Fidias congratulated by his hero, Elon Musk
Billionaire Elon Musk has congratulated Fidias Panayiotou on being elected to the EU parliament as a Cypriot MEP, it emerged on Saturday.
Musk posted on his platform X to congratulate Panayiotou on his win. The video has been viewed over 18 million times.
In the post, Musk wrote “Congrats”, and posted a video underneath that shows Fidias’ story and the road to the EU parliament.
Panayiotou responded by saying “Well, you deserve the credit ,you are a big inspiration”.
Panayiotou, a Youtuber, won a seat as one of Cyprus’ six MEPs in a landslide, taking the most votes out of any of the candidates.
He had run as an independent candidate.
Panayiotou became famous on YouTube for a number of outlandish stunts, including embarking on a mission to hug Elon Musk.