In a move totally on brand for today’s tech bros, AI companies have been training their technology using copyrighted materials. Until they get sued, that is. Still, it feels like one big game of whack-a-mole for artists to try and undo the infinite possibilities AI has to invoke their image and/or work without consent, especially with there being no aggressive action from our government to beef up regulation. Across the pond, the UK government flat-out announced late last year that they were going to consider sanctioning what tech companies in America have already been doing: using copyrighted work to build their programs unless and until the copyright owners object. Well, British musicians are not having it, and 1,000 of them just released an album in protest. But instead of songs, Is This What We Want? features 12 tracks of the sounds of empty recording studios and performance venues. Well-played, Brits.

With contributions from British artists including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Cat Stevens and Damon Albarn, the album was released Tuesday to protest proposed British changes to artificial intelligence laws that artists fear will erode their creative control.

The U.K. government is consulting on whether to let tech firms use copyrighted material to help train AI models unless the creators explicitly opt out.

Critics of the idea fear that will make it harder for artists to retain control of their work and will undermine Britain’s creative industries. Elton John and Paul McCartney are among those who have spoken out against the plan.

The protest album features “almost silence,” said composer and AI developer Ed Newton-Rex, who organized the album. The 12 tracks consist of recordings of empty studios and performance spaces, “to symbolize what we expect will happen if the government’s proposals go through.”

“It’s a mix of artists that everyone’s heard of and, you know, and many musicians who are not household names,” he told The Associated Press. “And I think that’s really important because this issue is going to affect all of us.”

The titles of the 12 tracks spell out: “The British government must not legalize music theft to benefit AI companies.”

Profits will be donated to the musicians’ charity Help Musicians.

“The government’s proposal would hand the life’s work of the country’s musicians to AI companies, for free, letting those companies exploit musicians’ work to outcompete them,” Newton-Rex said.

“It is a plan that would not only be disastrous for musicians, but that is totally unnecessary,” he said. “The U.K. can be leaders in AI without throwing our world-leading creative industries under the bus.”

Britain’s center-left Labour Party government says it wants to make the U.K. a world leader in AI. In December, it announced a consultation into how copyright law can “enable creators and right holders to exercise control over, and seek remuneration for, the use of their works for AI training” while also ensuring “AI developers have easy access to a broad range of high-quality creative content.” The consultation closes on Tuesday.

[From AP News]

That’s very considerate of the UK government to seek out the goldilocks approach that helps both AI and artists, and I wish them luck in their quest. Back in the real world, I think we know who tends to benefit as they consume everything faster than any meaningful repercussions can be implemented (AI), and who ends up having to fight like hell to protect their creativity and very humanity (artists). So I’m giving a standing O (is applause appropriate for a “silent” album?) to the British musicians who banded together for this artful, wry protest. Rock on. All that being said, I’m still, you know, me, and have a few impertinent questions regarding execution. For instance, the artist for every track is listed as “1,000 UK Artists.” Who/Why/How was the decision made to do the credits that way, instead of naming 83.33 artists (1,000 divided by 12) per track? I feel that the message on how many musicians are being affected might be more apparent, visually, if they took the space to write each name. Next (yet similarly), the tracks are all different lengths. Again, how was this determined?! Did the rooms communicate when the “song” was finished? If a song falls in an empty recording studio, does it still make a sound? These details keep me up at night.

My final quibble: the album’s website lists the names of all the musicians involved, alphabetically… by first name. Now playing in my living room: the sound of a deep sigh.

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The youths don’t know, but Gene Hackman was one of the greatest actors ever and a true American classic. He came up around the same time as Dustin Hoffman and Robert Duvall (two of his closest friends) and he was beloved by colleagues and directors across the board. There never was one “Gene Hackman character” – he could do anything, from paranoid conspiracists to evil presidents to romantic leading men to cowboys, cops and military men. He was even a gifted comedian to boot. Hackman retired from acting two decades ago, and he lived quietly in New Mexico with his wife and dog. He has passed away at the age of 95. His wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, has passed away as well.

Gene Hackman, who never fit the mold of a Hollywood movie star, but who became one all the same, playing seemingly ordinary characters with deceptive subtlety, intensity and often charm in some of the most noted films of the 1970s and ’80s, has died, the authorities in New Mexico said on Thursday. He was 95.

