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In a profound departure from the standard late-night format, Jimmy Kimmel delivered an emotionally charged monologue that transcended typical punchline-driven comedy. Following what he characterized as a “terrible night” for America, the host appeared visibly shaken, his voice cracking as he addressed the audience without the safety net of a script or a forced smile. This moment saw a seasoned comedian abandon his professional persona, revealing a raw vulnerability that signaled a significant shift in the medium of television entertainment.

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Elon Musk’s cute son pops up with him in China

Elon Musk has brought his son X AE A-Xii to China during Donald Trump’s tech executive visit, sparking speculation about his parenting of his dozen-plus children.

You may have seen that Donald Trump brought a bunch of American tech executives to China with him, leaving them to toddle along behind him like eager children. One of them, Elon Musk, did the same thing in turn with one of his actual children, whose name is – do imagine me squinting at my monitor here – X AE A-Xii.

Or X for short. Yes, the same thing Elon named his social media platform. Yes, the same name he wanted to use for PayPal. Yes, the same one he used for an online bank. He really, really likes the letter X, OK?

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his son X ÃE A-Xii walk on as Chinese Premier Li Qiang meets with American CEOs, in Beijing, China. (Go Nakamura/Pool Photo via AP)

X (the boy this time) is the lone child, among Elon’s reportedly prodigious brood of more than a dozen, we ever actually see with him. He’s the one who kept popping up in the Oval Office, back when Elon was running DOGE.

And as trashy as this conversation is becoming, reader, that does fascinate me. It hints at juicy gossip.

Does Elon not parent any of the others? Is this, like, a medieval situation, where Elon has chosen his favoured heir and is focusing all his energy on tutoring him, while leaving the rest to live comfortable but frivolous lives, out of the way and with mounting resentment?

I mean, even Mr Trump – famously not a particularly nurturing father – took more of his kids to China, and they’re in their forties.

Sorry I’ve digressed massively, this was supposed to be a post about X carrying a cute satchel, which “stole the show”, to quote Britain’s Sun newspaper.

No shade at the kid, by the way. It’s his dad who weirds me out.

It all started with a long hair on my husband's towel, but what I found later was much worse than a simple mistress. In less than a week, I went from believing I was a happy wife to realizing I was sleeping with a stranger.

The hair wasn't mine.

I didn't doubt it for a second.

It was lighter, longer, and smelled of a sweet perfume that I didn't use and would never use.

It was tangled in the gray towel that David had left thrown on the bed after taking a shower.

I held it between two fingers and laughed to myself.

Out of nerves.

Out of anger.

Out of that dry laugh you get when something inside you already knows the truth, but your head keeps begging it not to be true.

David had been acting weird for weeks.

More attentive, yes.

But attentive like the guilty are.

Flowers for no reason.

Deleted messages.

Silly excuses.

And that new habit of showering as soon as he got home, as if he wanted to wash off something more than just sweat.

"Is everything okay?" he yelled from the kitchen.

I looked at the hair again.

"Yes," I answered. "Everything is perfect."

I didn't confront him.

Not yet.

I kept the hair in a small plastic zip-lock bag, as if it were a piece of lab evidence, and that very night I checked his suit jacket while he slept.

I didn't find lipstick stains.

I didn't find letters.

I didn't find lipstick on his collar.

I found something worse.

A folded receipt from a restaurant down in the South Bay area.

Dinner for two.

Expensive wine.

Shared dessert.

And at the bottom, written in pen, two words that made my blood run cold:

"As always."

As always.

Meaning it hadn't been just once.

Or twice.

Or a drunken mistake.

It was a habit.

The next day I didn't go to work.

I followed him.

From my car.

With dark sunglasses, my hands trembling on the steering wheel, and a horrible shame for turning into the kind of woman who spies on the man she loves.

But I followed him.

And when David didn't pull into his office, but instead into a gated community with a security boom, a guard, and a gatehouse, I thought he was going to visit someone.

Five minutes later, I saw him hug a woman in front of a two-story white house.

It wasn't the hug of improvised lovers.

It was a hug of people who already share keys, routines... secrets.

I got out of the car without thinking.

I walked to the sidewalk across the street.

And then the front door opened wider.

A little boy came out.

Then a little girl.

And then I heard the little girl's voice clear as day, yelling at him from the front yard:

"Daddy, you're home!"

In that exact moment, my cell phone buzzed.