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Item in Richard Branson’s kitchen raises eyebrows and distracts from space launch announcement

Despite announcing his first ever voyage to space, people couldn’t get past a small detail in Sir Richard Branson’s kitchen.

Alex Turner-Cohen
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July 15, 2021 - 2:55PM
Despite announcing his first ever voyage to space, people couldn’t get past a small detail in Sir Richard Branson’s kitchen.
Despite announcing his first ever voyage to space, people couldn’t get past a small detail in Sir Richard Branson’s kitchen.

Social media has gone wild over one item displayed on Sir Richard Branson’s kitchen cabinets, bizarrely overshadowing his space launch announcement.

Mr Branson is ultra-wealthy from his lucrative Virgin business, and earlier this week he became the first billionaire to launch into space.

The British businessman is also good friends with Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

In a snap shared to Twitter, the two high-flying billionaires spent the morning together in one of Mr Branson’s rental homes before he jetted off into the universe.

However, Twitter users were more interested in his kitchen than the space race.

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A journalist on Twitter pointed out that all the money in the world clearly didn’t guarantee a nice home.

“To have billions of dollars and THOSE cabinets? what‘s the point,” Kelsea Bauman-Murphy wrote in the now-viral tweet.

“How can you be worried about space when you can‘t even manage the sh*t right above the ground???”

In a close-up of the handles, she added: “googly eyed ass finishings.

“Luann was right – money doesn’t buy you class.”

The post soon attracted nearly a quarter of a million likes, and Elon Musk jumped in to defend his honour – but at Mr Branson’s expense.

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“It was Richard’s rental house, which overall is great, but I agree regarding the cabinets haha,” Mr Musk wrote.

“This was 3am, day of flight. Wasn’t expecting this brutal pic of me to be posted, but oh well.”

Bauman-Murphy quickly quipped: “Elon all I want is for you to have a happy life with nice cabinets and hemmed pants. I also would like money. From you. Please.”

It might not be Mr Musk’s home, but the rich-lister made news earlier this week for living in a tiny house worth just $50,000.

He revealed in a tweet that he is now living in a humble home worth $US50,000 ($A67,000) that he reportedly rents from SpaceX on its launch site in Boca Chica, Texas.

The ‘googly-eyed’ kitchen cabinets was the source of much amusement for people on Twitter.
The ‘googly-eyed’ kitchen cabinets was the source of much amusement for people on Twitter.

According to Forbes, Mr Branson has a net worth of $US4.9 billion ($A6.55 billion).

The British billionaire, 70, is a self-made businessman who launched his company Virgin almost 50 years ago.

He was born in Blackheath, London, in 1950 and started his first venture, Virgin Records, in 1972, which he later sold to EMI in 1992 for $928 million.

The dad-of-two has started up some very lucrative companies along the way, including Virgin Atlantic Airways in 1984 and Virgin Trains in 1993.

He launched Virgin Galactic in 2004, with the hope of offering future trips to space. Sir Richard has also created Virgin Media, Virgin Racing and Virgin Comics.

In 2007, he was placed in the Time 100 Most Influential People in the World list.

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