The Many Controversies Surrounding Elon Musk

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Several reports claimed Musk had an affair with the wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin. He has dismissed it as "total bs".

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Court Battle With Twitter: Twitter and Musk have been caught in a legal battle ever since he said he wanted to take over the social media giant

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Feud With Donald Trump: Trump launched a verbal attack on Musk after he backed out from buying Twitter.

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Musk responded with "Lmaooo" on Twitter

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Challenged Vladimir Putin To Single Combat: Following Russia's Ukraine invasion, Musk challenged Putin to "single combat"

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Sending "Space Dragons" To Ukraine: The Tesla chief joked about sending "space dragons with lasers" to Ukraine to fight Russians

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"Elona" : After Musk challenged Putin, Chechen Republic head called him "effeminate", prompting Musk to change his name to "Elona" on Twitter

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Naming His Child: Elon Musk and popstar Grimes welcomed a baby boy in 2020 whom they named, quite bizarrely, X ? A-12 Musk

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COVID-19 Conspiracies: Musk is one among many who has occasionally donned the tinfoil hat when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic and often shared conspiracy theories

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Mocking Pronouns: "Pronouns suck," tweeted Musk once for no apparent reason except he didn't like them

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Calling Tesla Cars S.3.X: In 2017, Musk announced the three Tesla cars in the Model 3 series were going to be called S, E and X.

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Model E was changed to '3' after Ford threatened to sue Tesla over its own Model E.

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Romantic Encounters: Elon Musk has been in numerous relationships. He dated Amber Heard during the actor's high-profile divorce from Johnny Depp.

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Elon Musk broke up with his long-term girlfriend Grimes in 2022

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