Elon Musk opened up about his on-and-off relationship with Amber Heard after the actress' divorce from Johnny Depp: "I am often a fool, but especially for love."
By Gabrielle Chung Sep 13, 2023 10:08 PMTags
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Elon Musk Recalls His "Brutal" Romance with Amber Heard
Elon Musk's past withAmber Heard is now an open book—literally.
The Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder reflected on his yearlong on-and-off romance with the Aquaman actress in his eponymous new biographyfromWalter Isaacson. As for how Elon summed up their romance, he said, "It was brutal."
Though tech entrepreneur first met Amber after seeing her in 2013's Machete Kills,the book said that their romance didn't take off until four years later, after the she filed for divorce fromJohnny Depp.Walter wrote that their early dates mostly revolved around work—with Amberflying to the Tesla factory in California to surprise him on his birthday and Elonvisiting her on the Australian set of Aquaman—though the two did share a passion for the nerdier side of life.
"I guess I could be called a geek for someone who can also be called a hot chick,"Amber joked to the Pulitzer Prize-winning author in the biography, per PeopleandVanity Fair, while Walter noted in the book that the 37-year-old once spent "two months designing and commissioning a head-to-toe costume so she could role-play" for Elon, 52, after he told her that she reminded him of his favorite video game character,Mercy from Overwatch.
However, several members ofElon's inner circle weren't too fond of the relationship. The billionaire mogul's brotherKimbal MuskdescribedAmber as"toxic" and "a nightmare" in the biography, adding that Elon tends to fall for people who are "beautiful, no question, but they have a very dark side."
Hisresponse?"Because I'm just a fool for love," Elon told his biographer. "I am often a fool, but especially for love."
And after he and Ambercalled it quits for goodin 2017, Elonrecalledenduring "18 months of unrelenting insanity" that was "mind-bogglingly painful."
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Still, the former couple is on good terms these days. "I love him very much," Amber said in the biography, adding,"Elon loves fire, and sometimes it burns him."
In the past, Elon has also shared kind words about his ex."Although Amber and I did break up, we are still friends, remain close and love one another," heshared on InstagramAugust 2017. "Long distance relationships when both partners have intense work obligations are always difficult, but who knows what the future holds."
Last year, he also shared his well wishes for Ambershortly before she was found liable for defaming her ex-husband Johnny in a jury trial in Virginia."I hope they both move on," he wrote on X (formerly Twitter), the social media site he purchased in 2022. "At their best, they are each incredible."
E! News has reached out to Amber and Elon's reps for comment but hasn't heard back.
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