What simply occurred? Elon Musk has denied experiences that he had an affair with the spouse of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, ending the pair’s friendships and resulting in Brin’s divorce from Nicole Shanahan. The Tesla CEO says he’s nonetheless pals along with his fellow billionaire and that the report relies on “third-party random rumour.”
The Wall Road Journal, citing unidentified sources, reported that Musk had an affair with Brin’s spouse final fall. The incident allegedly occurred in Miami on the Artwork Basel occasion in late December, quickly after Musk’s breakup with then-girlfriend Claire Boucher, higher recognized by her stage identify, Grimes.
The sources declare Brin and Shanahan had been separated on the time of the affair however nonetheless residing collectively, the results of marital issues brought on by the Covid-19 lockdowns and points associated to their three-year-old daughter. Brin cited December 15, 2021, because the date of the couple’s separation within the divorce filings.
The report additionally claims that Musk dropped to 1 knee in entrance of Brin at a celebration earlier this yr and apologized for the affair, begging for forgiveness. Whereas Brin acknowledged the apology, he nonetheless is not chatting with Musk recurrently.
Musk and Brin have been pals for years. The world’s richest man recurrently crashed at his fellow billionaire’s dwelling in Silicon Valley, and Brin helped Tesla with its struggles through the 2008 monetary disaster by handing round $500,000 to Musk.
Brin is alleged to have been promoting his private investments in Musk’s corporations over the previous couple of months, although this hasn’t been confirmed.
That is complete bs. Sergey and I are pals and had been at a celebration collectively final night time!
I’ve solely seen Nicole twice in three years, each instances with many different individuals round. Nothing romantic.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 25, 2022
Musk tweeted a reply to the report yesterday. “That is complete bs. Sergey and I are pals and had been at a celebration collectively final night time! I’ve solely seen Nicole twice in three years, each instances with many different individuals round. Nothing romantic.” Replying to a distinct tweet, Musk wrote, “Have not even had intercourse in ages (sigh).”
Musk isn’t out of the headlines as of late. He is at the moment coping with a lawsuit launched by Twitter over him strolling away from an acquisition of the platform. His private life can be beneath the highlight usually, together with the revelation that he secretly fathered twins with a high Neuralink government final yr, bringing his complete variety of kids to 9. He is lengthy warned about falling delivery charges within the US and their probably devastating impact on civilization. “I imply, I am doing my half haha,” he lately tweeted.