Mr. Hackman and his wife were found dead on Wednesday afternoon at a home in Santa Fe., N.M., where they had been living, according to a statement from the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff’s deputies found the bodies of Mr. Hackman; his wife, Betsy Arakawa, 64; and a dog, according to the statement, which said that foul play was not suspected.

Mr. Hackman was nominated for five Academy Awards and won two during a 40-year career in which he appeared in films seen and remembered by millions, among them “Bonnie and Clyde,” “The French Connection,” “The Poseidon Adventure,” “Mississippi Burning,” “Unforgiven,” “Superman,” “Hoosiers” and “The Royal Tenenbaums.”

[From The NY Times]

Sheriff Adan Mendoza also told the media that the family dog died in the house as well, but “there was no immediate indication of foul play in the deaths” and the sheriff also did not indicate anything about the cause of death. My God. Gene and Betsy had been married for 33 years, and Gene is survived by his three adult children from his first marriage. I might have to watch The Royal Tenenbaums tonight in his honor. Two of my favorite stories about Hackman: he said “no” to The Royal Tenenbaums several times because he didn’t like the character of Royal, so Wes Anderson rewrote it with Gene’s notes and Gene fleshed it out even more and basically bullied Anderson into letting him go buckwild in that role. Gene also said no to his old friend Clint Eastwood when Eastwood approached him about Unforgiven and Clint basically had to beg him to do it (Hackman won an Oscar for it).

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Remember Scrim? He’s the terrier in New Orleans who jumped 13-feet off a second story into freedom, while he was still recuperating from air pellet gun wounds and lost teeth from six months on the lam. The good news is he was safely recovered a couple weeks ago! And in that short time the stealthy pup landed himself in the middle of a brief custody battle.

Both times Scrim was on the lam (nearly 10 months total), Michelle Cheramie — the owner of Zeus’ Rescues who originally saved Scrim from a dog pound — worked closely with couple Tammy Murray and Freba Maulauizada on the rescue efforts. Murray and Maulauizada thought they would be adopting Scrim after his second sprint. Except once Scrim was returned to Cheramie earlier this month (she’s always been the first contact, as owner of Zeus’ Rescues), Cheramie decided she wanted to keep Scrim. After some public barklash over the ownership dispute (Scrim is a bone-a-fide Nola celeb by now), all three women realized Scrim was obviously doing really well with Cheramie. So they recorded a video to happily confirm that Scrim will remain with Cheramie, while Murray and Maulauizada will still play big roles in his life:

The (second) rescue effort: After he skedaddled from Cheramie’s home in November, the trail went quickly cold after the batteries in Scrim’s GPS collar died within hours. People with nets and tranquilizer darts formed search parties that scoured the city for Scrim on both of his runs, but they came up empty-handed. He eschewed baits of beef tripe and locally beloved Popeyes fried chicken while making fleeting appearances on doorbell camera videos across New Orleans, earning him international media coverage as well as a large online following within the city and beyond. Eventually, on 11 February, an apparently hungry Scrim reportedly crawled into a narrow trap designed for cats, was recaptured and returned to Cheramie.

Cheramie’s about-face: Murray at that point thought Scrim would be going to the home she shared with her partner, Maulauizada. The animal advocate and furniture designer, who had spent days and nights partaking in efforts to find Scrim, had submitted an application to adopt the dog through Zeus’ Rescues and had gained approval. However, on 18 February, Cheramie announced on Facebook that she had decided to keep Scrim for herself after he had bonded with her dog, Scooby, and had even been received warmly by her cats. “I had a change of heart,” Cheramie wrote. “I wanted him to be my dog.”

Heated reactions: [Cheramie] acknowledged that Murray and Maulauizada “took it hard”, referred to “a lot of hurt and pain”, and expressed a desire for a time when “we will all heal”. Murray herself confirmed that was the case in her own social media statement, writing: “No words. Devastated and really speechless. 10+ months of my life dedicated to bringing him home to safety. Even made it official and filled out an application and got approved only to be here … not my dog.” Many sympathized with Murray. One user wrote Cheramie was acting “selfish … and … isn’t putting Scrim’s needs before her emotions”. Another wrote: “She sees him as a meal ticket.” And still another wrote to Zeus’ Rescues: “I think you have showed you can’t properly take care of him. This should not be your dog.”

