Elon Musk’s scandalous dating history – including his 12 children with 3 women | Celebrity News | Showbiz and television

Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and X (formerly Twitter), is known for both his technological ambitions and his turbulent and high-profile personal life.

Over the years, Musk has been linked to several high-profile relationships, marriages and breakups.

He is also the father of 12 children with three wives, which makes his personal life as unpredictable as his career.

Justine Wilson

Musk’s first marriage was to Canadian author Justine Wilson. The couple met while studying at Queen’s University in Ontario and tied the knot in 2000.

They had their first child, Nevada Alexander, in 2002, but tragedy struck when Nevada died of sudden infant death syndrome at 10 weeks old.

Determined to expand their family, Musk and Wilson turned to artificial insemination, which produced twins Griffin and Xavier in 2004 and triplets Damian, Saxon and Kai in 2006.

Despite their growing family, their marriage ended in 2008, and Wilson later described their relationship as controlling and emotionally draining.

Talulah Riley

Shortly after his divorce from Wilson, Musk began dating British actress Talulah Riley. The couple married in 2010, but their relationship was anything but smooth. They divorced in 2012 and remarried in 2013. However, her second attempt at marital bliss ended in another divorce in 2016.

Riley has spoken positively about Musk despite their rocky history, describing their split as amicable and Musk as a unique and intense partner.

Grimes

In 2018, Musk began dating Canadian musician Grimes (Claire Boucher). The pair made headlines for their shared eccentricities, with Grimes even changing her Twitter bio to include a reference to artificial intelligence during their early romance.

In 2020, the couple had their first child, a son named X Æ A-12 Musk, which was later changed to X AE A-Xii to comply with California law. Despite their public displays of affection and shared interest in pushing boundaries, Musk and Grimes were reported to have “semi-split” in 2021.

Their unconventional relationship continued to make headlines when it was revealed in December 2021 that they had quietly welcomed a second child, a daughter named Exa Dark Sideræl Musk, via surrogate.

They also have a third child together, Techno Mechanicus, who was born in 2022. This child, nicknamed “Tau,” was also kept secret until 2023.

Shivon Zilis

In 2022, Musk’s personal life became even more scandalous when court documents revealed that he had secretly fathered twins with Shivon Zilis, a director of his company Neuralink. The twins were born in late 2021, just weeks before the birth of Musk’s second child with Grimes.

Zilis, known for her work in artificial intelligence and her high-profile role at Neuralink, has kept her private life private, but the revelation of her children sparked discussions about Musk’s working relationships and power dynamics.

Amber Heard and other high-profile romance novels

Musk has also been linked to actress Amber Heard, with whom he had an on-again, off-again relationship between 2016 and 2018. Their romance followed Heard’s high-profile divorce from Johnny Depp, and Musk later publicly defended Heard during her legal battles with Depp.

Rumors of other affairs, including with Australian actress Natasha Bassett, have also surfaced over the years, but Musk has kept his next relationships largely private.

Musk’s love life has often been criticized for its complexity and seeming contradictions. In 2022, Musk claimed that his decision to start a large family was due to his concerns about declining birth rates worldwide, a statement that sparked controversy given the personal and professional dynamics of his relationships.

Also in 2022, his daughter Vivian, who was born during his marriage to Justine Wilson, filed legal documents to change her name and gender and stated that she no longer wanted to be associated with Musk.