The heated feud between Elon Musk and his transgender daughter Vivian Wilson has escalated after she accused him of berating her for “having a high-pitched voice” when she was a little girl.
In an interview with conservative commentator Jordan Peterson earlier this week, Musk said said he was tricked into signing his son Xavier, using Wilson’s old name, so she could take puberty blockers.
Musk referred to Wilson using male pronouns and by her birth name and claimed his “son” was “killed by the woke mind virus.”
Wilson responded to X’s comments on Threads, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta website. She claimed she had no idea “where he got this from.”
Now the 20-year-old is taking it a step further. Yesterday, in an interview, she painted a devastating picture of her father. She said he was absent and bullied her because she was gay.
Vivian Wilson, seen here responding to her father’s comments on Threads, has deepened their feud after she accused him of scolding her for “having a high-pitched voice” when she was a young boy
Musk said in an interview that he was tricked into signing his son Xavier, using Wilson’s old name, so she could use puberty blockers.
“I think he assumed that I wouldn’t say anything about it and that I would just let it go without any argument,” she told NBC News.
‘[But] I will not do it [that] Because if you’re going to lie about me, outright, in front of an audience of millions, I’m not going to let that happen.
“I was in fourth grade. We went on a road trip that I didn’t know was actually just a commercial for one of the cars — I can’t remember which one — and he kept yelling at me meanly because my voice was too high. It was cruel.”
When responding to his comment that he was “misled” into approving gender-affirming medical care for Vivian, she added, “He was absolutely not misled.”
She described the puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy she received as “life-saving.”
Musk also said in a post on X that Wilson was “born gay and mildly autistic” and that she fit certain stereotypes at age 4, such as her love of musicals.
Wilson replied, “He doesn’t know what I was like as a child because he just wasn’t there.”
‘And in the short time he was there, I was harassed relentlessly because of my femininity and homosexuality.
“I’ve been reduced to a happy stereotype,” she continued. “I think that says a lot about how he sees queer people and kids in general.”
Musk said he knew she was gay from a young age. She would “pick out clothes for me to wear, like a coat, and say it was awesome” and that she loved musicals.
Musk kisses his then-fiancée Talulah Riley as they stand with Musk’s twin boys Griffin, left, and Xavier, now known as Vivian. Riley was not their mother
Wilson added that her father made up these claims because he wasn’t around her as a child in her post on Threads
Musk is seen here with his second wife Talulah Riley in 2015 with Xavier, now Vivian, and Griffin
Elon Musk’s family continues to grow, 22 years after his first wife, Justine Wilson, gave birth to his first children
The father and daughter have long had a conflicted relationship, with Musk calling her a “communist” who believes “anyone who is rich is bad.”
When asked about gender dysphoria, he replied, “It’s incredibly bad and I agree with you that the people who promote it should go to jail.”
Musk said his right-wing awakening was fueled by this process and the tricks he claims were played on him.
“I vowed to destroy the woke mind virus and we are making some progress,” he said.
The South African billionaire has reportedly fathered 12 children in the past 22 years and has spoken out publicly about his belief that the world is underpopulated.
He had his children with three different women, Canadian author Justine Wilson, Vivian’s mother, musician Grimes and his employee, Shivon Zilis. His youngest child, with Zilis, was born in 2024.
Wilson officially changed her gender to female and her name from “Xavier” to Vivian Jenna Wilson in 2022. In the lawsuit, she stated that she “no longer wishes to be related in any way” to Musk.
Vivian filed the petition just three days after her 18th birthday, even though the court documents were not made public until the day after Father’s Day.