Elon Musk Snaps After X User Claims He Was ‘Tripping On Ketamine’ In Resurfaced Video | EUROtoday
A resurfaced video of Elon Musk taking part in with cutlery has prompted him to freak the fork out.
The throwback clip — that was shot in March throughout a go to to President Donald Trump’s Bedminster golf membership in New Jersey — reveals the tech billionaire balancing a contraption he made out of spoons whereas seated in a proper eating room. As Musk fixates on his little silverware sculpture, one among his child mamas, Shivon Zilis, silently watches him as she sways in her seat.
At the time, an X consumer tweeted the clip with the caption: “Musk playing with his silverware while tripping on ketamine at Bedminster.”
Over the weekend, The New York Times revealed a report accusing Musk of utilizing medication whereas appearing because the de facto head of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, prompting the rumor mill to spin uncontrolled on social media.
In an try to quell the mounting hypothesis about Musk’s alleged drug abuse, a fan of the Tesla CEO determined to defend him within the weirdest method doable.
The fan took to X, previously Twitter, and retweeted the above put up about Musk — with its accusatory caption and bonkers footage — and wrote:
“You don’t need ketamine to make these. I always make them,” the consumer mentioned in an try to normalize the habits.
The identical consumer later added: “Making cutlery towers isn’t evidence that someone’s on drugs. You could take an identical video of me at a dinner.”
It doesn’t appear to be Musk was thrilled about this clip and its caption making the rounds on his social media platform once more, both.
“I’m not on ketamine ffs [for fuck’s sake],” Musk snapped within the feedback of his defender’s tweet.
Musk has admitted prior to now to taking ketamine to assist with melancholy, with the caveat that it’s a “prescription,” and that he makes use of a “small amount” to deal with melancholy.
The Times’ report revealed over the weekend says in any other case. Although it’s unclear if Musk was doing medication whereas working as a “special government employee,” sources near Musk advised the outlet that in July 2024, the eccentric mogul was taking sufficient ketamine to trigger bladder issues, which the Times notes is a typical facet impact of power use. The report additionally alleges that Musk is a fan of Ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms.
“And he traveled with a daily medication box that held about 20 pills, including ones with the markings of the stimulant Adderall, according to a photo of the box and people who have seen it,” the Times wrote.
The Times additionally notes that ketamine might be prescribed as an antidepressant. But the Food and Drug Administration has warned in opposition to itsaying the dangers are “abuse and misuse, psychiatric events, increases in blood pressure, respiratory depression (slowed breathing), and lower urinary tract and bladder symptoms.”
An Atlantic article describing the drug’s results on the physique discovered that ketamine use may additionally result in impaired cognition, together with “delusional thinking, superstitious beliefs, and a sense of specialness and importance.”
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