In a powerful and emotional response to Elon Musk’s comments about her, Vivian Jenna Wilson recently clapped back with a viral TikTok video, drawing attention to her father’s controversial remarks about her and her identity.
Vivian’s brutal response quickly captured the attention of social media.
Tensions between father and daughter
Vivian Jenna Wilson, the eldest child of Elon Musk, made headlines three years ago when she chose to distance herself from her billionaire father. In a world where Musk seems to enjoy fatherhood — boasting at least 14 children (with the number still a bit unclear as new ones pop up from time to time)— Vivian’s decision to cut ties has been one of the most talked-about.
In fact, she’s learned about new half-siblings not through family announcements, but from random internet forums.
“I found out about Grimes having a second child because a drag queen posted about it on Reddit,” she recently revealed in an interview with Teen Vogue.
”For a time, me and Grimes were not really in communication because I wasn’t in communication with anyone in that family, which still holds true.”
Musk, who has long expressed discomfort with his child’s transition and their strained relationship, certainly isn’t shy about his complicated feelings toward Vivian. In an interview with Jordan B. Peterson, Musk stated that he had been “tricked” into supporting her gender-affirming care.
Musk called the medical treatment “child mutilation and sterilization” — a statement widely condemned by medical professionals and transgender advocates as both inaccurate and harmful.
In a powerful and emotional response to Elon Musk’s comments about her, Vivian Jenna Wilson recently clapped back with a viral TikTok video, drawing attention to her father’s controversial remarks about her and her identity.
Vivian’s brutal response quickly captured the attention of social media.
Tensions between father and daughter
Vivian Jenna Wilson, the eldest child of Elon Musk, made headlines three years ago when she chose to distance herself from her billionaire father. In a world where Musk seems to enjoy fatherhood — boasting at least 14 children (with the number still a bit unclear as new ones pop up from time to time)— Vivian’s decision to cut ties has been one of the most talked-about.
In fact, she’s learned about new half-siblings not through family announcements, but from random internet forums.
“I found out about Grimes having a second child because a drag queen posted about it on Reddit,” she recently revealed in an interview with Teen Vogue.
”For a time, me and Grimes were not really in communication because I wasn’t in communication with anyone in that family, which still holds true.”
Musk, who has long expressed discomfort with his child’s transition and their strained relationship, certainly isn’t shy about his complicated feelings toward Vivian. In an interview with Jordan B. Peterson, Musk stated that he had been “tricked” into supporting her gender-affirming care.
Musk called the medical treatment “child mutilation and sterilization” — a statement widely condemned by medical professionals and transgender advocates as both inaccurate and harmful.
Musk claimed that he had been misled during a confusing time when the family was dealing with the chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying, ”I was told [Vivian] might commit suicide.” This claim was part of Musk’s ongoing narrative that the “woke mind virus” had somehow “killed” his daughter.
Meanwhile, Vivian made a bold statement by adopting her mother’s surname, a clear effort to break free from her father’s high-profile life, even though at the time, he was only the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX.
As we all know, Musk now plays an even bigger role on the world stage — and has an incredibly close relationship with Donald Trump.
Quickly escalated
The latest drama erupted after Elon Musk publicly responded to a post about his actions at former President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
We all remember how Musk appeared to perform a Nazi salute, and the conversation quickly spiraled. Vivian Jenna Wilson, Musk’s eldest child, spoke out, stating that her father “definitely [did] a Nazi salute” at two rallies in January and even described the White House as being “cartoonishly evil.”
Naturally, not everyone sided with Vivian.
One user defended Musk, writing, “Don’t people realize we hate Hitler not for doing a quirky salute, but for killing millions of people? Has Elon killed even a single person? No. And just because his son says something, that doesn’t necessarily make it true.”
Musk responded with a tweet, which has since been deleted, where he deadnamed Vivian and claimed that she had been “killed by the woke mind virus,” echoing statements he made during a transphobic rant in a July 2024 Daily Wire interview.
