Kimmel Roasts Musk Over Lupita Casting Critique

has lambasted for criticizing 's casting of black actress in his adaptation of The Odyssey.

Nyong'o, 43, has been enlisted to play Greek mythology's Helen of Troy, the ravishing daughter of Zeus whose 'face launched a thousand ships,' in that her seduction by Troy's prince Paris resulted in the Trojan War.

The acclaimed actress, who won an Oscar for the 2013 historical drama 12 Years a Slave, will also feature in the film as Helen's sister Clytemnestra.

Her hiring was greeted by online backlash, including from conservative pundit Matt Walsh, who fumed on X that nobody 'on the planet' regards Nyong'o as the world's most beautiful woman but that Nolan 'knows that he would be called racist if he gave "the most beautiful woman" role to a white woman.'

Musk, who owns the social media platform, responded to Walsh by writing: 'True,' eliciting pushback on Instagram from .

Now Kimmel has entered the fray, admonishing Musk to 'stay in your lane' while mocking the tycoon's  Cybertruck on his late-night talk show.

Kimmel began by showing a tweet by Musk that read: 'Chris Nolan desecrated the Odyssey so that he would be eligible for an Academy Award.'

He displayed another Musk tweet posted this last Friday in which the industrialist demanded: 'Who specifically is the a**hole who added DEI lies to Academy Awards eligibility instead of it just being about making the best movie?'