The Hollywood star has chosen to make his stage comeback - after 37 years - in Samuel Beckett's 50-minute monologue about a rueful old git, surveying the paltry wreckage of his life.
It's traditional for people in Musk's position to save face by saying that they want to spend more time with their family but, in his case, that would raise the question: which one exactly?
Some 770 million people have been killed and skeletons are everywhere. Given what is about to unfold, they were the lucky ones. Everyone, no matter their former status, is now a refugee.
And if we can't name things properly, accurately and without shame, it only adds to the stigma and misunderstanding around women's most intimate health issues.
I had just watched with astonishment as she danced like no one was watching, energetically gyrating to hits. But everyone WAS watching - after all, it was Kate Middleton.
Virginia Giuffre's death should force us all to ask an uncomfortable question: why are so many victims of sexual abuse left not just unsupported, but treated as criminals themselves?