Focusing on Scrim: The rancorous tone of the dialogue unwittingly set off by Murray’s and Cheramie’s dueling statements then evidently prompted both to collaborate on defusing it. Convinced that Scrim was thriving in Cheramie’s home, Murray and Maulauizada then essentially dropped their adoption claim to leave him in the care of the Zeus’ Rescues proprietor, with assurances that they would still have roles in his life. They also made a conciliatory video with Cheramie and Scrim, on her lap, between them. An intermittently teary-eyed Murray said in the video: “Our focus is on Scrim. I hope everyone can celebrate with us that this dog is just doing wonderful.”

[From The Guardian]

Woof, what a mess! Scrim’s sagas never end! Not gonna lie, as I watched all 11 minutes of the conciliatory video, there were moments when I understood how a person/dog could get the urge to run. No no no, I jest! (Mostly.) These three women have clearly been through the ringer, spending nearly a year working together to get Scrim off the streets during both sprees. I’d say the big error was accepting an adoption application while Scrim was still on the lam (again). And speaking of, that rascal just sits in the middle of them with a doe-eyed look that screams, “What? Surely I’m not the cause of all this brouhaha?” The little floof. He did seem fully relaxed, and the women acknowledged that that’s all they want for him. Their best moment was at the end, when they agreed Scrim doesn’t belong to a person, but to New Orleans.

PS — Hilarious that he was finally caught… via cat trap.

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Jannik Sinner, who is currently on a three-month doping suspension from the tennis tour, attended the Gucci show in Milan on Tuesday. He sat front-row with Anna Wintour. Sinner’s really not taking this suspension seriously, but no one else is either. [Just Jared]
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Ariana Grande wore YSL to the Oscar nominees dinner. [RCFA]
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How people are coping with the increased grocery prices because of Donald Trump’s dumb tariffs. Egg-price-watchers, where you at? [Buzzfeed]

During the Invictus Games in Whistler and Vancouver this month, I noticed that certain outlets were doing very thorough coverage, notably People Magazine, Hello Mag and local Canadian broadcasters. Harry even gave an exclusive interview to People, and it certainly appeared as if the Invictus team was giving exclusives to Hello & People. Well, as it turns out, Us Weekly sent someone to the games, and Harry also gave that weekly magazine an interview too. He even talked about Meghan and her Instagram.

No regrets: The duke is now a decade older since he launched the first Games in 2014 — and tells Us Weekly exclusively he has no regrets: “Today, I have the benefit of hindsight and experience, but I wouldn’t change any of it — except still wishing there were no need for the Invictus Games.”

His happiness with how well the games went: During our chat, which took place after watching his beloved Team UK defeat Team Nigeria during a sitting volleyball semi-final on February 15, Harry explained: “I’m just grateful for the display that they’re putting on, and for being the humans that they are.” The royal also told Us about connecting with other do-gooders. “I was sitting with a couple of new friends of mine from [Ukraine’s] Superhumans Center, where they’re literally putting people back together. Prosthetics, psychological support, all of that is pretty incredible!”

On the Invictus competitors: “They will continue to have bad days. But for this week, the bad days are very limited … because they realize that they’re not isolated, they’re not alone. Everybody around them is carrying something. Once you put all these guys and girls in the same arena, they start sharing each other’s stories and realize that …. there’s nothing wrong with them.”

On Meghan’s connection to Invictus: The duchess, 43, “has been part of this community since shortly after the Orlando Games in 2016 and has loved every minute of it,” Harry reveals to Us. “There are so many special memories.” At the Sydney Games 2018, for instance, Harry recalled getting a “bear hug” from one well-wisher and “my genuine concern that he might try the same with my wife, who was pregnant at the time!”

Meghan’s Instagram: While Meghan went home after the Whistler portion to be with kids Archie, 5, and Lilibet, 3, she continued to cheer on her man via her newly-launched and extremely active Instagram account. “Yes, the Instagram shout-out was very sweet and much appreciated!” Harry gushed to Us.

