Tech billionaire Elon Musk denied he is taking drugs over the weekend, claiming The New York Times was "lying their a-- off" when it published a report about his alleged drug use on the campaign trail last year.
"To be clear, I am NOT taking drugs! The New York Times was lying their a-- off," Musk wrote on X Saturday. "I tried *prescription* ketamine a few years ago and said so on X, so this not even news. It helps for getting out of dark mental holes, but haven’t taken it since then."
Musk was responding to a report from The New York Times last Friday about concerns over his drug use on the campaign trail. The Times reported Musk told people during the campaign he was using ketamine so often that it impacted his bladder, along with using psychedelic mushrooms and taking ecstasy.
The report cited photos and messages with people who knew him and claimed he would travel every day with a box containing 20 pills, some of which were marked as Adderall.
The Times communications team defended the reporting in a post on X.
"Kirsten Grind and Megan Twohey's thoroughly sourced report provides an important and fair look into Musk's drug use and family conflicts," the Times wrote on X. "They interviewed a dozen people who have known or worked with him, and saw private text messages, legal documents and photographic evidence."
"Elon Musk is just lashing out because he doesn't like our article," the team continued.
The Times said Musk had multiple opportunities to reply or rebut the report before its publication.
"He declined, opting instead to try to distract with a social post and no evidence," the team wrote.
Musk slammed the outlet a day earlier, telling reporters, "Is The New York Times — is that the same publication that got a Pulitzer Prize for false reporting on the Russiagate? Is that the same organization? I think it is."
President Trump, who sat next to Musk in the Oval Office, replied, "It is."
“I think the judge just ruled against New York Times for their lines about the Russiagate hoax, and they may have to give back their Pulitzer Prize. That New York Times. Let’s move on,” Musk said, referring to a recent ruling permitting Trump's lawsuit against the Pulitzer Board to proceed.
Trump sued the board in 2022 over the Pulitzers awarded for stories about Russian interference in the 2016 election. Lawyers for the Pulitzer Board urged the judge to pause the suit until Trump is no longer in office.
There is no indication that The New York Times’s Pulitzer Prize award has been impacted as the case plays out in court.
Trump on Friday said he was not aware of Musk's reported drug use but signaled he was not concerned by it, calling the Tesla CEO a "fantastic guy."
The report was released on Musk's last day as a special government employee. Musk led Trump's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) efforts to reduce the size and scope of government.
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