Elon Musk's biggest scandals of 2022 - Twitter aborted takeover to alleged affair

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Elon Musk is a busy man, dividing his time up between Tesla, SpaceX, The Boring Company and Neuralink.He also threw his hat into the Twitter ring earlier this year, striking a deal to buy the social media goliath for $44 (£36.5) billion.He may have pulled out of the deal since then, but the aftermath of the potential takeover is still being felt.Not only this, but there was scandal for Elon’s home life, as the CEO was revealed to be the father of secret twins with one of his employees.We may only be just over halfway through 2022, but Elon has had a more eventful year than most will across the entirety of it.After making his landmark £36.5bn offer to buy Twitter, which was subsequently accepted, Elon pulled out of the deal earlier this month.This was because he claimed Twitter had failed to respond to his requests for information regarding fake accounts on the app.The result is Twitter filing a lawsuit against Elon for pulling out of the deal, something the billionaire has memed about on the platform since.It was later reported that Twitter spent $33m (£27m) on Elon Musk's proposed deal to buy the firm between April and June 2022.On July 7 2022, it was reported that Elon had allegedly fathered two children in the previous year.He and Shivon Zilis are believed to the the parents of twins, with the executive having a few roles across Elon's empire over the years, though her most prominent role was within Neuralink.It brings his brood up to nine, as he also had his second child with electronic artist Grimes earlier this year.Elon gave an on-brand response to the news, saying he was "doing my best to help the underpopulation crisis".He added: "A collapsing birth rate is the biggest danger civilisation faces by far",.