{"id":1453,"date":"2024-07-26T19:04:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T19:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=1453"},"modified":"2024-07-26T19:04:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T19:04:53","slug":"elon-musks-transgender-daughter-says-he-was-not-a-supportive-father-present-only-10-of-the-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=1453","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk\u2019s Transgender Daughter Says He Was Not a Supportive Father, Present \u2018Only 10% of the Time\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-subheading type--dog\">&#8220;I think he was under the assumption that I wasn\u2019t going to say anything and I would just let this go unchallenged,&#8221; said Vivian Jenna Wilson, 20<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-article-meta-dynamic_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-article-meta-dynamic mntl-article-meta mntl-block pre-content\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div id=\"people-bylines_1-0\" class=\"comp people-bylines mntl-bylines type--rabbit\">\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Elon Musk<\/a>&#8216;s 20-year-old daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson, a transgender woman, is speaking out after he said she was &#8220;killed by the woke mind virus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Musk, 53, made his comment during a sitdown with psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson that was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jordanbpeterson\/status\/1815427698703090085\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">streamed on his platform X<\/a>, formerly Twitter, on Monday, July 22.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1454\" src=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/11-1-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/11-1-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/11-1.png 402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The Tesla CEO alleged that he was &#8220;tricked&#8221; into allowing Wilson to undergo transgender-related medical treatment for her when she was 16, adding, &#8220;I lost my son, essentially. They call it &#8216;deadnaming&#8217; for a reason. The reason they call it &#8216;deadnaming&#8217; is because your son is dead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block collapsed\">\n<div id=\"mm-ads-native-fluid_1-0\" class=\"comp mm-ads-native-fluid mm-ads-native \" data-right-rail-index=\"2\">\n<div id=\"mm-ads-native__adunit_1-0\" class=\"comp mm-ads-native__adunit mm-ads-gpt-dynamic-adunit mm-ads-gpt-adunit scads-to-load gpt native dynamic js-immediate-ad js-immediate-ad-loaded\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Wilson, who\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/human-interest\/elon-musk-child-vivian-files-petition-to-change-name-and-gender\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">legally filed to change her name and gender in 2022<\/a>\u00a0at age 18, denied Musk&#8217;s claim in a Thursday, July 25, interview with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/tech-news\/elon-musk-transgender-daughter-vivian-wilson-interview-rcna163665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">NBC News<\/a>, referring to it as a &#8220;lie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;I think he was under the assumption that I wasn\u2019t going to say anything and I would just let this go unchallenged,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Which I\u2019m not going to do, because if you\u2019re going to lie about me, like, blatantly to an audience of millions, I\u2019m not just gonna let that slide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Wilson, who told the outlet that she first came out as gay in eighth grade,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/parents\/everything-to-know-about-elon-musks-family-kids\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">said that Musk &#8220;knew the full side effects<\/a>&#8221; of her medical treatment, which she says involved puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1455\" src=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/011-300x200.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/011-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/011-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/011-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/011.webp 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Noting that the two have not spoken in about four years, she looked back at her childhood as one where &#8220;he was there, I want to say, maybe 10% of the time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;That&#8217;s generous. He had half custody, and he fully was not there.\u00a0It was just a fact of life at the time, so I don\u2019t think I realized just how abnormal of an experience it was,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Wilson is one of six children Musk shares with his ex-wife\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/human-interest\/kids-of-billionaire-tech-moguls-photos\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Justine Wilson<\/a>. The SpaceX founder also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-elon-musk-grimes-kids-8304154\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">shares three children with singer Grimes<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-elon-musk-mothers-of-children-blended-family-8668121\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\">three other kids with\u00a0Shivon Zilis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">On\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@vivllainous\/post\/C91xF3By2WF?xmt=AQGz6G3l0ilqsAVPxMljomMeIfE09RhWaHP8JzF3fHti6Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Threads<\/a>, Wilson responded to a tweet in which Musk described her as &#8220;gay and slightly autistic&#8221; and claimed that she would pick out clothes from him to wear about age 4 and say it was &#8220;fabulous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1456\" src=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0011-300x200.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0011-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0011-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0011-768x513.webp 768w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0011.webp 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Wilson said Musk&#8217;s recollection was &#8220;entirely fake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_29-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;This entire thing is completely made up and there\u2019s a reason for this. He doesn\u2019t know what I was like as a child because he quite simply wasn\u2019t there, and in the little time that he was I was relentlessly harassed for my femininity and queerness,&#8221; she wrote as part of a lengthy response.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_31-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.dotdashmeredith.com\/people-news-inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">\u00a0PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_33-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_34-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;Obviously he can\u2019t say that, so I\u2019ve been reduced to a happy little stereotype f*g-ing along to use at his discretion. I think that says alot about how he views queer people and children in general,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_35-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_36-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Musk did not immediately respond to PEOPLE&#8217;s emailed request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-universal-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme mntl-sc-block-image figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I think he was under the assumption that I wasn\u2019t going to say anything and I would just let this go unchallenged,&#8221; said Vivian Jenna Wilson, 20 Elon Musk&#8216;s 20-year-old &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-1453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-elon-musk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1457,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453\/revisions\/1457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}