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Shivon Zilis, Elon Musk’s longtime partner and the mother of four of his children, announced their separation in a long post on X.
Zilis is the mother of four of Musk’s 14 known children.
“It’s hard to go out of love and leave for a week without warning, but that’s just how it is sometimes,” Zilis began.
“I feel happy that I got to show Elon what it feels like to be deeply understood, nurtured and peacefully loved with stability and gentleness. Given the tumultuous nature of his early life, his often tortured soul, and how hard he fights for humanity, I wanted him to feel the deepest and most stable form of love that is this world, which I know well and I can let. Effect.
“We were always his safe space,” she continued. “A place where we were all overjoyed to see him and one that was always full of happiness and love, not war, unlike his otherwise militant existence (a necessary break from the battlefield where he could recharge his heart and soul before going back).

“I like being in the opposite place of safety, feeling calm and love – and being happy to put a smile back on his face when he was down. I will miss him.”
Zilis added that there is “a lot of loss, but luckily we have created four beautiful little loves of my life,” referring to her children.
“I hope and pray that he and I can be great friends and coparents,” she continued. “I hurt but care deeply for E and will always look forward to his happiness. God speed, Elon, the world is lucky to have you.”
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