Elon Musk claimed he was “tricked” into allowing his child to transition into a woman after calling her a “communist” who thinks “anyone rich is evil.”
The X owner previously shed light on his numerous political disagreements with his daughter, Vivian Jenna, choosing to refer to her by her dead name, Xavier.
Now, he’s spoken out against the “evil” lies he was told to approve gender-affirming care for Vivian, 20, going so far as to say his child has been “killed by the woke mind virus”.
Speaking to Jordan Peterson for the Daily Wire, Musk said: “I was essentially tricked into signing documents for one of my older boys, Xavier.
“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 Xavier might commit suicide.”
Peterson contested this as a “lie right from the outset”, arguing that gender dysphoria does not make a person suicidal, but underlying depression and anxiety can.
Musk agreed, going so far as to demand prison time for the people “promoting” gender-affirming care to help young transgender people.
He said: “It’s incredibly evil and I agree with you that the people that are promoting this should go to prison. I was tricked into doing this. It wasn’t explained to me that puberty blockers are actually just sterilization drugs.”
“I lost my son, essentially. They call it deadnaming for a reason. The reason they call it deadnaming is because your son is dead. So my son, Xavier, is dead. Killed by the woke mind virus.”
The Tesla CEO claimed that allowing Vivian to transition spurred on his transition to more right-wing politics and his mission to “destroy the woke mind virus.”
In 2022, Vivian changed her name and gender, with court filings revealing that she ” no longer wishes to be related” to her father “in any way.”
But even before that, Musk was vocal about issues surrounding transgender people, particularly pronouns, which he said “suck”, despite claiming to “support trans.”
In 2020 he posted on what was then Twitter: “I absolutely support trans, but all these pronouns are an esthetic nightmare.” And: “Pronouns suck.”
Vivian reportedly came out as transgender when she was 16, sending her aunt a text asking her to keep it a secret from her father. She wrote: “Hey, I’m transgender, and my name is now Jenna. Don’t tell my dad.” She since changed her name to Vivian.
