Behavioral scientist and author Gad Saad revealed a previously untold story about a late-night meeting with billionaire Elon Musk, describing a series of security checkpoints and mysterious escorts that made him feel like "James Bond."Speaking on the "Hang Out with Sean Hannity" podcast, Saad said Musk sent him a text with an address in Austin, Texas, that led him to transportation for what became a secretive meeting."I receive a one-line text from Elon at around 9:30 at night, the address of his house in Austin," Saad said."Driver comes, picks me up.
I go through these canyons and he goes, ‘We're here, sir.’ I'm like, ‘We’re here where?’ It's like in the middle of a canyon.I can't see anything."He said after he was dropped off in the canyon around 10 p.m., he saw a black van and walked toward it.IN WAKE OF CHARLIE KIRK’S MURDER, ELON MUSK SAYS SECURITY ISSUES KEEP HIM FROM SPENDING MUCH TIME IN PUBLICElon Musk arrived at the Ronald V.
Dellums Federal Building on April 28, 2026, in Oakland, California, as opening statements began in his lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman.(Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images)"I said, ‘Well maybe that's my only shot here.’ I walk up to the van.
It's completely different.The door, the window goes down.
‘Name, sir?' Gad Saad.'OK, keep walking up and then there'll be a gate that opens.’ I keep walking, the gate opens, a guy kind of materializes," he said, describing the man as coming "out of the trees."The story offered a rare glimpse into Musk's private world and security operation before the two men finally met face to face for the first time.
Saad said after meeting this final person, he was told to "follow" him."10 seconds later, I'm hugging it out with Elon," Saad said, describing how he later told the story to his wife."So, I tell her the story, and I said to her, ‘I think I'm James Bond.’ She goes, ‘I think you're James Bond also.’"GAD SAAD WARNS ‘SUICIDAL EMPATHY’ IS PUSHING THE WEST TOWARD C...