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

Jesse Eisenberg would possibly want to distance himself from The Social Community and its real-life inspiration, however Mark Zuckerberg appears to haven’t any subject preserving the connection alive—proper all the way down to the wardrobe.

Throughout a current episode of The Colin and Samir Present, the place tech CEOs and creators focus on 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. “Considered one of my associates noticed this on-line in an public sale and was like, ‘You need to get this.’ So I used to be like, ‘All proper, yeah, certain, let’s get it.’”

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

In line with the podcast, the merchandise was auctioned on PropstoreAuction with an estimated profitable 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 actual Zuckerberg’s wardrobe. 

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

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 In the present day final month, the actor admitted, “I haven’t been following his life trajectory, partly as a result of I don’t need to consider myself as somebody related to somebody like that. It’s not like I performed an incredible golfer or one thing and now individuals assume I’m an incredible golfer. It’s like this man that’s doing issues which can be problematic: taking away fact-checking and security considerations, making people who find themselves already threatened on this world extra threatened.”

So whereas Zuckerberg provides a Hollywood prop to his assortment, Eisenberg is very happy to go away his Social Community days previously.