Total BS, tells Elon Musk about reports that he was romantically involved with Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s wife, Nicole Shanahan
New Delhi:
Tesla boss Elon Musk today denied media reports that he had an affair with the wife of billionaire Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
“This is total bs. Sergey and I are friends and attended a party together last night! I’ve only seen Nicole twice in three years, both times with lots of other people around. Nothing romantic. “, Mr. Musk wrote on the tweet. one report by the Wall Street Journal, or WSJ, said he was allegedly having an affair with Mr. Brin’s wife, Nicole Shanahan.
This is the total number of bs. Sergey and I are friends and were at a party last night!
I only met Nicole twice in three years, both times with lots of other people around. Nothing romantic.
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 25, 2022
The report said Mr Musk and Mr Brin were close friends until the incident.
Mr Brin filed for divorce in January citing “irreconcilable differences”, and announced he and Ms Shanahan had been separated as of December 15, 2021.
The WSJ report said: “The communication with Mr. Musk took place in early December 2021, at the Art Basel event in Miami… Art Basel is an annual, multi-day festival that attracts the wealthy. There are from all over the world attending a party. .. Mr. Musk knelt in front of Mr. Brin and profusely apologized for the breach, begging for forgiveness, according to people with knowledge of the incident. “
Brin was said to be one of the first people to receive a Tesla car when production started, and the Google co-founder gave Musk $500,000 in 2008 to keep Tesla afloat during the recession. global recession caused by the US subprime mortgage crisis.
The alleged affair comes months after Mr Musk split from girlfriend, singer Grimes, with whom he has two children. Not only this, a few weeks ago several reports appeared online that Mr. Musk secretly fathered twins in November 2021 with Shivon Zilis, an employee at Mr. Musk’s company Neuralink.
Musk is also embroiled in a legal battle with Twitter after he bid to buy the microblogging company.