Tesla did not pay Kim Kardashian for Optimus bot, Cybercab publicity

Tesla didn’t pay socialite Kim Kardashian for a current publicity alternative with the corporate’s Optimus robotic, dispelling any claims that the influencer took fee.

Kardashian is paid over two million {dollars} per publish for selling merchandise from different corporations as a result of her social media attain, which incorporates over 359 million followers on Instagram.

Earlier this month, skepticism and hypothesis relating to Kardashian’s potential relationship with Tesla began to catalyze as Kim put video and photos of her with Tesla’s Optimus robotic and the corporate’s not too long ago revealed Cybercab Robotaxi on her social media pages.

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Final yr, Kardashian was one of many first celebrities to acquire a Tesla Cybertruck. She additionally posted numerous pictures with the car to her social media pages and had customized work completed to the all-electric pickup.

The Cybertruck was one of many hottest autos for celebrities via the previous few months of final yr and into 2024. Nevertheless, Kardashian’s posts with the Cybertruck weren’t candid images taken by paparazzi, not less than for essentially the most half. They had been taken with photographers and gave the impression to be pictures taken of her on needs.

We speculated about what might presumably occurring with Tesla and Kardashian not too long ago, and we had been confused as to why she appeared to have such distinctive privileges with the corporate’s merchandise:

@teslarati What’s going on between Tesla and Kim Kardashian?? #tesla #kimkardashian #teslacybertruck #fyp #teslaoptimus #optimus ♬ I’m a Idiot (for U) – Rebecca Mardal

As a result of Tesla is so closely towards the thought of spending huge quantities of cash on promoting, it appeared removed from actuality that it could use Kardashian, whose social media posts can value corporations over $2 million a pop, to realize publicity on issues like Optimus and Cybercab — two merchandise which are prone to achieve visibility on their very own merely due to their capabilities.

Tesla didn’t need to pay, in keeping with her publicist, who revealed the data to The New York Occasions.

It appears Kardashian might have simply merely had the particular privilege to check a few of Tesla’s most closely sought-after merchandise. Fortunate her!

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Tesla didn’t pay Kim Kardashian for Optimus bot, Cybercab publicity