The richest man on the planet is single again. Elon Musk’s girlfriend and the mother of four of his children, Shivon Zilis, just revealed that the tech tycoon abruptly ended things with her earlier this week. But that’s not the whole story. Zilis posted the breakup news and a screenshot of Musk’s last few texts to her on his own social media site, X.
Zilis shared a cryptic post last Sunday, writing, “New day, new life.” While she didn’t elaborate in the September 27 statement, she did go into detail in a second post about her now-ex.
The Neuralink exec offered some insight into her previous “new day, new life” share, writing, “It’s hard to go from in love to let go in a week with no warning, but that’s just how it happens sometimes.”
It’s hard to go from in love to let go in a week with no warning, but that’s just how it is sometimes 🤷🏻♀️
I feel happy that I got to show Elon how it feels to be deeply understood, nurtured, and peacefully loved with stability and gentleness. Given the tumultuous nature of his… https://t.co/HAOfjxrIig pic.twitter.com/lgL0GVzD2R
— Shivon Zilis (@shivon) October 2, 2026
While the opening starts off somewhat harsh, this isn’t a scathing takedown or a clapback at Musk. Instead, it portrays the billionaire (occasionally trillionaire) and the couple’s relationship in a positive light. Zilis continues, “I feel happy that I got to show Elon how it feels to be deeply understood, nurtured, and peacefully loved with stability and gentleness.”
Zilis also claims Musk has a “tortured soul” and “fights for humanity,” while adding, “We were always his safe space. A place where all of us were overjoyed to see him and one that was always full of happiness and love, not war, in contrast to his otherwise militant existence.”
Like anyone experiencing heartbreak, Zilis reveals, “I’ve loved him more than life itself and he’s taught me 100 lifetimes of knowledge and made my cup overflow with life meaning, so there is a lot of loss, but luckily we created four beautiful little loves of my life. I am so beyond grateful for our children, and they make every single day the best of my life!”
The couple welcomed twins Strider and Azure in 2021 via IVF, daughter Arcadia in 2024, and son Seldon Lycurgus in 2025. Musk also has 10 other children with different women: Six with ex-wife Justine Wilson, three with musician Grimes, and one with conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair.
Zilis provides a timeline of sorts for the sudden demise of their relationship, adding a screenshot of a recent conversation from September 24. In the exchange, she writes, “It was really wonderful to see you for breakfast. Love you very much.” Musk replies, “Love you too…I didn’t realize that this Xi dinner included significant other (Beijing one did not) or I would have invited you.”
Of course, Musk was referring to the White House state dinner held on September 24. Based on his text, he still considered Zilis his “significant other” on Thursday. But by Sunday of the same week, she was already posting about her “new life.” As of now, Musk has not replied to Zilis’s post or made a public statement about their relationship.
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