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In an exclusive interview, Vivian Jenna Wilson said her father’s recent statements, including that she is “not a girl,” inspired her to speak out: “I’m not just gonna let that slide.”

Vivian Jenna Wilson, the transgender daughter of Elon Musk, said Thursday in her first interview that he was an absent father who was cruel to her as a child for being queer and feminine.

Wilson, 20, in an exclusive interview with NBC News, responded to comments Musk made Monday about her and her transgender identity. On social media and in an interview posted online, Musk said she was “not a girl” and was figuratively “dead,” and he alleged that he had been “tricked” into authorizing trans-related medical treatment for her when she was 16.

Wilson said that Musk hadn’t been tricked and that, after initially having hesitated, he knew what he was doing when he agreed to her treatment, which required consent from her parents.

Musk’s recent statements crossed a line, she said.

“I think he was under the assumption that I wasn’t going to say anything and I would just let this go unchallenged,” Wilson said 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.

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[–] Cobrachicken@lemmy.world 226 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Musk told Peterson that Wilson’s gender transition has been the motivation for his push into conservative politics.

“I vowed to destroy the woke mind virus after that, and we’re making some progress,” he said. "

My god what a total dumbfuck.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 86 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He was a dumbfuck for even giving Peterson the time of day.

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah for a guy who's so fucking pedantic he's literally asked for the definition of the word "do" in response to a question he seems totally fine with the word "woke" being used for whatever.

[–] iiGxC@slrpnk.net 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He can't just reveal to his audience directly that he thinks christianity isn't true

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Because he is a grifter pandering to a Christian audience while pretending to be centrist.

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[–] BrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

I remember this, but I can’t find it with a quick google. Do you remember when he said this or in what context?

There’s a dingus I need to show that to :)

Edit: The definition of “do” thing

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[–] norimee@lemmy.world 166 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I feel for her so much. Imagine how this feels to have a father like that, who spits on everything you are and then brags about it to millions of people.

She is obviously not a public person and still he drags her and his personal hatred into the public eye of millions.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 70 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

All while crying about it because you "died from the woke mind virus".

You know, his still living daughter who he'd still have a fucking relationship with if he didn't suck ass so much.

[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He's less interested in the relationship and more interested in anti-woke martyrdom points.

[–] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Yes, he sees his children as people to be groomed to continue, and expand, his legacy. His daughter does not fit in with the idea he has for them. However, he can use exploit her queerness, to play the victim of the woke mob, for his alt-right chudcred.

[–] ours@lemmy.world 50 points 2 years ago

Worst, he runs a platform intentionally marketed to those who hate.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 131 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wilson said that, when she was a child, Musk would harass her for exhibiting feminine traits and pressure her to appear more masculine, including by pushing her to deepen her voice as early as elementary school.

“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 said. “It was cruel.”

What a colossal piece of shit.

Also, she is really beautiful. She clearly got her mom's half of the physical appearance genes.

[–] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Hopefully not the fathers hairline

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hair is tricky, but she has a few things working for her. Musk clearly has male pattern baldness, but that is typically carried on the X chromosome, so you get it from your mom instead of your dad. Testosterone is also a major contributor to hair loss, so HRT will really help with any hair lose in the future as well.

[–] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You’re right I forgot baldness is maternal

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

She seems to have transitioned young enough that it’s unlikely a concern. At least unless her cis sisters also have it as a concern

[–] audiomodder@lemmy.blahaj.zone 62 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Remember when wannabe tech geniuses were talking about how liberal Musk was? How Musk claimed to be so liberal? Pepperidge Farm remembers

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's kinda crazy, for me he went from being entrepreneurial genius, to eccentric genius, to genius but weird, to maybe not a genius but an acumen for business and kind of a dick, to temperamental child with petty grievances against the world, and after the headlines the last couple of weeks, an absolute loser piece of shit that is not worth the air that he breathes.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I mean, he's always been that last one... It was all the way back in 2019 that he failed to help those kids trapped in that cave, and his ego was so huge and his moral compass so lacking that he lashed out at one of the actual heroes and baslessly called him a "pedo".

Edit: Here's a story about it for anyone that missed it.

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago

That's what broke the illusion for me. Elon tried to make the situation all about him and threw a tantrum when someone dared tell him no.

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah thats when he started to turn for me. But in my comment I was thinking the years when he was starting space X, circa early 2010s when most people didn't know much about him. Sorry I'm old.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Didn’t he say he flipped because of some regulatory ruling? I vaguely remember him making public statement about never voting D again as though he’d vocally supported anything liberal or progressive at all before that.

[–] intoner@lemm.ee 52 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Vivian seems like a lovely young lady, and I hate that she has to put up with such blatant disrespect from her own father. How one man could be so cruel, so uncaring to his own flesh-and-blood is beyond me.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Easy, when there’s no empathy it applies to anyone and everyone you ‘disagree’ with.

Source: a good part of my extended family were bigots of all kinds.

[–] sadbehr@lemmy.nz 5 points 2 years ago

See also: Conditional love.

[–] 58008@lemmy.world 52 points 2 years ago (6 children)

“I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form”

Anti-trans bigots with trans kids, this is your future.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago

Put into the court record when she didn't have to say so to fulfill any legal requirement. She just hates her father, one of the richest men in the world, so much that she wanted a permanent legal record of her disowning him.

She could have just waited around until he died and hoped she got some inheritance, but she hates him that much. That shows what an absolute monster of a father he was.

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[–] LovingHippieCat@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago (2 children)

“I vowed to destroy the woke mind virus after that, and we’re making some progress."

Fucker may as well have said "I vowed to destroy my entire reputation and we're making some progress."

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

And yet millions and millions of people - including many people reading this - are still buying his cars and using his piece of shit website.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Those windmills aren’t going to chase themselves

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm beginning to think this Musk guy isn't very nice.

[–] kamiheku@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You know, the more I learn about that guy, the more I don't care for him

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

same can be said about Hitler

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

what would you expect from the guy who spent $44bn to run his fan club

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Thats putting it lightly

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

When Wrabel sings about there being something wrong in the village, this is what's wrong in the village. Elon Musk and the hateful, ignorant, small-mined people just like him.

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