Scott Galloway Says He Sold His Tesla — and Left Something in the Passenger Seat

NYU professor Scott Galloway told a live audience that he sold his Tesla after Elon Musk started posting about him on Twitter, and that he first took a giant dump in the passenger seat. The remark came during a live taping of the Pivot podcast with co-host Kara Swisher at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles on November 8, 2026, and the episode transcript carries the line in Galloway’s own words.

Reports spread across Fox News, CBS News, Mashable, Electrek, Yahoo Finance and Teslarati within a day. But every report traces back to one source: Galloway himself. Nobody has independently confirmed that the act happened, which Tesla model he owned, what he paid, what he got for it, or who bought the car. Fox News Digital said it asked Musk and Tesla for comment, and no response shows up in the coverage.

The anecdote was an aside inside a broader conversation about the midterm results, Musk’s political influence and reports that Tesla plans to wind down Cybertruck production in Texas in mid-2027 — not a planned segment about vehicles. Galloway is a longtime Musk critic, and the exchange came during a discussion of power and accountability.

The story lands while Tesla’s brand is already under a microscope, with sales and sentiment both under pressure. What it actually says about what a Tesla is worth is a separate question — and the used-car numbers, not a podcast anecdote, are where that answer will show up.