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Elon Musk’s family life is complicated, but his estranged daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson is explaining their rift in a new wide-ranging interview.
Wilson, 20, slammed her biological father — the world’s richest person — in a new Teen Vogue profile published Thursday, saying the X owner is a “pathetic man child.”
“The Nazi salute (expletive) was insane. Honey, we’re going to call a fig a fig, and we’re going to call a Nazi salute what it was,” she said. Wilson said Musk’s viral gesture at President Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities “was definitely a Nazi salute. The crowd is equally to blame, and I feel like people are not talking about that. That crowd should be denounced.”
On his end, Musk told psychologist and social media influencer Jordan Peterson during a 2024 interview his daughter had been “killed by the woke mind virus,” and pushed anti-transgender talking points. He also posted that Wilson was “born gay and slightly autistic,” traits he said contributes to gender dysphoria, and that as a child, she would “pick out clothes for me to wear like a jacket and tell me it was ‘fabulous!’”
Wilson referenced her response to the Peterson interview, saying, “It’s annoying that people associate me with him. I just don’t have any room to care anymore. When I initially did the whole thing, when he came for me, the Jordan Peterson interview, that was the most cathartic moment of my entire life by far.
“Everything that had gone on — especially in my childhood — when that finally happened, it was the most cathartic experience I have ever had. And then I was like, Okay, whatever,” she said, telling Teen Vogue that she hasn’t talked to Musk since 2020.
Vivian Wilson’s mother, Elon Musk ex Justine Wilson, remains close
Despite her beef with her Tesla founder father, Wilson has remained close with mom Justine Wilson.
“She’s been supportive of the choices that I have made in college, about being public. She kind of was like, ‘Well, I can’t stop you, so whatever.’ Does it stress her out? Yes. But she’s ultimately fine with it,” Wilson said.
Justine Wilson, a Canadian author, was Musk’s first wife whom he married in January 2000. Wilson shares several children with Musk. She told Marie Claire magazine Musk was dismissive of her career ambitions, had told her he was the “alpha” in their relationship and had pressured her to be his “trophy wife.” In September 2008, she announced she and Musk were divorcing.
Vivian Jenna Wilson siblings: How many kids does Elon Musk have?
The 20-year-old’s relationship with her siblings and half-siblings, though, is more complex. “I will say I do not actually know how many siblings I have, if you include half-siblings. That’s just a fun fact. It’s really good for two truths and a lie,” she told Teen Vogue.
Wilson added that she and Justine Wilson do not “keep up with that side of the family because … I don’t,” referring to Musk’s side. Musk has reportedly fathered 14 children with four separate women, including singer Grimes.
Wilson also told Teen Vogue that she barely thinks about him.
“I’m not giving anyone that space in my mind, the only thing that gets to live free in my mind is drag queens,” Wilson said, seemingly throwing shade at her father’s disapproval of drag queens.
While Wilson, who is popular on social media, has never used her platform for career opportunities, she told Teen Vogue she is thinking about Twitch streaming and modeling — or reality TV, saying she is “famous for my lore” and wants to “do something more to deserve that fame.”
“I haven’t made any money from being famous at all. I have made zero dollars and zero cents. I do live in a lot of people’s heads rent-free, though,” Wilson said. “I feel like Twitch streaming would be so much fun. … I don’t feel like the world needs another Twitch streamer, but (I’d) love to do it.
“It is my absolute dream to be on a reality show, which I know is absolutely pathetic,” Wilson continued, adding that “as an overdramatic little queer, reality shows are something I adore beyond belief.”
Contributing: Lori Comstock, USA TODAY Network
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