EXCLUSIVE Japanese pop star Ayumi Hamasaki reveals truth about her 'secret love child' with Elon Musk amid claims he boasted about fathering baby with a Japanese singer
Elon Musk is convinced that civilization will crumble unless highly intelligent people – like him – start rapidly reproducing.
But a Japanese pop icon linked to Musk has made it clear she wants nothing to do with the Tesla CEO's one-man mission to stave off any looming population crisis, the Daily Mail can exclusively reveal.
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