Musk rips cell service in Hamptons, clarifies dying on Mars

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Tech billionaire Elon Musk is not too happy about the spotty cellphone service while in the Hamptons.

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The SpaceX and Starlink owner attended the Hamptons Prostate Cancer Foundation gala over the weekend as a surprise guest of financier Michael Milken. Other billionaire attendees included Julia Koch, Bill Ackman, Stephen Schwarzman, Rob Citrone and Patrice Motsepe.

Musk says he had trouble responding to messages on the way to the fancy enclave, located on the eastern shores of Long Island.

“I had important texts to respond to on the way here and couldn’t … people were asking where I was, Timbuktu?” Musk told Milken, according to a Page Six source.

During a talk held at the Parrish Art Museum, site of the gala, Musk also said “he wanted to ‘die in a capsule off the coast of Mars.’”

For years, Musk has proclaimed it his mission to colonize the Red Planet.

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“He got a standing ovation from a crowd of super-rich financial types,” the source told the New York Post, adding Musk generally avoided talking about politics apart from a “brief discussion about immigration globally.”

Maye Musk, the tech entrepreneur’s Canadian-born mother, also attended the fundraiser.

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The charity event raised more than $3 million.

Reached later, Musk clarified his weekend stay at the posh retreat.

“The room I stayed in at (the) Capri was tiny — and the wifi is in desperate need of an upgrade, along with cell service in general in the Hamptons,” Musk said. “I haven’t been to the Hamptons in many years and was only in the area for (approximately) 24 hours at Milken’s request for his cancer charity.”

As for the Martian “coast” quip, Musk hit back at Page Six‘s source.

“These are not the sharpest spies in the shed …. There is no ‘coast’ on Mars on which to die. Mike Milken simply read an old quote of mine where I said I would like to die (on) Mars, just not on impact.”

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