Elon Musk’s Wildest Date: Hotel Room and Rocket Videos – His Twice-Married Ex-Wife Reveals the Truth!

When Elon Musk invites you to his hotel room, what do you expect? Champagne? A city-view suite? A bold romantic move? For Talulah Riley, the twice-married ex-wife of the world’s most eccentric billionaire, the answer was far from what any Hollywood scriptwriter could imagine. In a BBC documentary, Riley revealed the bizarre, oddly charming way Musk chose to impress her early on: rocket videos.

Yes—actual footage of rockets. No flirting. No innuendo. Just a man obsessed with space, eager to share his greatest passion. And to Riley’s surprise, that strange night would launch one of the most turbulent and fascinating love stories in Silicon Valley’s history.

“I remember one evening he said, ‘Would you like to come back to my hotel room so we can look at rocket videos?’” Riley recalled with a laugh. “And we did get into his hotel room, and he did just show me rocket videos.”

At the time, Riley was 22, a rising actress, and Musk—already a multi-millionaire from his PayPal days—was beginning to show the world the depth of his space-bound ambitions. The invitation sounded like some kind of quirky pickup line, but no: Musk meant it literally. It was rocket videos. And it wasn’t even framed romantically.

That moment, though strange, perfectly encapsulated the essence of Elon Musk—a man who sees the world differently, even when it comes to matters of the heart. His love life, much like his career, has been defined by extremes: fast, intense, unpredictable, and often surreal.

A Whirlwind Beginning

It wasn’t long before Riley found herself pulled into Musk’s orbit. Things moved fast—very fast. In a 2014 CBS interview, she admitted, “We were engaged after, I think, sorta two weeks of knowing each other.” That’s not a typo. Just two weeks.

Musk’s gravitational pull wasn’t just his wealth or ambition—it was his unapologetic eccentricity. Riley called him “the most interesting and eccentric person I have ever met,” and she meant it as a compliment. He was intense, passionate, and unlike anyone she had known.

In 2010, they married. For a moment, it looked like a fairy tale. But in true Musk fashion, it didn’t follow a conventional narrative for long.

The Rocket Romance Crashes

By 2012, the couple divorced. The pressure of Musk’s meteoric rise, the demands of raising children, and the sheer intensity of his personality had worn down their relationship. But the story didn’t end there.

Just a year later, Musk won her back. In 2013, they remarried.

For Riley, the second attempt at marriage wasn’t filled with the same magic. In a 2022 interview with The Independent, she reflected, “It was like a habit.” The love that once felt so electric had calcified into routine.

Their second union didn’t last either. In 2016, they finalized divorce number two. The rocket that had once launched their romance had finally burnt out.

Still the “Perfect Ex-Husband”

Despite the breakups, Riley has spoken warmly about Musk. Unlike the stereotypical embittered exes we see in tabloids, she remained respectful—and oddly affectionate—about the man who had shown her rocket videos instead of roses.

“He’s the perfect ex-husband,” she once said. And she meant it.

The two stayed close, often collaborating quietly behind the scenes. Riley helped care for Musk’s five children from his previous marriage, describing it as a “family-wide effort.” She wasn’t a passive partner. “It wasn’t like I was stuck in a mansion in Bel Air like a trophy wife,” she emphasized. Instead, she was deep in the trenches of the Musk universe—managing chaos, family, and billion-dollar dreams.

Financial Fallout… and Friendship

Their two divorces came with significant financial settlements. The first gave Riley $4.2 million; the second, $16 million. Altogether, she walked away with over $20 million. But unlike others who faded from their billionaire exes’ lives, Riley remained actively supportive.

Case in point: in 2022, she privately encouraged Musk to buy Twitter, now known as X. It was an audacious move that reshaped the global media landscape—and Riley was cheering him on from the sidelines.

“You know more than anyone how what we read in the mainstream media is not necessarily an absolute truth,” she told The Times in 2024, defending Musk’s often controversial public persona.

She even compared his behavior to kayfabe, a wrestling term that blurs the line between reality and performance. Could Musk’s provocations and erratic tweets simply be part of a carefully crafted act?

Riley didn’t claim to know for sure. But her insight into the man behind the memes offers a more humanizing lens: “I loved/love the guy, so I’m incredibly subjective in my opinion,” she admitted. “Cannot be unbiased and shouldn’t be expected to be either.”

A New Chapter, But the Old Bond Remains

Now married to Game of Thrones actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Riley has moved forward. But her relationship with Musk—however strange, chaotic, and nonlinear—remains one of the most unique stories in the realm of celebrity romance.

Musk, of course, has continued his pattern of unusual romantic decisions. From dating avant-garde pop star Grimes (with whom he has three children) to having twins with Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis, his personal life is as sprawling and unpredictable as a launch schedule at SpaceX.

But Talulah Riley remains different. She was not just a passing chapter—she was a central figure in the most formative years of Musk’s empire. She saw him dream aloud about Mars, watched him juggle fatherhood with flamethrowers, and yes—watched rocket videos in a hotel room, thinking it might be foreplay.

It wasn’t. It was Elon being Elon.

The Legacy of a Rocket-Powered Romance

Riley’s reflections pull back the curtain on a love story that was never normal, never scripted, and never dull. Her voice adds warmth, humor, and authenticity to a man often seen as machine-like or emotionally remote.

In the end, their relationship wasn’t about power or fame. It was about two wildly different lives colliding and creating something complicated, flawed, and, for a time, beautiful.

So when we ask what it’s like to date Elon Musk, we now know the answer.

It starts in a hotel room.

With rocket videos.

And if you’re lucky—or brave enough—you just might fall in love.