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Now, it has come to light that several celebrities including his ex-wife had pursuaded him to acquire Twitter. Recently filed court documents revealed several private text correspondence from the billionaire. The documents were a part of Musk’s legal battle with the social media giant. The trove of private conversations also had exchanges between the Tesla boss and his ex-wife Talulah Riley.
The texts revealed that Riley urged Musk to buy Twitter and delete it. Reportedly, this was the 37-year-old British actress's way to combat the surge of ‘wokeism’ on Twitter and was asking the billionaire to join forces with her.
The actress who was married to Musk twice was among the group of celebrities who approached Musk in April after he made his decision to buy Twitter public.
On March 23, Riley wrote, “Can you buy Twitter and then delete it, please? America is going insane. Or can you buy Twitter and make it radically free speech? So much stupidity comes from Twitter.” To this, the billionaire replied saying, “Maybe buy it and change it to properly support free speech.” Riley’s texts indicated that she was concerned about the rise of ‘wokeism’ on the microblogging site.
The actress also slammed Twitter’s decision to prohibit the account of right-leaning satirical website The Babylon Bee. The suspension of the account came after the portal referred to the American pediatrician Rachel Levine a transgender as the ‘man of the year’. Riley reportedly termed the suspension as ‘crazy’.
The documents also revealed the billionaires' conversations with Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, CEO Parag Agarwal and LinkedIn CEO Reid Hoffman. Riley married Musk in 2010, however, they divorced two years later. The couple remarried in 2013, however, the billionaire filed for divorce in 2014. He later withdrew it, but Riley filed for a divorce which was finalised in late 2014.
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