California Governor Gavin Newsom was reportedly left feeling under the weather - and not just politically - after a shock confrontation with a tech titan who decided he had had enough of the Golden State.
At an exclusive treehouse Christmas party north of San Francisco, Google co-founder Sergey Brin is said to have bluntly told the Democrat he was packing up and leaving California, according to a bombshell Bloomberg report.
The billionaire, whose fortune is estimated at a staggering $260 billion, allegedly pointed to a controversial proposal to slap a 5 percent tax on the ultra-wealthy - a move that could cost him dearly.
Sources claim Newsom, already 'cold and hungry' at the glitzy gathering hosted by crypto mogul Chris Larsen, was caught off guard as Brin and his girlfriend delivered the news.
But the awkward exchange did not end there. The governor reportedly spent months complaining about a 'lingering cold' he believed he picked up from the couple during the frosty encounter.
Newsom declined to comment on the bizarre episode.
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