Few rivalries have precipitated as a lot of stir in current months as Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, who’ve publicly challenged one another to a cage match. Elon’s ex-girlfriend (and mom of two of his youngsters) Grimes lastly publicly spoke in regards to the looming battle in a brand new interview with Wired, revealed on Tuesday, August 8. Whereas there’s been a variety of questions on whether or not the Zuck v. Musk match would really occur, Grimes, whose actual identify is Claire Elise Boucher, admitted that she does suppose it’ll occur.
When requested about her ideas (each on the 2 fighters and her emotions on the match), Grimes revealed some combined feelings about the entire thing. “Elon may be very sturdy, however Zuck looks as if he’s been coaching a ton,” she stated. “I would favor that it didn’t occur. I really like gladiatorial matches, however watching the daddy of your youngsters in a bodily battle will not be probably the most nice feeling. But it surely’s not going to trigger mind injury, so really I feel that is good. Dudes want some outlet for trad masculinity.”
The battle of the social media heads has been ongoing for fairly a couple of months. After Mark’s firm Meta launched Threads, an app similar to Twitter, Elon advised the 2 duke out their variations in a cage match. The X-owner has absolutely embraced the concept, suggesting that they stream the battle on his platform with the proceeds benefiting a charity for veterans.
Whereas Elon has admitted that the “precise date remains to be in flux,” as he awaits an MRI to find out if he wants surgical procedure for it, Mark has stated that he doesn’t actually foresee it taking place any time quickly on Threads. “I’m prepared immediately. I advised Aug 26 when he first challenged, however he hasn’t confirmed. Not holding my breath,” he wrote.
Earlier than calling out the Tesla founder for the delay, Mark did make one other slight towards Elon’s name to stream the battle on X. “Shouldn’t we use a extra dependable platform that may really elevate cash for charity?” the Fb founder wrote on Threads.