The 2027 Games in Birmingham: “Birmingham for us, is a very, very emotionally connected place. A lot of these guys, they woke up in Birmingham after being blown up in Afghanistan,” Harry explains of the city, whose Queen Elizabeth Hospital is often the first stop for wounded British soldiers. Whatever Birmingham brings, Harry is ready and open for what comes next. “I’ve learned, evolved, and been shaped by the resilience and brilliance of our Invictus community. Serving them and their families remains one of the greatest privileges of my life.”

[From Us Weekly]

I still have a lot of concerns about the Birmingham games, but they’re more than two years away and a lot can happen in two years. I’m not trying to sound menacing at all – I’m just saying, who knows what America will look like in 2027, and who knows what the situation will be over in England in two years. Meanwhile, I love that he talked about how Meghan is part of the Invictus community too and how much she loves to support the games. When they met, Harry had a private finsta – I wonder if he still does, and whether he “follows” Meghan’s IG account. Anyway, another successful Invictus games… and another Invictus week which was actively ignored by the head of Britain’s armed forces.

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Everything has been mercifully quiet around Karla Sofia Gascon for the past two weeks. She finally understood that she was not helping her situation by continuing to give self-pitying interviews in the wake of her vile tweets coming out. Again, this was not one or two poorly-worded tweets – these were dozens (if not hundreds) of bigoted, racist, homophobic, Islamophobic, pro-Nazi tweets. Well, this week, the Hollywood Reporter published a guest column called “Karla Sofia Gascon Deserves Better.” It was hilariously unhinged, like “what’s so bad about offending every marginalized group in Western civilization after all?” It was written by a Brit. You can read it here if you want to see a really delusional take on Gascon.

Meanwhile, some actual news. Weeks ago, Netflix blocked Gascon from attending several awards shows. They refused to pay for her flights, hotels, car services, clothes and glam squad. So that’s why Gascon was missing from the PGAs, DGAs, Spirit Awards, SAG Awards and BAFTAs. It’s been an open question: will Gascon actually show up at the Oscars? I even said that I think she should – she may be an awful bigot, but she’s still an Oscar nominee and this will probably be the only time she’ll get to attend the Oscars. It looks like Netflix felt the same way, and they’ve agreed to pay the costs for Gascon to attend the ceremony:

Karla Sofia Gascón plans to be at the Oscars. Sources confirm that Netflix will pay for the “Emilia Pérez” star to attend the ceremony on March 2 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Gascón is nominated for best actress for her work in the Spanish-language musical.

Details about her plans are still being finalized, including whether she will walk the carpet, stop for interviews or sit near her co-stars Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez and director Jacques Audiard. Gascón is also planning to attend the César Awards in Paris ahead of the Oscars on Feb. 28, according to sources.

Gascón’s awards season campaign imploded when she came under fire for social media posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, in which she expressed controversial views on Muslims, George Floyd and diversity at the Oscars. In the aftermath, Gascón skipped the Critics Choice Awards, the BAFTA Film Awards and SAG Awards despite nominations at all three ceremonies.

[From Variety]

I would assume that Netflix is trying to manage everything around Gascon’s few appearances in the final stretch of the awards season. Meaning, I can’t imagine that Netflix would allow her to walk the carpet and do any red-carpet media at the Oscars, although maybe it will happen at the Cesars, you never know. I would also assume that Gascon will be seated with the Emilia Perez team at the Oscars. They wouldn’t seat a Best Actress nominee in Siberia, would they? Plus, you never know what kind of jokes Conan O’Brien will make and they might need to cut to Gascon for a joke or two.

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St. David’s Day is on March 1st, this coming Saturday. St. David’s Day is a Welsh holiday celebrating St. David, the patron saint of Wales. But as everyone knows, the Prince and Princess of Wales’s weekends are very precious to them and they rarely work on Saturdays or Sundays. Or Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and especially not Fridays. They also like to take some time off after returning from vacation – they usually need a week to fight off jet lag and the ennui of the daily grind. Well, William and Kate decided to forgo their standard one-week-off post-vacation, all because they didn’t want to travel to Wales on St. David’s Day. They arrived in Wales today, and I’m including some of the first photos from their trip in this post.

