Bruised Musk says his young son punched him

MARKED MAN Elon Musk is seen on May 30 with a bruised right eye which he says he received at the hands of his son, X. —REUTERS

WASHINGTON—A bruised Elon Musk explained away a black eye during a White House appearance on Friday by saying that his 5-year-old son had punched him in the face while the two were playing around.

Musk made the comments during an Oval Office event with Donald Trump marking the end of the billionaire’s formal cost-cutting role in the president’s administration.

‘Punch me’

Musk’s visibly bruised right eye caught reporters’ attention. Asked about the injury, Musk said he was “horsing around” with his son, who is named X. “And I said, ‘Go ahead, punch me in the face.’ And he did,” Musk said.

Trump then interjected. “That was X that did that? …X could do it. If you knew X.”

When he was initially asked about the bruise, Musk brushed it off with his usual cryptic humor. “I wasn’t anywhere near France,” he quipped, referencing a recent incident where President Emmanuel Macron’s wife shoved him in the face.

Musk said he didn’t feel much at the time but it bruised later.

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