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On September 25, 2024, Maye Musk, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk's mother, corroborated her son's statement that he was not dating Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni. Rumors of Musk and Meloni dating arose after photos of the two amicably chatting at the Atlantic Council’s Global Citizen Awards dinner in Manhattan on September 23 spread on social media.
Elon Musk quickly shut down the rumors, denying any "romantic relationship" between them and clarifying that he had been at the event with his mother.
"I was there with my Mom. There is no romantic relationship whatsoever with PM Meloni," he tweeted.
Maye Musk also confirmed this, adding that she had been at the dinner with Musk and Meloni, following which she returned to the hotel with her son.
She added that she had a wonderful evening at the event and that she also admiringly looked at the Italian PM as a subtle dig at the rumors online
"I was sitting next to Elon. I also looked at Georgia with admiration," Maye Musk tweeted.
Elon Musk presented Georgia Meloni with an award at the event
Elon Musk presented Georgia Meloni with the Global Citizens Award at her request at the event held in Manhattan's Ziegfeld Ballroom. He introduced her as a person who was “authentic, honest and thoughtful” and “someone who is even more beautiful on the inside than she is on the outside."
In response, Meloni praised Elon Musk for his “precious genius" when she accepted her award. The 47-year-old politician, who is Italy's first female prime minister, gave a 15-minute speech about the values of the West.
“The West is a system of values in which the person is central, men and women are equal and free, and therefore the system is democratic and based on the rule of law. I ask and I wonder — are these values we should be ashamed of?” Meloni said in her speech.
Musk and Meloni have previously met twice. They discussed artificial intelligence and the West's declining birthrate when Meloni hosted the tech billionaire at her official residence in Rome in June 2023. Musk also spoke at a political festival held by Meloni's Brothers of Italy party in December 2023.
A timeline of Elon Musk's past relationships
Elon Musk has had his fair share of high-profile partners, ranging from Grimes to Amber Heard. The father of 12 has been married thrice. He started dating Jennifer Gwynne in the mid-1990s when they were both students at the University of Pennsylvania. The relationship lasted about a year and ended after Gwynne returned from studying abroad.
Elon Musk met his first wife, Justine, while studying at Queen's University in Ontario. The couple tied the knot in 2000 and had their first child in 2002, who died 10 weeks after his birth. They welcomed their twins in 2004 and their triplets in 2006. They divorced in 2008, with joint custody of their five children.
Elon Musk met actress Talulah Riley after he filed for a divorce from his first wife. The two married in Scotland in 2010. However, their marriage lasted two years, with a divorce in 2012. Musk and Riley rekindled their relationship and tied the knot for a second time in 2013. Their second marriage also ended in divorce in 2016.
In July 2016, Amber Heard and Elon Musk faced dating rumors weeks after the former filed for divorce from Johnny Depp. However, in August 2017, Heard announced that she and Musk had split up on social media. In a comment on the post, Musk said the relationship ended on good terms:
"Although Amber and I did break up, we are still friends, remain close and love one another. Long distance relationships, when both partners have intense work obligations are always difficult, but who knows what the future holds."
The couple reconciled in December 2017 but broke up again in February 2018. In April of the same year, Musk and singer Grimes started dating. They have three children- two sons and a daughter, born between 2020 and 2023.
In November 2021, Elon Musk welcomed twins with Shivon Zilis, the director of Neuralink. According to Reuters, Zilis claimed she was not romantically involved with the tech billionaire and had their children through IVF. The couple welcomed their third child in June 2024.