This visit was announced last week after their Mustique holiday was exposed by the Daily Mail. They probably always intended to do something around St. David’s Day (anything but show up on the day!), but it was funny how the announcement was rushed out as William and Kate were being criticized for skipping the BAFTAs for their vacation. They also wanted to make a joint appearance ahead of the Duchess of Sussex’s Netflix show next week. Which is why their first stop in Wales was to The Welsh Cake Shop, where they tried their hand at “baking” and entertaining, just like Meghan.

Kate’s coat is a repeat – she’s had this McQueen piece in her closet for years, and she usually wears red in Wales. She also pinned a large daffodil to her lapel – that’s the Welsh national flower. People Mag says that Kate and William went to Wales by train. I wonder why? They’ve been flying their helicopters everywhere in recent months.

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The Kansas City Chiefs got their asses handed to them at the Super Bowl. While I don’t know much about football, I know the Philadelphia Eagles dog-walked the Chiefs and it looked like the Chiefs had no idea what they were doing out there. What was the problem? Was it a choke? Did Patrick Mahomes just get outplayed? Or was Travis Kelce sick during the game and that affected the whole team? The Chiefs GM now says that Travis was “battling a pretty big illness” ahead of the game. O RLY?

Travis Kelce was fighting a “big illness” before his Super Bowl defeat. Brett Veach, 47, General Manager of Kelce’s team, the Kansas City Chiefs, spoke about the issues facing the tight end in the run-up to the game on an upcoming episode of the NFL podcast, The Insiders.

Noting that he wasn’t “making excuses” for the Chiefs’ loss, Veach said that Kelce was “battling a pretty big illness” before the Super Bowl, which took place on Feb. 9, in New Orleans.

He then quipped that Kelce’s illness didn’t make much difference to the score as the Eagles — who won 40-22 — played so well. “We didn’t have the end to our season that we hoped for,” he added. Touching on the loss, Veach admitted that the Chiefs had “picked a bad day to have a bad day.” But he said that the team would use the experience as “motivation to get better.”

“You learn more from your losses than your wins,” Veach added.

The Chiefs boss then addressed the swirling rumors that Kelce, 35, is set to retire. When asked if the star would return for the 2025 season, Veach said, “I think so. We anticipate Travis being back. We’re excited to have Travis back.”

He also noted that Kelce shares a unique relationship with “Pat” — quarterback Patrick Mahomes, 29 — and revealed that he “finds a way to stay in shape and produce at a level that only he can.” “He makes us better when he’s in our locker room and on our field and we’re excited to get him back,” Veach continued, adding that Kelce had “accomplished everything that there is in this game.”

[From People]

That’s interesting that the GM believes Kelce will be back. As for the “big illness”… I wonder. While Travis stayed inside the night before the game, on Friday night (Feb. 7), he went out to dinner with Taylor Swift in New Orleans. People Mag carried exclusive photos. Was he ill that night, or did the illness hit afterwards? Now I wonder if they’re talking about food poisoning? It would actually fit the timeline if Travis was fine Friday night, or well enough to go out to a restaurant with Taylor. My other theory is that his head hurt from that Turkish hair transplant!!! All I know is that Travis had a weirdly full mane on game day but maybe it was painful!

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Kylie Kelce’s due date has to be coming up soon. I don’t think there’s been any official confirmation other than “early spring,” but that has to be sometime in April, right? Since announcing her pregnancy in November, Kylie has been very open about it. She’s answered questions and addressed speculation on her podcast, Not Gonna Lie, and to other podcasts and news outlets. People keep asking if she and Jason Kelce are going to keep trying until they have a boy. Kylie tried to shut that sh-t down on an episode of Not Gonna Lie, warning that she would “dropkick” the next person who asked her that.

Well, someone at The Steam Room podcast didn’t get the memo. During a guest spot on last Friday’s episode, Jason was asked about their future family planning plans. Jason responded by letting them know that it’s up to Kylie whether or not she wants to have any more children. Basically, she wanted four kids and Jason’s always been along for the ride. He acknowledged that he just gets to do the “easy” part in baby-making while Kylie has the hard part by having to do the actual baby-growing. He also said that while they hadn’t come to any decision yet, a vasectomy was still on the table.

Jason Kelce and his wife, Kylie Kelce, have discussed whether their fourth baby will be their last.

