Musk Blows Up Online as ‘Ketamine’ Dinner Clip Resurfaces – The billionaire issued his most frustrated denial yet amid rumors of rampant drug use.
The billionaire issued his most frustrated denial yet amid rumors of rampant drug use.
Elon Musk has responded strongly to allegations of ketamine abuse after a video of his erratic behavior at a dinner party went viral.
The video, filmed in March during a visit to President Donald Trump’s Bedminster Golf Club in New Jersey, shows Musk balancing spoons on a table, while the mother of his children, Shivon Zilis, looks on silently and worriedly.
Musk playing with his silverware while tripping on ketamine at Bedminster.pic.twitter.com/2nvI7Wzuri
Advertisement— Molly Ploofkins (@Mollyploofkins) March 22, 2025
At the time, Twitter user and “retired military medic” Molly Plovkins tweeted the video with the caption: “Musk plays with his cutlery while high on ketamine at Bedminster.”
Following a controversial New York Times article accusing Musk of drug use while his Department of Government Efficiency controls the federal government, computer scientist and author Paul Graham attempted to normalize the video by insisting that he does the same with his cutlery.
In response to the original video, Graham tweeted, “You don’t need ketamine to make them. I always make them. In our family, we call them ‘Robert’s Towers,’ after Robert Morris, who also makes them.”
You don't need ketamine to make these. I always make them. In our family we call them "Robert towers," after Robert Morris, who also makes them. https://t.co/48MDnEipOQ
— Paul Graham (@paulg) May 31, 2025
This comment prompted a sharp response from Musk, who wrote, “I’m not on ketamine, for God’s sake.”
Graham himself responded in his tweet, “That’s what I’m saying. Making cutlery towers doesn’t prove someone is high. You can film me at a dinner party.”
When Trump bid farewell to Musk at a press conference on Friday—during which the president insisted that “Elon isn’t really leaving”—the Tesla CEO closed the door on questions about the New York Times article.
“Is the New York Times the same newspaper that won the Pulitzer Prize for its Russiagate fake news?” “The same organization?” Musk asked. “I think the judge ruled against the New York Times for its lies about the Russiagate hoax, and he might have to give them back their Pulitzer Prize. That New York Times? Moving on!
However, Elon Musk’s scathing denial contradicts his public statements and tweets regarding the use of ketamine to alter his “brain chemistry.”
In a tweet published on August 4, 2023, Musk responded to Nigerian rapper Zooby’s concerns about antidepressants by sharing his personal opinion.
He wrote: “I have serious concerns about SSRIs, as they tend to turn people into zombies. Occasional use of ketamine is a much better option, in my opinion. I have a prescription for those cases where my brain chemistry sometimes gets too negative.”
I just saw a TV ad for anti-depression medication and the listed side effects included SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, stroke, heart attacks, and death. 😩
— ZUBY: (@ZubyMusic) August 5, 2023
“SSRI” stands for “selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors,” a class of antidepressants that includes Prozac and Zoloft.
A year later, Musk reiterated these sentiments in an interview with journalist Don Lemon, admitting to the former CNN anchor that he was taking a “small amount” of ketamine to treat his depression. He explained, “I sometimes feel a negative chemical in my brain. Ketamine helps me get rid of negative mental states.”
