Elon Musk insisted to The Submit on Monday, “I wouldn’t get on my knees and beg for anybody” after he was accused of ruining his friendship with Google co-founder Sergey Brin by sleeping along with his spouse.
The 51-year-old billionaire hit again after the Wall Avenue Journal reported he’d dropped to 1 knee and pleaded with Brin, 48, for forgiveness after an alleged dalliance along with his finest good friend’s estranged spouse, Nicole Shanahan.
The Journal mentioned in assertion Monday, “We're assured in our sourcing, and we stand by our reporting.”
Musk, who strongly denies sleeping with Shanahan, maintained he and Brin have been nonetheless on excellent phrases – regardless of the rumors their bromance had cooled within the wake of the alleged betrayal.
The world’s richest man insisted solely to The Submit he had by no means knelt in entrance of his fellow billionaire as a result of “I might solely kneel to suggest marriage.
“And I've not proposed to Sergey,” Musk quipped.
Requested if he would take into account suing the media outlet for reporting the alleged December fling was the catalyst for Brin’s divorce, the Tesla mogul mentioned it was higher to make his denial identified on Twitter.
“Authorized motion by a public particular person towards a information group in America is futile. Higher to refute on Twitter or ignore, which is what I do more often than not,” Musk advised The Submit in an electronic mail.
“I spoke to each Sergey and Nicole concerning the article they usually have been each adamant that they'd not talked to WSJ, nor licensed anybody to talk on their behalf,” Musk wrote.
“Furthermore, I used to be with Sergey from Saturday night time to yesterday afternoon with many mutual pals and it was a brilliant constructive vibe.”
Earlier Monday, Musk despatched The Submit a photograph of himself partying with Brin as he insisted the claims of a fling have been “whole bs” and quipped he hadn’t “even had intercourse in ages (sigh).”
Musk additionally mentioned he had solely seen Shanahan twice within the three years – and each instances “with many individuals round.
“We weren't romantically concerned in any approach,” Musk reiterated earlier than doubling down in related messages shared on Twitter.
Afterward Monday night, the eccentric billionaire griped concerning the undesirable consideration he was receiving.
“The quantity of consideration on me has gone supernova, which tremendous sucks,” Musk tweeted. “Will attempt my finest to be heads down centered on doing helpful issues for civilization.”
The Journal, citing an individual near Shanahan, reported that Brin and Shanahan have been separated however nonetheless residing collectively when the so-called fling unfolded in the course of the well-heeled Miami competition Artwork Basel.
The Google co-founder, who's price $90 billion, filed for divorce in January, citing “irreconcilable variations.”
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