Mark Zuckerberg reveals what he did with shirt Jesse Eisenberg wore in ‘The Social Network’

Jesse Eisenberg on Jesse Eisenberg’s ‘The Social Community’ tshirt

Jesse Eisenberg may favor to distance himself from The Social Community and its real-life inspiration, however Mark Zuckerberg appears to haven’t any difficulty maintaining the connection alive—proper all the way down to the wardrobe.

Throughout a latest episode of The Colin and Samir Present, the place tech CEOs and creators talk about the digital world, the Meta CEO casually revealed that he had bought one of many shirts Eisenberg wore within the 2010 movie at public sale.

Host Samir Chaudry introduced up the David Fincher-directed, Aaron Sorkin-scripted drama, asking if Zuckerberg had certainly acquired the identical T-shirt Eisenberg’s model of him wears within the scene the place Andrew Garfield’s Eduardo confronts him in Palo Alto.

“Yeah, that’s true,” Zuckerberg confirmed. “One of my friends saw this online in an auction and was like, ‘You have to get this.’ So I was like, ‘All right, yeah, sure, let’s get it.’”

When requested if it was the precise T-shirt from the movie, he doubled down, saying, “Yeah, this is his shirt. Well, it’s my shirt now. But it was his shirt.”

In line with the podcast, the merchandise was auctioned on PropstoreAuction with an estimated successful bid between $2,000 and $4,000. 

The blue cotton tee, emblazoned with “Ardsley Athletics XXL” in cream-colored lettering, was initially a part of the true Zuckerberg’s wardrobe. 

The Meta founder attended Ardsley Excessive College and Phillips Exeter Academy earlier than heading to Harvard, typically seen sporting shirts from each colleges.

In the meantime, Eisenberg has made it clear that he’s not maintaining with Zuckerberg—or significantly desperate to be related to him. 

In an interview on BBC Radio 4’s At the moment final month, the actor admitted, “I haven’t been following his life trajectory, partly because I don’t want to think of myself as someone associated with someone like that. It’s not like I played a great golfer or something and now people think I’m a great golfer. It’s like this guy that’s doing things that are problematic: taking away fact-checking and safety concerns, making people who are already threatened in this world more threatened.”

So whereas Zuckerberg provides a Hollywood prop to his assortment, Eisenberg is more than pleased to depart his Social Community days previously.