According to People, Amber Heard admitted that she met Elon Musk during the 2016 Met Gala by chance and only because she’d been ghosted by Johnny Depp that night. Heard took the stand again and said there was a lot of confusion on whether or not Depp was going to make it to the Met Gala because his team “would not communicate” with her at the time. Heard went on to explain that things got a little awkward when she sat next to an empty place setting that was meant for her husband. However, she did get to meet Musk for the first time, who happened to be there with his mother, Maye.
Heard then went on to explain that she and Musk didn’t start dating until after the Met Gala. Even though their relationship only lasted about a year, Heard told The Hollywood Reporter in 2018 that she and Musk were still good friends post-breakup. She said, “We just bonded on a lot of things that speak to who I am on the inside. I have so much respect for him.” Musk has not made any comments about Heard’s courtroom battle with Depp, although Page Six reported that he might have been behind the $1 million donations to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles in her name. Now that’s what you call a solid (if not also interesting) friendship, right?