Shivon Zilis, Elon Musk’s long-term partner and the mother of four of his children, posted on X about their sudden breakup. She expressed her emotional pain and gratitude for the time they spent together, mentioning that Musk abruptly ended the relationship without warning shortly after she noticed he had stopped following her on X. The article details Zilis's supportive yet heartbroken tone towards Musk while emphasizing the unexpected nature of their separation.
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Elon Musk's longtime love and baby mama Shivon Zilis has revealed the billionaire abruptly ended their relationship 'with no warning' - with the mom-of-four declaring 'it’s hard to go from in love to let go in a week.
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'Hurting' Zilis, an executive at Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink, poured her heart out in a lengthy X post on Friday - just hours after eagle-eyed social media users noticed the billionaire had stopped following her on the platform he owns.
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he → hurt → platform
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,' Zilis, 40, wrote on X.
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Zilis → love → X.
I am so beyond grateful for our children and they make every single day the best day of my life!
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day → make → life
I do hope and pray he and I can be great friends and coparents.
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he → hope → ?
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'I feel happy that I got to show Elon how it feels to be deeply understood, nurtured, and peacefully loved with stability and gentleness,' she added.
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she → feel → stability
'I loved being that counterbalancing place of safety, sense of calm, and love — and delighted in bringing a smile back to his face when he was down.
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he → love → face
I will miss him dearly.
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I → miss → him
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'I’m hurting, but care deeply about E and will always be cheering for his happiness.
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I → hurt → happiness
God speed, Elon, the world is lucky to have you,' Zilis added.
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Zilis → have → you
Elon Musk's longtime love and baby mama Shivon Zilis revealed on Friday the billionaire abruptly ended their relationship 'with no warning.'
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billionaire → reveal → warning
The couple are pictured back in February
Zilis, who is the mother of four of Musk's 14 kids, hinted she was blindsided by the breakup - sharing a screenshot of loved-up text messages the pair had exchanged just last week.
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pair → picture → messages
'It was really wonderful to see you for breakfast.
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It → see → breakfast
Love you very much,' she texted him.
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she → love → him
I didn't realize that this Xi dinner included significant other (Beijing one did not) or I would have invited you,' he responded on September 24, prompting her to reply: 'Aw, that means so much to me.
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that → realize → me
Musk, 55, hasn't yet commented on the breakup.
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Musk → comment → breakup
The first apparent sign of trouble in the couple's romance came back on September 28 when Zilis had posted a cryptic message on social media: 'New day, new life.'
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Zilis → come → day
Then, earlier on Friday, Big Tech Alert, an account that tracks the online activity of technology figures, flagged that Musk had unfollowed her.
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Musk → track → her
The Tesla founder only follows around 1,400 accounts.
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founder → follow → accounts
News of the shock split comes just months after Zilis - who is one of four women Musk has children with - took the stand as a key witness in the Space X founder’s case against OpenAI earlier this year.
It was during her testimony that key details about their once-secret romance were laid bare.
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details → come → romance
Zilis, who was born in Ontario, Canada, and studied at Yale University, had first met Musk through OpenAI - the artificial intelligence lab he co-founded in 2015.
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he → bear → 2015
Zilis, who is the mother of four of Musk's 14 kids, hinted she was blindsided by the breakup - sharing a screenshot of loved-up text messages the pair had exchanged just last week
Zilis, who is the mother of four of Musk's 14 kids, hinted she was blindsided by the breakup.
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she → hint → breakup
They are pictured in February last year meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington, DC
She testified that their relationship began as 'a one-off' at a corporate off-site event - but it later turned romantic around 2016.
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it → picture → 2016
Zilis told the jury that when she decided to have children as a single mom, Musk 'offered to make a donation' as a platonic sperm donor towards the end of 2020.
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Musk → tell → 2020
Their twins, Strider and Azure, were born by IVF in November 2021.
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twins → bear → November
News of their third child, Arcadia, surfaced in June 2024.
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News → surface → June
And their son, Seldon Lycurgus, followed in February 2025.
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son → follow → February
Zilis testified that she lives in a house in Austin, Texas, where Musk often stays when he visits their children.
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he → testify → children
Prior to becoming director of operations and special projects at Neuralink, Zilis had previously worked as a project director on Tesla's Autopilot team from 2017 to 2019.
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Zilis → become → 2019
The Daily Mail has reached out to Zilis and Musk.
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Mail → reach → Zilis
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