Elon Musk speaks out on black eye noticed by the public at White House farewell event

Former DOGE chief Elon Musk has addressed the visible black eye he was sporting during his farewell event at the White House.

Musk has been in the news a great deal lately after he stepped down from his political role after nearly half a year by President Donald Trump's side.

There had been a lot of rumors going around which speculated whether Musk would be leaving his post as CEO of Tesla or the White House after investors publicly called him out for him not tending to his electric vehicle company as much as he should.

Anyway, earlier this week he confirmed that he is stepping down from his role as a 'Special Government Employee' - AKA, leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) - meaning he and the president are professionally divorcing one another.

After the announcement on X, people were itching to hear from the POTUS, and after just one day, the 78-year-old reacted to the news.

Elon Musk is no longer a part of DOGE (Tom Brenner For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Obviously, Trump would react as Musk handed in his resignation a few days earlier than he was intended to step down, as well as him criticizing Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'.

Speaking to CBS in a preview clip on May 27, Musk said: "I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill frankly, which increases the budget deficit not just decrease it, and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing.

"I think a bill can be big or it can be beautiful... but I don't know if it could be both, my personal opinion."

To this, the president took to Truth Social and posted: "I am having a Press Conference tomorrow at 1:30 P.M. EST, with Elon Musk, at the Oval Office. This will be his last day, but not really, because he will, always, be with us, helping all the way. Elon is terrific! See you tomorrow at the White House."

Well, their press conference at the White House yesterday (30 May) went well, but at the end of the briefing, a reporter asked Musk if his eye was ‘ok’?

People were quick to notice Musk had a bruised eye during his farewell event at the White House (Tom Brenner For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

As you can see in the photograph above, Musk was sporting a very visible bruised eye.

To this, Musk laughed and made a Joke about French President Emmanuel Macron, who appeared to be 'slapped' by his wife as he got off a plane in Asia, when he said: "I wasn't anywhere near France."

Then, he revealed the real reason, and I think every parent can relate.

Musk claimed the bruise came from his five-year-old son during some rough play, telling to reporter: " I was just horsing around with little X, and I said punch me in the face, and he did.

Musk claims his five-year-old son punched him (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

"It turns out even a 5-year-old punching you in the face, accidentally, it bruises up."

People on social media were quick to talk about the bruise, with one person asking: "Is anyone watching the joint news conference from the White House? What on earth is in the left upper corner of Elon Musk's face right by his left eye.”

"Elon Musk is sporting a black eye in the oval today," another stated.