Millions of followers just woke up to the startling prospect of life without Elon Musk Instagram updates. That means no scenes from a Jerusalem speakeasy. No “motherf%^$# mashed potato” captions. No previews of SpaceX spacesuits.
And they can forget about those candid date-night shots.
Perhaps the Tesla TSLA, +3.94% boss is taking the next step toward minimizing his mercurial social presence by shutting down his popular Insta account. After all, he shuttered some of his companies’ Facebook pages earlier this year, saying Facebook FB, +0.44% which owns Instagram, gave him “the willies.”
The timing, however, has some tongues on the internet wagging.
The vanishing of his account comes amid unfolding drama involving Musk, the musician Grimes, who has been dating Musk, and rapper Azealia Banks.
It started last week when Banks said she’d been hanging out at Musk’s house and, according to Business Insider, she overheard him “scrounging for investors” after his infamous “funding secured” tweet about taking Tesla private.
Banks was back at it Monday on Insta. She tagged Musk in a post, saying she needs her phone back and that he needs to contact her ASAP.
Then this tweet from Cheddar reporter Hope King captures the message in a deleted post in which Banks supposedly claims Musk’s lawyer paid off hers.
Banks also recorded herself ranting about how she didn’t want to be in the “middle of this sh*t” anymore and just wanted to return to New York. She went on to tell Business Insider via Instagram that “It’s a f---ing mess I want my phone and I want to go home... I’m like in tears right now.”
Before all this, Musk and Grimes unfollowed each other on Instagram, triggering rumors of a breakup.
A spokesperson for Musk declined to comment for the story.
Meanwhile, Musk clearly has more important matters to attend to, at least in the eyes of investors. At last check, Tesla shares were up more than 3%, but it’s been a brutal run over the past few weeks as questions continue to mount.
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