Elon Musk Dating Giorgia Meloni Rumors

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Overview

Elon Musk Dating Giorgia Meloni Rumors refers to rumors that American tech entrepreneur and X (formerly known as Twitter) CEO Elon Musk is romantically involved with Italy's Prime Minister Georgia Meloni. The rumors spread online in late September, after Musk and Meloni were photographed at an award ceremony in New York. Musk presented Meloni with an award, describing the Italian politician as "beautiful" while she called him a "precious genius." A photo of Meloni looking at Musk went viral online After September 23rd, with both Musk and his mother Maye Musk denying the rumors that he and Meloni were involved.

Background

On September 23rd, 2024, Elon Musk presented Giorgia Meloni with the "Global Citizen Award" from the Atlantic Council think tank. In his speech, Musk said Meloni was "even more beautiful inside than outside," while Meloni called Musk a "precious genius."

Meloni posted a video of Musk's speech to her X^[1] account on September 24th, writing, "Grazie Elon" and gathering over 50,000 likes in two days.

Online Reactions

On September 23rd, X^[2] user @andst7 posted a video of Meloni animatedly speaking with Elon Musk while seated together at the event. The post was later deleted but reposted elsewhere by Twitter (now called X) users, many of whom saw the interaction as flirtatious.

X^[3] user @EmmaRincon reposted the video on September 23rd, gathering over 8,000 likes, while X^[4] user @JoaquinTeixeira posted the clip with a caption that translates to, "ACHO QUE O MUSK TÁ POUSANDO O FOGUETE NA MELONI," gathering over 5,000 likes in three days.

On September 24th, some X users began reposting a photo of Meloni looking at Musk resting her head in her hand, implying that it showed a romantic connection between the two. X^[5] user @goddeketal wrote, "We all know what happened next… 😏," gathering over 22,000 likes in two days

Elon Musk and His Mother Deny Rumors

On September 24th, 2024, Elon Musk responded^[6] to @goddeketal's post, writing, I was there with my Mom. There is no romantic relationship whatsoever with PM Meloni." The post (seen below) gathered over 23,000 likes in two days.

On X,^[8]^[9] Musk also replied to a post by @teslaownersSV, saying "We are not dating" in response to the fan account asking, "Do you think They’ll date? 🤣" The September 24th post received over 12,000 likes in two days (seen below).

On September 25th, Elon Musk's mother Maye Musk quoted the post on X,^[7] writing, "I went back to the hotel with Elon. 🧐," gathering over 47,000 likes in a day.