---
title: "Elon Musk Takes Flabbergastingly Awkwardly Picture With the Pope"
description: "Never has a photo looked as awkward as the one Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his children just took with the Pope after flying his private jet to Italy."
date: "2022-07-02"
modified: "2022-07-02"
authors:
  - name: "Lonnie Lee Hood"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/ahood"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-photo-pope-awkward"
categories:
  - "Elon Musk"
  - "Future Society"
  - "The Industrialists"
tags:
  - "elon musk"
  - "pope"
  - "the digest"
  - "twitter"
---

# Elon Musk Takes Flabbergastingly Awkwardly Picture With the Pope

![Never has a photo looked as awkward as the one Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his children just took with the Pope after flying his private jet to Italy.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/elon-musk-photo-pope-awkward.png>)
*\<em\>Image: Elon Musk / Twitter\</em\>*

## Papal Pose

Never has a photo looked as awkward as the one Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his children just took with the Pope.

The [billionaire tweeted the group pic](<https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1543050489050402816?s=20&t=VG5O_c1y-alPQ8flgIXGaA>) yesterday — breaking a [prolonged absence](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-is-missing>) from the site — which shows four of his kids standing next to Pope Francis while [the would-be Twitter head](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-investor-circus-show>) stood off to the left. There were almost certainly rules about distancing and not touching the Pope given the way everyone is all spaced out, but one of the youngsters did have time to thrust a victorious fist in the air.

Musk, though, is posed up like a Secret Service member on the first day of work who forgot to take four inches off the hem of his government-issued suit pants.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1543050489050402816?s=20&t=VG5O_c1y-alPQ8flgIXGaA

## Welcome Back

Plenty of Musk's followers were glad to see his return to Twitter after [a lengthy break](<https://futurism.com/7-theories-why-elon-musk-disappeared>).

"Welcome back Elon," [an obvious admirer said](<https://twitter.com/PPathole/status/1543057853287907328?s=20&t=VG5O_c1y-alPQ8flgIXGaA>). "Missed you. Twitter was getting a lot boring without you. You, your tweets, & your presence makes Twitter an exciting, entertaining, & knowledgeable place to be at."

Others were less enthused, like the kid who's been tracking Musk's private jet for months now with an automated Twitter account despite previous bribes to shut down.

"Saw it coming," [ElonJet said](<https://twitter.com/ElonJet/status/1543057962830368768?s=20&t=VG5O_c1y-alPQ8flgIXGaA>) in response to Musk's photo.

The account said Musk's jet landed in Italy yesterday after [a nearly 10-hour flight](<https://twitter.com/ElonJet/status/1542835717914722304?s=20&t=VG5O_c1y-alPQ8flgIXGaA>) — which could explain all the wrinkles in those pants.

**More on bad decisions:** [*Terrifying Video Shows Self-Driving Tesla Head Into Oncoming Traffic*](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/terrifying-video-self-driving-tesla-oncoming-traffic>)