Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has made controversial comments about his transgender daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson.
Musk claimed he was tricked into authorizing Wilson's gender transition when she was 16.
Musk has taken a hard-right turn into conservative politics and has been waging a campaign against transgender people on his platform X.
Wilson accused Musk of being an absent father who was cruel to her for being queer and feminine as a child.
Wilson responded, stating Musk knew about her medical treatment and was present only 10% of the time during her childhood.
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has been making headlines recently for his controversial comments regarding his transgender daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson. In a series of posts on social media and an interview with psychologist Jordan Peterson on X, Musk claimed that he was tricked into authorizing Wilson's gender transition when she was 16 and that she is not a girl. However, Wilson has responded to these claims in interviews with various news outlets, stating that Musk knew about her medical treatment and was present only 10% of the time during her childhood.
Wilson, who legally changed her name and gender in California in 2022 at age 18, has accused Musk of being an absent father who was cruel to her for being queer and feminine as a child. She has also denounced him, stating that she no longer wants any relation with him.
Musk's recent comments come after he has taken a hard-right turn into conservative politics and has been waging a campaign against transgender people and policies designed to support them on his platform X. Wilson's response marks the strongest rebuke yet of Musk's comments.
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Elon Musk's child, Vivian Jenna Wilson, has accused him of being a ‘cold’ and ‘cruel’ parent who screamed at her for exhibiting feminine traits while growing up.
Vivian Jenna Wilson made headlines in 2022 for petitioning a California court to change her name and gender, as well as losing any association with her father.
Accuracy
Elon Musk claimed he was tricked into giving consent for his child to go on puberty blockers when they were 16 years old.
Elon Musk has been an absent father, rarely present in Wilson’s life and leaving her and her siblings to be cared for by their mother or nannies even though he had joint custody.
Musk responded on social media that he was not tricked into authorizing Wilson’s transgender-related medical treatment when she was 16, but Wilson stated that he knew what he was doing at the time.
Elon Musk made inflammatory comments about his transgender daughter Vivian, saying she was ‘killed by the woke-mind virus’.
Musk has taken a hard-right turn into conservative politics and has been waging a campaign against transgender people and policies designed to support them, including on his platform X.
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The author uses emotional manipulation by describing Musk as a 'cold' and 'cruel' father based on the child's personal experiences and opinions. The article also contains selective reporting as it only reports details that support the author's position against Musk.
Elon Musk’s transgender child has hit back at her dad, saying she was effectively ‘killed’ by transitioning – accusing him of being a ‘cold’ and ‘cruel’ parent who would scream in anger at her for being too feminine while growing up.
Musk said his experience with his child Xavier, who now goes by Vivian Jenna Wilson, opened his eyes to what he called ‘the woke mind virus’, which he has since vowed to ‘destroy.’
But he was not a girl.
Wilson condemned Musk as an absent father who ‘was cold’ and claimed he harassed her for exhibiting feminine traits in elementary school, when she was still known as Xavier.
Musk first spoke of his feelings of losing Wilson – one of six kids with ex-wife Justine Wilson – in a Daily Wire interview with psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson. The 53-year-old billionaire claimed he’d been ‘tricked’ into approving trans-related medical treatment when his child was 16, calling it ‘incredibly evil’ action by people who should go to prison.
Fallacies
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The author, Megan Palin, uses inflammatory rhetoric by describing Elon Musk as 'cold' and 'cruel' multiple times without providing any evidence to support these claims. This is an appeal to emotion and a form of ad hominem fallacy.
Elon Musk’s transgender child has hit back at her dad, saying she was effectively ‘killed’ by transitioning — accusing him of being a ‘cold’ and ‘cruel’ parent who would scream in anger at her for being too feminine while growing up.
Wilson condemned Musk as an absent father who ‘was cold’ and claimed he harassed her for exhibiting feminine traits in elementary school, when she was still known as Xavier.
Musk first spoke of his feelings of losing Wilson — one of six kids with ex-wife Justine Wilson — in a Daily Wire interview with psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson. The 53-year-old billionaire claimed he’d been ‘tricked’ into approving trans-related medical treatment when his child was 16, calling it ‘incredibly evil’ action by people who should go to prison. But he was not a girl.
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, stands with his fiancée Talulah Riley and his 6-year-old twin sons Griffin (left) and Xavier at the Nasdaq’s opening bell to celebrate the electric automaker’s initial public offering, Tuesday, June 29, 2010, in New York. AP The SpaceX founder — who boasts a net worth of nearly $200 billion — followed up with a message to his 190 million followers.
Musk said his experience with his child Xavier, who now goes by Vivian Jenna Wilson, opened his eyes to what he called ‘the woke mind virus,’ which he has since vowed to ‘destroy.’ Daily Wire / X
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The author, Megan Palin, demonstrates clear bias in her reporting by using language that depicts Elon Musk as 'cold' and 'cruel' without providing any evidence to support these assertions. She also quotes Vivian Jenna Wilson making similar claims against Musk, but again no evidence is provided to support these claims.
The author describes Elon Musk as a 'cold' and 'cruel' parent without providing any evidence.
Vivian Jenna Wilson is quoted as saying that her father, Elon Musk, was 'cold' and harassed her for exhibiting feminine traits in elementary school.
Elon Musk's daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson, accused Musk of being an absent father and cruel to her for being queer and feminine as a child.
Musk responded on social media that he was not tricked into authorizing Wilson’s transgender-related medical treatment when she was 16, but Wilson stated that he knew what he was doing at the time.
