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Elon Musk makes mum sleep in garage when she visits

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Published 09:29 27 Aug 2022 GMT+1

Elon Musk makes mum sleep in garage when she visits

Elon Musk might be the richest man in the world, but his mum Maye Musk doesn't get any red carpet treatment when she comes to stay

Tom Wood

Tom Wood

He might be a billionaire and the richest man in the world, but Elon Musk apparently makes his own mum ‘sleep in a garage’ when she comes around to stay.

This might just be rich people speak, to be honest.

Maybe the ‘garage’ is actually some sort of huge mansion they have just nicknamed?

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Still, we can only go on what we’ve heard, and what we’ve heard is that Maye Musk – Elon’s beloved mammy – has to get her head down in a garage when she visits her illustrious son.

The 74-year-old has become something of a celebrity in her own right these days, and has opened up on the ‘hard times’ that she’s faced since splitting with Elon’s dad, Errol Musk.

Maye Musk doesn't expect luxury at Elon's place.
Erik Pendzich/Alamy Stock Photo

Mummy Musk recognised her son’s talents at a young age, giving him the nickname ‘Genius Boy’ and claiming that she knew he was intelligent at the age of three.

All mums think that though, don’t they?

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However, despite the size of his fortune, she claims he’s not interested in the trappings of wealth and ‘doesn’t even own a home’.

Maye credits Elon’s younger brother Kimbal with helping Elon to success.

She explained how the restauranteur and entrepreneur – who now sits on the board of both SpaceX and Tesla – helped Elon out from the beginning.

She said: “In the beginning, Kimbal was with him in the first company [a web software enterprise called Zip2] and Kimbal could explain what a computer is, what’s a cursor, what’s a mouse and the background as to why the programme is so great”.

She went on to explain how his success has allowed him to ‘mix with people who are also shy.’

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Maye added: “All his engineers are shy and nerdy.”

Tell us what you really feel, Maye.

Elon did take her to the Oscars, at least.
REUTERS/Alamy Stock Photo

Still, when she heads on over to see him at his home in Boca Chica, where SpaceX bases operations, there’s no red carpet rolled out.

Maye continued: “I have to sleep in the garage. You can’t have a fancy house near a rocket site.”

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Despite enjoying a good relationship with her wealthiest son, Maye’s advice hasn’t always been heeded.

She said: "He should do whatever he wants.

“I told him not to do an electric car as well as rockets and he didn’t listen to me.”

In hindsight, the cars and rockets have worked out OK.

Perhaps he can convert one of the rockets into a home for his mother to sleep on when she comes to visit?

Featured Image Credit: Doug Peters/Apex MediaWire/Alamy Stock Photo

Topics: Elon Musk, US News, Tesla, SpaceX, Celebrity, Money

Tom Wood
Tom Wood

Tom Wood is a LADbible journalist and Twin Peaks enthusiast. Despite having a career in football cut short by a chronic lack of talent, he managed to obtain degrees from both the University of London and Salford. According to his French teacher, at the weekend he mostly likes to play football and go to the park with his brother. Contact Tom on [email protected]

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