Show, shed light on his character’s real-life inspirations in a 2024 Variety interview. He noted the growing trend of billionaires such as Musk and Jeff Bezos acquiring major platforms to amplify their voices, saying,
They’re kind of buying their way into the conversation at this point, aren’t they? [Jeff] Bezos controls many online transactions in the world and bought the Washington Post, so he’s got a megaphone in some way. Elon Musk bought Twitter, renamed it and changed it, and now it’s a different entity. And so, he bought his megaphone in some way,
The Morning Show’s Executive Producer Details the Composite Character
Michael Ellenberg, executive producer of The Morning Show, explained that Hamm’s character is a blend of several tech billionaires, including Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. He emphasized the prevalence of wealthy figures influencing various media outlets, stating to The Wrap in 2023,
There’s no shortage of tech and finance billionaires who are taking swings inside traditional media, streaming, social media, etc.,
before adding,
There’s a way in which Paul Marks is the villain of the season. But Jon brought both humor and humanity, and eventually a vulnerability to the role that gives it a depth that people will be into.
Hamm Discusses the Changing Image of Billionaire Influence in Media
Hamm further reflected on the shift in how billionaires exert power in contemporary society, contrasting them with the philanthropic ‘robber barons‘ of the past. He stated in Variety,
instead of being the kind of benevolent overlords that they used to be when there were steel barons and robber barons in the old days, and they would just build a giant building and call it Carnegie Hall, now they’re buying these massive legacy media corporations and using them as megaphones to get their opinions out in the world.
He also highlighted concerns about monopolistic trends and wealth concentration by adding,
And it’s an interesting choice. We used to have a little more stringent litigation against monopolizing things like that, but that seems to have gone the way of the dodo in many, many ways. We’re living in a very interesting inflection point, it seems, about where this massive amount of money concentrated in very few people is really having the effects that we were all afraid it was going to.
The Morning Show’s Upcoming Fourth Season
The Morning Show will return for its fourth season on Apple TV+ on September 17, 2025, continuing to explore complex themes around media, power, and influence. Jennifer Aniston’s candid remarks about Elon Musk add a real-world edge to the show’s fictional take on tech billionaires.