Wilson sought court approval in California to change her name and denounced Musk, stating she no longer wanted any relation with him.
Musk has taken a hard-right turn into conservative politics and has been waging a campaign against transgender people and policies designed to support them, including on his platform X.
Accuracy
Elon Musk claimed he was tricked into giving consent for his child to go on puberty blockers when they were 16 years old.
Musk has been sharing anti-trans posts and ideologies on X in recent years.
Deception
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The article contains selective reporting as it only reports details that support the author's position. The author quotes Wilson making statements about Musk's past behavior towards her and Musk's recent comments regarding her gender identity. However, the article does not provide any context or counter-arguments from Musk or anyone else, making it a one-sided report.
The author quotes Wilson saying: 'He was cold. He’s very quick to anger. He is uncaring and narcissistic.', but does not provide any evidence or context for these claims.
The author states: 'Musk’s recent statements crossed a line.', but does not provide any context as to what these statements were or why they are considered crossing a line.
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Bias
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The author of the article does not make any biased assertions in the text. However, they do quote Musk making derogatory comments towards his transgender daughter and her gender identity. These quotes demonstrate Musk's bias and should not be attributed to the author or NBC News.
He lost my son, essentially.
I vowed to destroy the woke mind virus after that, and we're making some progress.
This was before I had really any understanding of what was going on, and we had Covid going on. They told me she might commit suicide.
Elon Musk made inflammatory comments about his transgender daughter Vivian, saying she was ‘killed by the woke-mind virus’.
Musk misgendered and deadnamed his daughter in the interview.
Vivian responded to her father’s comments on Mark Zuckerberg’s social media platform Threads.
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Deception
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The author uses emotional manipulation and sensationalism by focusing on Elon Musk's controversial comments about his transgender daughter Vivian and her response to it. The author also selectively reports details that support the negative narrative about Musk, such as quoting his deadnaming of his daughter and misgendering her. Additionally, the author makes editorializing statements like 'He is exactly the kind of father so many trans people have had to run away from, hide from, stay closeted because of.'
So what did his daughter Vivian do about it? She brilliantly hopped on Threads instead of her father’s social media platform and said, ‘I look pretty good for a dead b*tch.’...
He is exactly the kind of father so many trans people have had to run away from, hide from, stay closeted because of.
Resident a–hole Elon Musk just got destroyed by his daughter Vivian...
Fallacies
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The author uses inflammatory rhetoric by using the phrase 'Resident a-hole' to describe Elon Musk at the beginning of the article. She also misgenders and deadnames Vivian multiple times throughout the article, which is disrespectful and harmful to her. This constitutes as an appeal to pity fallacy, as she uses Vivian's transition status and Musk's past loss of a child to elicit sympathy from the reader towards her perspective.
Resident a-hole Elon Musk just got destroyed by his daughter Vivian, and we live to see this kind of trolling.
He claimed there was 'a lot of confusion' about what it means for someone to transition and used the COVID-19 pandemic as some bizarre excuse for said confusion. And yes, he continued to deadname and misgender Vivian, which we will point out but not do in the rest of his quotes.
My [misgender and deadname] is dead – killed by the woke-mind virus.
Bias
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The author uses derogatory language towards Elon Musk and makes assumptions about his intentions, demonstrating a clear bias against him.
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He just got destroyed by his daughter Vivian, and we live to see this kind of trolling.
Musk shares twins Vivian and Griffin (b. 2004) and triplets Kai, Saxon, and Damian (b. 2006) with ex-wife Justine Wilson. He is also dad to X ∅ A-Xii (pronounced X Ash Archangel Twelve), born in 2020, Exa Dark Siderēl, born via surrogate in 2021, and Techno ‘Tau’ Mechanicus, born in 2023, with Grimes. He shares twins Strider and Azure (b. 2021) and a baby born in 2024 with Shivon Zillis.
So what did his daughter Vivian do about it? She brilliantly hopped on Threads instead of her father’s social media platform and said, ‘I look pretty good for a dead b*tch.’
Elon Musk's daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson, is a transgender woman.
Musk made allegations against Wilson during an interview with Dr. Jordan Peterson on X.
Wilson stated that Musk knew about the side effects of her medical treatment and was present only 10% of the time during her childhood.
Accuracy
Elon Musk made allegations against Wilson during an interview with Dr. Jordan Peterson on X.
Deception
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The article contains selective reporting as it only reports details that support the author's position. The author does not disclose their identity and quotes Wilson making allegations against Musk without providing any context or evidence to back up these claims. The article also uses emotional manipulation by implying that Musk is a bad father for not being supportive of his transgender daughter.
The Tesla CEO alleged that he was ‘tricked’ into allowing Wilson to undergo transgender-related medical treatment for her when she was 16, adding, ‘I lost my son, essentially. They call it ‘deadnaming’ for a reason. The reason they call it ‘deadnaming’ is because your son is dead.’
Noting that the two have not spoken in about four years, she looked back at her childhood as one where ‘he was there, I want to say, maybe 10% of the time.’
Fallacies
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The article contains an appeal to authority fallacy by including Elon Musk's claims about his daughter without providing evidence or context. Additionally, there is a dichotomous depiction of Musk as either supportive or unsupportive, with no nuance.
. . . he was not a supportive father, present ‘only 10% of the time’
Elon Musk. Chesnot/Getty
The Tesla CEO alleged that he was “tricked” into allowing Wilson to undergo transgender-related medical treatment for her when she was 16
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