“That’s not my decision. I got the easy part and I’ll keep doing my part,” Jason, 37, quipped during the Friday, February 21, episode of “The Steam Room” podcast. “I think Kylie’s about coming to the end of wanting to pop these things out. I think this pregnancy has been a long [one] for her. This is our fourth girl [and] this one might be it. We’ll see.”

Jason and Kylie, 32, have been married since 2018 and are parents to daughters Wyatt, 5, Ellie, 3, and Bennett, 23 months. They announced in November 2024 that they are expecting again.

According to the retired Philadelphia Eagles center, there “hasn’t been any firm decisions” made on whether their fourth baby will forever be the youngest Kelce child.

We’ve talked about the V-word,” Jason teased on Friday, referring to a vasectomy procedure. “We’ve brought it up. I don’t know if it’s going to happen, but we’ll see.”

Jason had been specifically asked whether he and Kylie were eager to keep trying until they had a son.

“I don’t think it’s necessarily if we want to have a boy because, at the end of the day, we’re not shooting with good percentages,” Jason joked. “We got to give up on that idea. It’s like, ‘Do you want to have another child?’ Then, we’ll do that. But, I think as of right now, that’s not definitely happening.”

[From Us Weekly]

You know what? Good for Jason for being so open about what pregnancy is really like for women. The more men who hear it and understand that women are not just happy baby-making machines who can get up and cook breakfast the morning after childbirth, the better. Also, kudos for normalizing that a vasectomy is a perfectly valid option because birth control does not have to primarily fall on the woman. I can only imagine the propaganda that men hear on those MRA douche bro pods and websites. Remember Jessie James Decker’s husband, who refused to get a vasectomy because it took his manhood away from him and was then shocked when she got pregnant with an oopsie baby? Yeeeaaah, lol. We need more men with platforms like Jason, who are allies that speak bro-talk and can also get better messaging out there.

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There’s a car-crash aspect to Elon Musk’s baby-mama drama. Yes, it’s disgusting, but also… how is finding all of these women to impregnate and why are they doing it? Ashley St. Clair is the latest baby-mother that we know of. She gave birth to a Musk child (a boy) last year. It’s pretty well-documented that Ashley was trying to get Musk’s attention for years before he finally agreed to a brief “relationship” and impregnation. Since she gave birth, Musk has only seen the child three times, and he’s apparently not interested in supporting the kid whatsoever. Ashley filed for sole custody of the baby, and now Musk and St. Clair are beefing over child support. This really is an episode of Maury.

Ashley St. Clair is calling out Elon Musk after he defended his fatherhood on X. The author, 26, is currently suing the Tesla CEO, 53, for sole custody of an infant boy they reportedly share. In her petition, St. Clair alleged Musk has only seen the child, identified as R.S.C., three times since he was born in September 2024.

“This has never been about money for Ashley,” a representative for the 26-year-old author tells PEOPLE on Tuesday, Feb. 25. “This is about protecting the best interests of Ashley and Elon’s child from a man who can’t be counted on to even communicate, much less act consistently in the role of a father. Mr. Musk spends more time on his own social media platform talking about his children’s mothers than talking to them,” the statement continues. “We tried to handle this collaboratively with Mr. Musk, but it takes both a father and a mother to do that, and he refused all conversations.“

PEOPLE reached out to Musk’s attorneys for comment.

St. Clair’s statement comes after YouTuber Jerry Rig Everything (real name Zach Nelson) slammed Musk on X, alleging he “Abandons a 5 month old. Won’t pay child support for another 3. And leaves the shield behind at major event… ”

Jerry’s post accompanied a screenshot of a video of Musk walking down steps with his 4-year-old son, X Æ A-Xii, trailing a few steps behind.

Musk responded to the claims and called Jerry “an utter liar.”

“I have always paid extremely generous child support and without any coercion to do so,” Musk, who owns the social media platform X, replied. “Sometimes the mother asked for money vastly in excess of what the children could possibly need, so that needed to be adjudicated.”

[From People]

“Sometimes the mother asked for money vastly in excess of what the children could possibly need, so that needed to be adjudicated.” Dude is worth about $380 billion and he’s currently breaking everything in the federal government so he can give contracts to his merry band of corporate incels to “fix” everything. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure Ashley has asked for a lot of money. But whatever she’s asked for, it’s a drop in the bucket of Musk’s self-dealing financial schemes.

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