Elon Musk has broken his silence after reports emerged that he had fathered twins with one of his top executives.
In April, Musk, 51, and Shivon Zilis, 36, filed a petition to change the twins’ name to “their father’s last name” and include their mother’s last name as part of their middle name, according to the US business news site insider reported.
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On Thursday morning, Musk appeared to confirm the story on Twitter to repeat an earlier stance he had taken on birth rates.
On May 24, Musk a tweet He said, “The birth rate in the US has been below minimum sustainable levels for ~50 years,” and pinned it to the top of his Twitter account, which has more than 100 million followers.
He appeared to be referring to this in response to recent reports.
“I’m doing my best to help the underpopulation crisis,” he tweeted.
“A collapsing birth rate is by far the greatest danger facing civilization.”
Minutes later Musk tweeted: “I hope you have big families and congratulations to those who already have!”
Born in Texas in November 2021, Musk’s twins make the Tesla boss the father of nine. He has two children with singer Grimes, 34, and five with ex-wife Justine Musk, 49.
Zilis is identified on her LinkedIn profile as the Director of Operations and Special Projects at Neuralink, which is co-founded and led by Musk.
The court filing was filed in Austin, Texas on April 25 and was reportedly approved by the judge a month later.
That insider The report states that Zilis had recently been taken public as one of the people Musk could use to run Twitter after completing his proposed $44 billion acquisition.
Zilis started at Neuralink in May 2017, the same month she was appointed Artificial Intelligence Project Manager at Tesla, where she worked until 2019.
She is also a board member of OpenAI, an artificial intelligence research company co-founded by Musk.
Originally from Canada, Zilis moved to the United States to study for a Bachelor of Arts, Economics and Philosophy degree from Yale University.
Corresponding insiderZilis gave birth to Grimes just weeks before the birth of Musk’s second child.
Grimes and Musk welcomed daughter Exa Dark Sideræl as a surrogate in December.
The couple also have a son together named X Æ A-Xii who is two years old.
The Canadian singer confirmed in March that she is no longer dating Musk, who she described as “the love of my life.”
“Me and E have broken up *again* since writing this haha but he’s my best friend and the love of my life,” she tweeted.
The richest man in the world also has five children with his first wife – Griffin, Vivian Jenna, Kai, Saxon and Damian.
Her son Nevada died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in 2002 at the age of 10 weeks.
Musk is dating now elvis Star and Australian actress Natasha Bassett, 30, after his mother reportedly introduced him to the up-and-coming talent.
The father recently advocated an increase in the birth rate, writing on Twitter that “civilization will collapse” if people stop having children.
“I’m doing my part, ha ha,” he said.
With AAP
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