New York: Elon Musk, the American billionaire entrepreneur who owns X (previously Twitter) and SpaceX and who recently called Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni “beautiful” at a New York event, denied on Wednesday that he was romantically involved with Meloni.
Musk bestowed an Atlantic Council Global Citizen Award on Meloni on the sidelines of the 79th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations on Monday evening, New York time, describing the Italian PM as “someone who is even more beautiful on the inside than she was on the outside.”
“She’s also someone who is authentic, honest, truthful. That can’t always be said about politicians,” Musk added, his respect for Meloni evident as he praised Italy’s economic growth and record-low unemployment.
The Italian leader responded by referring to Musk as a “precious genius”.
“I thank Elon for the beautiful words that he had for me and for his precious genius for the era in which we live,” she said at the start of her speech.
As videos and photographs of Musk and Meloni went viral on social media, Tesla Owners Silicon Valley, which calls itself “the most notorious Tesla club in the world”, shared a picture of Musk and Meloni from the event late Tuesday night, asking followers, “do you think they’ll date?”
Responding to the post early Wednesday, Musk made a public clarification, stating, “We are not dating”.
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In reply to another post that said, “We all know what happened next,” Musk made it clear that he was at the event with his mother, Maye Musk.
“I was there with my Mom. There is no romantic relationship whatsoever with PM Meloni,” Musk wrote on X.
Musk travelled to Rome in December to attend Meloni’s Brothers of Italy (FdI) party gathering, ‘Atreju,’ before Christmas.
“We invited Elon Musk because Elon Musk is a person who has things to say, who is relevant in the current context, and who is also on the topic of artificial intelligence. You will know that Elon Musk, who is one of the people who developed artificial intelligence, has asked for a moratorium on the use of artificial intelligence precisely because he is a person who knows it better than us and who can help you on this,” Meloni had said while justifying invitation to Musk.
Musk advised Italians to increase the country’s low birth rate at the convention, which was also attended by the then UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
“My advice to all government leaders and people is: make sure you have children to create a new generation,” he had said, emphasising the context of Italy’s low birth rate at the convention, which was also attended by the then UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
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Image courtesy: Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Italy
