There have been rumors circulating about Elon Musk and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni dating after a photo of them together at an event went viral. However, Elon Musk has denied these rumors, stating that there is no romantic relationship between them. The speculation began after Musk presented Meloni with the Global Citizen Award at a gala in New York, where they exchanged compliments.
Musk clarified on social media that he was at the event with his mother and that there is no romantic involvement with Meloni.
Elon Musk Says He Is Not Having Affair With Italy’s Meloni After Mutual Praise at Gala
ROME (Reuters) – Elon Musk said on Wednesday that he was not having an affair with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, replying to a joke after their mutual praise at a black-tie event in New York this week drew headlines on both sides of the Atlantic.
Photographs of the two lit up social media after Musk presented Meloni with the Global Citizen Award from the Atlantic Council think tank on Monday. The New York Post called it a “public love-in” between the world’s richest man and the first female Italian prime minister.
“I was there with my Mom. There is no romantic relationship whatsoever with PM Meloni,” Musk wrote on X in response to a post of a photo of the two of them gazing fondly into each other’s eyes at a banquet table, which had the jokey caption “we all know what happened next“.
In a speech before handing over the award, Musk said Meloni was “someone who is even more beautiful inside than outside”. The Italian right-wing leader replied that the U.S. entrepreneur was a “precious genius”.
Meloni, who split from her long-time partner in 2023, requested that Musk be the person to hand her the award, while the tech businessman flew to Italy twice last year to meet the Italian leader — in June and December.
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Elon Musk has denied being romantically involved with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after a picture of them looking fondly into each other’s eyes went viral.
The billionaire entrepreneur and Italy’s first female prime minister were pictured looking cosy at a black-tie event this week, during which Musk presented Ms Meloni with the Global Citizen Award from the Atlantic Council thinktank.
We all know what happened next… 😏 pic.twitter.com/lgoxGsiEun
— Dr. Simon Goddek (@goddeketal) September 24, 2024
The picture from the glitzy event in New York lit up the internet, with one person captioning it: “We all know what happened next…”
But Musk, 53, replied on X, saying: “I was there with my Mom. There is no romantic relationship whatsoever with PM Meloni.”
Ms Meloni, 47, had reportedly requested Musk be the person to hand her the award at Monday’s event, while the tech businessman flew to Italy twice last year to meet the Italian leader – in June and December.
The tech entrepreneur heaped praise on the Brothers of Italy leader as he presented her with the award, saying she was “someone who is even more beautiful inside than outside”.
