Teen Vogue published a cover story featuring Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk’s estranged 20-year-old daughter, on March 20.
Wilson rarely spoke about Musk online until he discussed gender ideology in an interview last year with Jordan Peterson.
In the interview, Musk claimed he was “tricked” into signing the parental consent form necessary for Wilson, then 16, to begin her testosterone blockers and hormone replacement therapy.
She then took her first interview over the phone and made it clear from that point on, “If you’re going to lie about me, like, blatantly to an audience of millions, I’m not just gonna let that slide.”
In the Teen Vogue issue, Wilson states how she and Musk have not been in contact since the year she came out back in 2020 and has been financially independent from him since.
Neither she nor her mother, Justine Wilson, keep up with that side of the family. Her mother also revealed some truths about Musk as a husband in 2010, referring to herself as his “starter wife.”
Although their relationship began as she had hoped, she recalled noticing the warning signs on their wedding day when he told her he was “the alpha in this relationship.” He also referred to her grief over their deceased firstborn as “emotionally manipulative.”
Wilson admitted that, in terms of the biological family tree, she tends to find things out at the same time as the rest of the internet. She doesn’t know how many half-siblings she has.
While Wilson spoke of her relationship, or lack thereof, with Musk, interviewer Ella Yurman strived to share her story beyond just her family.
“I think a lot of coverage of trans people these days, even high-profile trans people, ends up centering their transness so much that it reduces them to two-dimensional figures without interiority,” Yurman said to The New York Times. “Most of all, I wanted this piece to give Vivian a chance to be herself in front of the world.”
Although Wilson did spend time clearing away the rumors made about her, she was also able to dive into her personality. She shared her love for the online friendships she’s made, her interest in drag, modeling, and foreign language.
“I don’t give a f**k about him,” Wilson said about Musk. “I really don’t. It’s annoying that people associate me with him. I just don’t have any room to care anymore.”
The interview concluded with Wilson calling out to Vogue’s editor, “Hi, Anna Wintour!”
Two days after the story was published, Musk continued to deadname Wilson, reinstating that he believed she was “killed by the woke mind virus.”
Wilson was quick to respond on TikTok using an audio of Morgan McMicheals from “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars,” lip-syncing, “I look pretty good for a dead bitch” with the caption “and you don’t.”
