Tesla‘s stock just got drained faster than a battery with the AC blasting!
At the end of trading Friday the company was down another 9% (about $5.5 billion) following his interview with The New York Times Thursday where he basically answered the question: YOU OK, MAN? with NOT REALLY.
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The billionaire was described as “struggling to maintain his composure” and was said to have “choked up multiple times” as he said things like:
“This past year has been the most difficult and painful year of my career. It was excruciating.”
He recalled all the exhaustive work he’s been putting into meeting deadlines and when asked if all of it was taking a physical toll, he answered:
“It’s not been great, actually. I’ve had friends come by who are really concerned.”
But the Times did more digging, reporting there were also board members concerned — with his erratic behavior and frequent use of Ambien, sometimes leading to late-night tweets that make him AND his company look bad.
As to this, Musk confirmed he regularly took the sleep aid:
“It is often a choice of no sleep or Ambien.”
He did, however, deny he was smoking weed — something folks naturally assumed after he said he’d take Tesla public at $420:
“Weed is not helpful for productivity. There’s a reason for the word ‘stoned.’ You just sit there like a stone on weed.”
Musk says he just thought the number was “better karma” which apparently it wasn’t — else the company probably wouldn’t be down to $306 today.
[Image via WENN.]
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