Elon Musk’s longtime partner Shivon Zilis announces he ended relationship with ‘no warning’

Shivon Zilis, a longtime partner of Elon Musk and mother of four of his children, has announced the end of their relationship. Zilis shared the news in a post on X, noting the sudden nature of the split.
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Zilis and Musk share four children together
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