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Tech mogul Elon Musk on Sunday addressed public backlash to his recent post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, in which he appeared to endorse an antisemitic conspiracy theory about Jewish people espoused by another X user, The Hill reported.

“This past week, there were hundreds of bogus media stories claiming that I am antisemitic,” Musk posted Sunday afternoon.

“Nothing could be further from the truth,” he continued. “I wish only the best for humanity and a prosperous and exciting future for all.”

The recent wave of media backlash came after Musk replied, “You have said the actual truth,” to a post that repeated an antisemitic conspiracy theory suggesting Jews want to flood the country with minority groups from elsewhere.

The post read: “I’m deeply disinterested in giving the tiniest shit now about western Jewish populations coming to the disturbing realization that those hordes of minorities that support flooding their country don’t exactly like them too much.”

Musk’s apparent endorsement of this message had immediate consequences, as Disney, Apple and other corporations pulled their advertisements from the platform.