Amber Heard did not give Elon Musk permission to share a cosplay photo of her dressed as the video game character Mercy from Overwatch.
The Tesla billionaire, 52, dated actress Heard, 37, seven years ago and she commissioned a cosplay outfit after Musk said she reminded him of Mercy, his new biography has revealed.
He then posted the photo of his ex-girlfriend dressed in the outfit to his 156 million followers on X on Wednesday and it was viewed more than 16 million times.
But according to him, Heard did not give Musk permission to share the intimate photo Page six.
A source said the actress “didn’t give Elon permission to use the photo” and that it was intended to remain “private.”
Amber Heard did not give Elon Musk permission to share a cosplay photo of her dressed as the video game character Mercy from Overwatch
Musk told his girlfriend that she reminded him of Mercy, his favorite character in the video game Overwatch – then ordered a cosplay outfit made for her
Heard was said to be annoyed because “Elon asked her several times to talk to Walter” for the biography, which “she did … out of respect for Elon.”
Musk’s new biography titled ‘Elon Musk’ revealed: ‘He told her she reminded him of Mercy, his favorite character in the video game Overwatch.
“So she spent two months designing and commissioning a head-to-toe costume so she could role-play him.”
In response to a tweet about the incident in the book, Musk confirmed, “She dressed up as Mercy. It was amazing.’
He then shared a photo of her in the outfit. In the snap, Heard was looking at the camera as he donned the white costume, halo, wings and suspenders.
To transform into the video character, she donned her iconic white block bodysuit and gold halo headpiece. She also has mechanical wings on her back that Heard would have needed to play the character in good faith.
Known for her blonde hair and prominent bust, a Mercy outfit would have called for some stiff corset boning and a dark-colored neckpiece.
It comes after it emerged that Elon Musk’s family despised Heard because they believed she was ‘toxic’ and a ‘nightmare’.
Musk’s brother Kimbal and the entrepreneur’s friends hated the Aquaman star “with a passion” for bringing so much drama into his life during their years-long relationship.
In the photo: Mercy, the character from Overwatch
Elon Musk’s family despised Heard because they thought she was ‘toxic’ and a ‘nightmare’
According to Musk’s senior staff, Heard was “like the Joker in Batman” who is “good at destabilizing everything.”
Walter Isaacson’s biography of Musk describes the relationship as a “dark vortex,” the most painful relationship the Tesla founder has ever had.
“It was brutal,” Musk says of his time with Heard, adding that the breakup led to the “most concentrated period of pain” he had ever endured.
‘Elon Musk’ sheds new light on Heard, whose stormy marriage to Johnny Depp led to a televised civil trial in Virginia and ended with a jury awarding him $15 million in damages for defamation.
In the book, Isaacson writes that Musk, 52, who has 11 children by three different women, “was not bred for domestic tranquility.”
The book says, “Most of his relationships involve psychological turmoil.
‘The most painful of all was that of actress Amber Heard, who dragged him into a dark vortex that lasted more than a year and caused deep-seated pain that continues to this day.
“It was brutal,” the author writes.
Their affair began after she made the 2012 film Machete Kills and he agreed to become a consultant. The film was about an inventor who wants to create a society on a space station in orbit around the Earth.
Heard says in the book: “I guess I could be called a nerd for someone who could also be called a pretty girl,” she jokes. Musk took her for a Tesla ride and Heard “decided he looked attractive for a rocket engineer.”
Their next meeting was scheduled for the Met Gala in May 2016 in New York. Heard was on the verge of divorcing Depp and discovered that Musk was a “breath of fresh air.”
A few weeks later, Musk visited Heard in Miami, where she worked. He flew her to Cape Canaveral, where a Falcon 9 launch was planned.
Heard “thought it was the most interesting date she had been on,” the book claims.
According to Musk’s senior staff, Heard was ‘like the Joker in Batman’ who ‘thrives at destabilizing everything’
For Musk’s birthday in June, she paid him a surprise visit to the Tesla factory in California by flying from Italy, where she worked.
Heard ‘hiding in the back of a Tesla and jumped out’ when Musk passed by.
Their relationship “deepened” in 2017 when he flew to her in Australia while she was filming Aquaman.
The book says, “Her playfulness, however, was matched by the kind of anxiety that attracted Musk.
“His brother and friends hated her with a passion that paled in comparison to their dislike for Justine (Musk’s first wife).
“She was just so toxic,” Kimbal says. ‘A nightmare’. Musk’s chief of staff Sam Teller compares her to a comic book villain.
“She and Musk would fight all night and then he wouldn’t be able to get up until the afternoon.”
They split in July 2017, but got back together for another five ‘troublesome months’.
After a ‘wild’ trip to Rio de Janeiro in December 2017 with Kimbal, his wife and some children, things finally came to an end.
The book says, “When they arrived at the hotel, Elon and Amber had another flamethrower fight.
“She locked herself in the room and started screaming that she was afraid she was going to be attacked and that Elon had taken her passport.”