Elon Musk has been in the headlines a lot recently, and the most recent was a report from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) claiming he had been having an affair with Google co-founder, Sergey Brin’s now ex-wife. Musk was very quick to respond to the allegations on Twitter, giving The Wall Street Journal a lot of backlash.
Musk first addressed this on Twitter by responding to another user mentioning the story, saying:
“This is total bs. Sergey and I are friends and were at a party together last night!”
“I’ve only seen Nicole twice in three years, both times with many other people around. Nothing romantic.”
This is total bs. Sergey and I are friends and were at a party together last night!
I’ve only seen Nicole twice in three years, both times with many other people around. Nothing romantic.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 25, 2022
To back this up, Musk went to the length of sending a photo of himself and Brin at the party to prove the WSJ wrong.
LMAO @elonmusk gave this picture of himself partying last night with Google founder Sergey Brin to the NYP, laughing off WSJ claims 😂 pic.twitter.com/apufnoi1gz
— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) July 25, 2022
Many other users on the social media platform chimed in. One un-earthing an old post from Elon Musk about how ‘political attacks’ will dramatically escalate over the next months. Musk responded to this as well, stating that his work commitments don’t leave him any time for ‘shenanigans’.
Yeah, the character assassination attacks have reached a new level this year, but the articles are all nothing-burgers.
I work crazy hours, so there just isn’t much time for shenanigans.
None of the key people involved in these alleged wrongdoings were even interviewed!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 25, 2022
Musk went on to hit back at The Wall Street Journal, claiming that as supposedly high-standard journalism, they should be releasing stories that actually matter. The Tesla CEO takes this one step further by then responding to a meme that someone has created about the WSJ, with just a ‘cry-laughing’ emoji.
Call them out on it, I guess. WSJ is supposed to have a high standard for journalism and, right now, they are way sub tabloid.
WSJ should be running stories that actually matter to their readers and have solid factual basis, not third-party random hearsay.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 25, 2022
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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 26, 2022
