Elon Musk's transgender daughter has accused the billionaire of being a "cold" and "cruel" father after he made a scathing statement about her transition.
Now, it seems as though Musk and his daughter Vivian Wilson have never quite seen eye-to-eye, but the pair have recently been in a public war of words.
It all started when the Tesla CEO sat down with psychologist and conservative commentator Dr. Jordan Peterson for Daily Wire where he exchanged some controversial opinions about his child, stating that he was "tricked" into agreeing to gender-affirming care procedures for her.
Describing the procedures as "child mutilation and sterilization", Musk opened up about Vivian's transition during the pandemic.
"This was really before I had any understanding of what was going on, and we had Covid going on, so there was a lot of confusion and I was told [Vivian] might commit suicide," he said during the interview, repeatedly deadnaming and misgendering Vivian.
"I was tricked into doing this," Musk emphasized. "I lost my [child], essentially. They call it 'deadnaming' for a reason. The reason they call it ‘deadnaming’ is because your [child] is dead."
He added: "[Vivian] is dead — killed by the woke-mind virus. I vowed to destroy the woke mind virus after that. And we’re making some progress."
In a follow-up tweet, Musk claimed that Vivian "was born gay and slightly autistic, two attributes that contribute to gender dysphoria", before adding that Vivian "would pick out clothes" for him to wear, like a "fabulous" jacket.
Vivian responded to her father's claims on Threads, explaining that "none of this ever happened. Ever," before going on to give her side of the story.
"I don’t even know where he got this from," she started her lengthy statement.
"My best guess is that he went to the Milo Yiannopoulis school of gay stereotypes, just picked some at random and said 'eh- good enough' in a last-ditch attempt to garner sympathy points when he is so obviously in the wrong even in his own f***ing story."
She went on to debunk a bunch of her father's claims, stating that she was never into "theatre" at the age of four and she "never picked out jackets for him" because "once again I would like to reiterate… I was four."
"This entire thing is completely made up and there’s a reason for this. He doesn’t know what I was like as a child because he quite simply wasn’t there, and in the little time that he was I was relentlessly harassed for my femininity and queerness," Vivian continued. "Obviously he can’t say that, so I’ve been reduced to a happy little stereotype f*g-ing along to use at his discretion.
"I think that says a lot about how he views queer people and children in general."
She then reiterated: "As for if I’m not a woman… sure, Jan. Whatever you say. I’m legally recognized as a woman in the state of California and I don’t concern myself with the opinions of those who are below me."
After ripping apart the 53-year-old's claims, she also pinned the following message at the top of her profile: "I look pretty good for a dead b***h."
Iconic.
But it doesn't stop there.
In a new interview with NBC News, she referred to Musk as "cold" and "cruel."
"I think he was under the assumption that I wasn’t going to say anything and I would just let this go unchallenged," Wilson told the outlet in a phone interview. "Which I’m not going to do, because if you’re going to lie about me, like, blatantly to an audience of millions, I’m not just gonna let that slide."
She went on to condemn the South African billionaire as an absent father who “was cold” and claimed he treated her badly for exhibiting generally feminine traits when she was young.
"I was in fourth grade. We went on this road trip that I didn’t know was actually just an advertisement for one of the cars — I don’t remember which one — and he was constantly yelling at me viciously because my voice was too high," she alleged. "It was cruel."
"He’s very quick to anger. He is uncaring and narcissistic," Vivian added.
So far, Musk has not addressed his daughter's claims.
