The American billionaire shared a photo of an outdoor party with Google co-founder Sergey Brin to prove that the two are still close, to refute the WSJ article that he had an affair with his friend’s wife.
Elon Musk and Sergey Brin at an outdoor party. Photo: Twitter
The photo shows Musk and Brin laughing happily with two unidentified women. It is unclear where exactly the photo was taken. The Tesla founder last appeared publicly in Mykonos last week. However, his plane flew from Austin to San Jose on July 23. It flew back to Austin last night, landing at 11 p.m.
The photo was also provided by Musk to the New York Post to discredit the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) after the world’s most influential daily newspaper published news that the 51-year-old billionaire had an affair with Nicole Shanahan – his wife. Brin – since December last year. According to WSJ , this destroys the long-standing friendship between two billionaires who are both in the top 6 in the world. At the same time, Brin’s marriage with Shanahan could not be saved when the Google billionaire reportedly filed for divorce in court in January on the grounds of “irreconcilable differences”.
According to Elon Musk, WSJ has caused harmful effects against him to reduce Tesla stock price. “Complete fabrication. Sergey and I are friends and were at the same party last night. I’ve only seen Nicole twice in three years and both times there were a lot of other people around. There was no love game.” none,” Musk tweeted. Even the world’s richest billionaire joked: “hasn’t had 𝓈ℯ𝓍 for a long time.”
“This year, attacks on vulnerable people have reached a new level, but it’s still not worth seeing. I work crazy hours, every day. So, I don’t have time for shenanigans.” . Even none of the main figures involved in this alleged misconduct were interviewed,” Elon Musk said about the WSJ article .
” The WSJ has run a lot of fabricated articles attacking me and Tesla. Shame on them. The WSJ is supposed to have high standards of journalism but now they are just a tabloid. The WSJ should publish these stories.” stories that are truly important to their readers and have a solid basis in fact, not rumors overheard from a third party,” Musk added.
Sergey Brin and Nicole Shanahan before filing for divorce. Photo: PA
Previously, on July 24, WSJ shocked everyone when they reported that the founder of Tesla slept with Nicole Shanahan, the wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin. This rumored affair took place at the Art Basel festival in Miami between December 2 and 4, 2021. It’s unclear whether Sergey attended Art Basel, but Musk was photographed there at the time. A month later, Brin filed for divorce. In official documents, Brin said December 15 was the day he and his wife broke up.
At a party after Sergey filed for divorce, Musk allegedly ran into Brin and got down on one knee to ask his best friend for forgiveness. WSJ sources said Brin accepted the apology but the two are no longer speaking regularly.
Meanwhile, Shanahan is said to want to get more than a billion dollars from Brin. The 48-year-old billionaire currently has assets worth an estimated more than 90 billion USD. Besides, both are participating in divorce mediation procedures. They have not yet been able to reach a common agreement. Brin’s side said that Shanahan asked for more than the prenuptial agreement, while Shanahan’s side said that she signed the agreement under duress while pregnant.
