He's forced to - he would not make the statement unless he had to come clean with it.

Indeed, he lied and said he only had a normal business relationship until further media and government scrutiny forced him to admit it.

> “Our relationship, our interactions, have been related to Megaspeed, and it was all completely normal and not unusual,” [1]

[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-29/nvidia-ce... => https://archive.li/ljGPF#selection-1731.0-1731.119