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Elon Musk's dad says he's not proud of Tesla founder and explains kids with stepdaughter

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Elon Musk’s dad has admitted he isn’t proud of his billionaire son and explained why he married and had a baby with his stepdaughter in a candid radio interview. Errol Musk, 76, was called to Kyle and Jackie O’s show Monday morning for a bizarre 20-minute interview in which he joked that he could be Kyle’s real father. The Tesla CEO’s father said Elon had ‘overstepped the mark’ of what he considered successful but said the Musk family had ‘done a lot for a long time’. ‘Your descendant is a genius. He’s worth so much money and has created so many things, you can’t take that away from him. Are you proud?’ Jackie O asked. ‘Not. You know, we’re a family that’s been doing a lot for a long time, it’s not as if we suddenly started doing something,’ Errol replied. Errol Musk (right) says his billionaire son Elon (left) has ‘overshot the mark’ but as a family, Musk has ‘done a lot for a long time’ Kyle and Jackie O join billionaire dad for candid interview on Monday wher

Elon Musk's antics turn owners and potential buyers against Tesla

For much of the past decade, Tesla has had no match in its model battery range and other performance measures. The trend has emerged in one consumer survey and market research report after another: Tesla commands high brand awareness, consideration and loyalty, and customers are mostly happy with its cars. Musk’s antics, on the other hand? They can do without. Creative Strategies, a California-based customer experience gauge, cited owners’ frustration with Musk in a study published in April. A year earlier, research firm Escalent found Musk to be the most negative aspect of the Tesla brand among electric vehicle owners surveyed. “We hear from Tesla owners who will say, ‘Look, I love my vehicle, but I really wish I didn’t have to respond to my friends and family about his latest tweet,’” said Mike Dovorany, who talks to thousands of Tesla users. EV owner and potential buyer for two years working in the automotive and mobility group Escalent. Tesla has so far had no trouble thriving

Elon Musk's dad says he has a secret baby with stepdaughter

Elon Musk’s father Errol, 76, has had a second “love child” with his 34-year-old stepdaughter Jana, who came to live with him when he was just four years old. The baby girl was born in 2019, but Musk only confirmed the news on Wednesday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Elon Musk accused of sexually harassing flight attendants For more Celebrity related news and videos, check out Celebrities >> They already have a five year old son, Elliot Rush. “Rushi” was born in 2017. Talk to Sun Errol Musk said “our only purpose on Earth is to reproduce”. He married Jana’ Bezuidenhout’s mother, Heidi when Jana was four years old and they remained married for 18 years, having two children. Elon Musk’s father, Errol, 76, already has a child with his stepdaughter, Jana Bezuidenhout. Credit: Getty/Instagram Errol Musk said a second child with Jana was “unplanned” but welcomed. “I haven’t checked her DNA but she looks like my other daughter,” he said Sun. “He looks exactly like Rushi and he behaves li

Why is Twitter suing Elon Musk and could he be forced to buy the company for $65 billion?

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In the latest twist in the Twitter-Elon Musk saga, the company has sued the billionaire Tesla CEO in a bid to force him to complete a $44 billion (over $65 billion) takeover. Twitter claimed in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Delaware that Musk’s “weird” actions and “bad faith” caused irreparable harm to the social media platform and sank its share price. Twitter chairman Bret Taylor also said the lawsuit was filed to hold Musk “responsible for his contractual obligations”. Legal experts say Twitter has a strong case, but the upcoming court battle could be long and controversial and the outcome uncertain. So what’s next for Twitter and Mr Musk in the battle for the future of social media companies? Load Why is Twitter suing Elon Musk? In short, Twitter wants to finalize the deal that both parties have agreed to, and says Musk’s reason for stepping down is just a cover for his cold feet because the takeover no longer makes financial sense to him. In April, Musk pledged to pay $54.20 per shar

Problems with Elon Musk's high-stakes plan to pull out of his $44 billion Twitter deal

Late Friday, Musk’s legal team declared its intention to terminate the merger agreement, reiterating its claim that Twitter did not provide him with sufficient information about accounts and saying it was his belief that the share of spam and fake accounts was “significantly higher” than the amount Twitter claims. They also point to the recent firing of two Twitter executives, the layoff of a third of its talent acquisitions and the departure of several senior executives (reportedly because some of them don’t want to stay on what they hoped to be Musk’s Twitter) as material changes that hurt the business. . Musk signed a deal with a very limited breakout clause and made an easy exit from it even more difficult by restating back in April that: “I don’t care about the economy at all.” It was conceived as the purchase of luxury goods by the world’s richest man at a time when his wealth (and ego?) was on the rise. Now he has buyer’s remorse. Twitter’s board has signaled it won’t let him o