Did Elon Musk pay Kim Kardashian to pose with a Tesla Robot?

Kim Kardashian who is close to Ivanka Trump and was seen speaking with Elon Musk on several occasions dropping enough hints for people to conclude that she has gone MAGA said she did not take money from Tesla to pose with its futuristic robot. Kardashian posted a series of photographs of herself on Instagram and X posing in front of and inside a Tesla Cybercab with an

Optimus robot

in the driver's seat.
A representative for Kardashian told the New York Times that no payments were received in exchange for the posts.
Kardashian's connection with the Trumps is not new and the first photo of Ivanka Trump with Kardhasian emerged in 2023 when Kardashian held a birthday celebration at Funke, an Italian restaurant in Beverly Hills, California. The group photograph that Kardashian posted included Lauren Sánchez, the partner of Jeff Bezos, and Ivanka Trump.

Ivanka is not in her father's inner circle any more Kardashian still has strong footholds in the MAGA territory. But why would she post with Tesla futuristic products if she was not advertising for them and if she has received no money from Tesla?

Returning favor to the Trump family?

The NYT report said the Trump family has aided her on that front in the past and will soon be back in power politically and hence her coziness with the Trumps will remain intact. In 2018, Kardashian, whose father was a prominent attorney and businessman, became involved in an effort to help free Alice Marie Johnson, who was sentenced to life in prison for her involvement in a 1996 cocaine smuggling operation. Kardashian met Donald Trump at the White House where she told him Johnson's story.

In 2020, Kim let Trump down after she decided to not endorse any presidential candidate. “I was disappointed in Kim,” Donald Trump said in an interview. “With Kim, I did a lot of prison reform that she couldn’t get done with anybody else.” “I let people out of prison that I thought were deserving to be let out,” he added. “And then after it was all over, she announced that she’s not supporting me. And she only did that to be cool in Hollywood.”
In this election too, Kardashian did not endorse any candidate and kept silent after Donald Trump's win. When she posted the Tesla photos this week, it was seen as an advertisement for Elon Musk and therefore a pitch for Trump.