Elon Musk allegedly had an extramarital affair with Nicole Shanahan, the wife of billionaire Google co-founder Sergey Brin, according to a report in the published on Sunday.The report, citing sources familiar to those involved, claims that Musk and Shanahan had a «brief affair,» which subsequently led Brin to file for divorce earlier this year, and ended a long-standing friendship between Brin and Musk.On Sunday evening, Musk took to Twitter to deny the report, saying, «Yeah, the character assassination attacks have reached a new level this year, but the articles are all nothing-burgers.» The Tesla CEO went on to say, «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!»Musk continued, galvanizing his supporters to call out the publication for its reporting, tweeting, «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.»The reported that Brin filed for divorce in January citing «irreconcilable differences,» and stated that the pair had been separated since Dec.
15. According to the report, Musk and Shanahan's alleged fling occurred in early December, at the Art Basel event in Miami — which ran from Dec.
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