Elon Musk Divorce: Announces Split From Talulah Riley On Twitter

Elon Musk announced via Twitter Wednesday that he and his wife, British actress Talulah Riley, are splitting after just over one year of marriage.

@elonmusk
Elon Musk

@rileytalulah It was an amazing four years. I will love you forever. You will make someone very happy one day.

January 18, 2012 7:04 am via web Reply Retweet Favorite

The SpaceX founder, who has also co-founded PayPal and Tesla, told Forbes Thursday that Riley moved out of their Bel Air home six months ago: "We took some time apart for several months to see if absence makes the heart grow fonder, and unfortunately it did not. I still love her, but I'm not in love with her. And I can't really give her what she wants."

Despite their split, Musk said that the two would "always be friends."

Musk originally met the "Pride and Prejudice" and "St Trinian's" star (who is thirteen years his junior) in July 2008 at a nightclub in London. He reportedly proposed to Riley just weeks after he filed for divorce from his first wife, sci-fi novelist Justine Musk, with whom he has five children. Musk and Riley wed in September 2010.

It's unclear if Musk, who's worth an estimated $672 million, and Riley have a prenup.

Musk has been quick to speak out about the split this time around, perhaps in an attempt to avoid what happened with his last divorce. His 2008 split from Justine Musk was a messy and high-profile affair, with his ex-wife blogging and speaking publicly about their divorce -- even challenging the validity of their post-nuptial agreement.

Musk responded to those allegations on The Huffington Post in July 2010, writing, "Given the choice, I'd rather stick a fork in my hand than write about my personal life. Unfortunately, it seems that I don't have any other option. Several awful things have been widely reported that are simply false, but a falsehood uncorrected may as well be truth."

WATCH what Musk's ex-wife said about their 2008 divorce:

Comments

[ZenSufi]

10:12 AM on 01/21/2012

OK, he's a computer genius, but he's no Al Gore.

[Ryan Deadgold]

08:20 PM on 06/27/2012

Yeah hes a hundred time smarter and making a real impact in the world. What did Al Gore do oh he made documentary that's niffy.

[smartseagull]

08:02 PM on 01/20/2012

Your alimony funds will be available in 21 business days.

[jontrentj]

07:48 PM on 01/20/2012

who are these goofs.did he pay her off through paypal

[Al Schrader]

06:09 PM on 01/20/2012

Indy Girl. Please, don't be offensive. Elon is an engineer. He started with nothing and created Pay-pal which he sold for 200 plus million dollars and then started Spacex a private rocket company.

It's unbelievably hard to cement solid relationships when you are inventing and creating new things. Elon travels everywhere, works ridiculous hours, is a very busy man, but this is what it takes to create new things.

I have a lab here on my estate in Florida and I'm always working on new things. I'll be honest, sometimes I don't get much sleep especially when I'm right on the edge of finding something new.
I guess it's hard for me to explain what it's like to hold something in your hands that no one in history has ever seen before including you. So, I can tell you Elon actually has done better than me in the relationship area...Alfred-

[jontrentj]

07:49 PM on 01/20/2012

WTH!

[jedwightn]

05:19 PM on 01/20/2012

The sanctity of marriage portrayed publicly once again.

[onkelpetey]

05:02 PM on 01/20/2012

yawn

[jontrentj]

07:49 PM on 01/20/2012

really! double yawn!!

[mrryan45212]

03:58 PM on 01/20/2012

You know she married for love?! hehe.. Im not sure I would want to be known as a cofounder of Paypal while currently they have always done good by me I know they screwed more than a few people over and one of them might want to get revenge..

[storyv]

03:34 PM on 01/20/2012

How touching to put his on Twitter. What a twit

[fattrucker]

01:14 PM on 01/20/2012

this guy needs a few life lessons from george clooney

[indy girl]

10:51 PM on 01/19/2012

Who the f is Elon Musk?

[goodguygreg534]

01:04 AM on 01/20/2012

someone whos accomplishing things, you should try it sometime.

[melodisong2]

06:20 AM on 01/20/2012

Accomplishing things. Yeah, he's managed to leave 5 children and 2 wives in a very short period of time. What a role model.

[jontrentj]

07:50 PM on 01/20/2012

and urself there genius.

[kingemperor]

02:04 AM on 01/20/2012

He's the creator of Paypal, the creator of private space missions to space, the innovator and establishment of solar energy green cells. He believes in green energy. He's also the person who's trying to establish the electric car, competing against, gm, ford, toyota, bmw, and many other gas using cars.

[sumvette]

04:01 PM on 01/20/2012

Add to that list that he sucks as a husband.

[Macus]

10:26 PM on 01/19/2012

I remember watching something about this guy on CNN about a decade ago. It was with his girlfriend who became his now first ex wife and he was getting a Lambo delivered to his house. Now, he 's already twiced divorced.

[rocknhula]

12:50 PM on 01/20/2012

The root of all evil is (too much) money

[georginaobryan]

03:07 PM on 01/20/2012

Please. There's millions of people divorced for the 3rd and even the 4th time and money isn't a factor. lol. My husband's ex-wife is going on her 3rd marriage to her future ex-husband. lol. She was married to the 2nd for a minute before he left her. She'll probably be married a minimum of 5 times in her life as she attempts to find someone to support & put up with her. It runs in her family.

[Jamine]

03:45 PM on 01/20/2012

Guess that's why you don't have any money.... you think having it is evil. Sad, because most people make that quote (wrongly, by the way) are poor with "lack" and "victim" mentality. They rarely, if ever, accomplish any of their dreams, holding themselves back (to be righteous and safe) and frankly, sounding like a big bunch of resentful sour grapes. Meanwhile, those who don't have this negative view of money just keep making it and using it. Divorces happen among both rich and poor. Money is just paper & metal and something we use to make our lives work. Keep your negative spoutings among your 99 fans... remember, 3% of the population are winners and leaders, while 97% are sheep and often victims. :(

[jontrentj]

07:51 PM on 01/20/2012

hope he still has the car women are a dime a dozen

[ddemos]

10:15 PM on 01/19/2012

Ok that's it... NO ONE should ever get married, gay straight, or anything in between.

If these 2 cr azy kids couldn't make it...

[JLRoberson]

09:46 PM on 01/19/2012

As so often when I see one of these stories on Huffpost:

WHO?

[ddemos]

10:15 PM on 01/19/2012

and yet you click... how funny...

[naltima]

10:18 PM on 01/19/2012

Elon Musk is one of the greatest visionaries and businessmen of our era, if you don't know who he is then maybe you need to broaden your horizons a little. He co-founded PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX. All high profile companies. He is also associated with a few other companies. It's sad when people know who Kim Kardashian is but don't know who Elon Musk is.

[melodisong2]

06:21 AM on 01/20/2012

It's funny that it took him sinking to her level for people to know who he is.

[jontrentj]

07:53 PM on 01/20/2012

shameful shameful shameful

[CSNC]

09:19 PM on 01/19/2012

"Elon Musk Divorcing!"

Divorce is the natural progression of marriage.

H

[georginaobryan]

03:08 PM on 01/20/2012

So's death.. lol.

[CSNC]

09:08 PM on 01/20/2012

georginaobryan,

I am glad... "lol."

Some marriages = death. Thus divorce = resurrection.

H

[dennissinned]

08:42 PM on 01/19/2012

Hi everyone! What's going on? Hope your new year's going great so far!

[jontrentj]

07:53 PM on 01/20/2012

yours must be with all those fans