Elon Musk, billionaire and chief executive officer of Tesla, at the Viva Tech fair in Paris, France, on Friday, June 16, 2023.Photo:Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty
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Published on Thursday, the excerpt largely explores Musk’swhirlwind takeover of X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, but also sheds light on his relationship with his eldest daughter.
“Hey, I’m transgender, and my name is now Jenna,” the then-16-year-old once texted the wife of Musk’s brother, according to the excerpt. “Don’t tell my dad.”
According to court documents, she said the change was due to “Gender Identity and the fact that I no longer live with orwish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form.”
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“She went beyond socialism to being a full communist and thinking that anyone rich is evil,” said Musk, 52, per theWSJexcerpt.
As Isaacson wrote, “The rift pained him more than anything in his life since the infant death of hisfirstborn child Nevada,” referencing the child Musk had with Justine, who tragically died at 10 weeks from sudden infant death syndrome.
“I’ve made many overtures,” Musk said of attempts to connect with his daughter, per the excerpt, “but she doesn’t want to spend time with me.”
In the interview, the dad of 10 went on to add that while their relationship may have changed, he had “very good relationships with all the others [children].” On Father’s Day 2022, about a month after his daughter’s petition, the billionaire shared in a social media message that heloves “all my kids so much.”
Musk has been vocal on Twitter regarding his opinions about preferred pronouns for transgender and nonbinary people. After being criticized in December 2020 for a since-deleted tweet seemingly mocking the use of preferred pronouns,the SpaceX CEO saidthat while he “absolutely” supported transgender people, he believed “all these pronouns are an esthetic nightmare.”
In May 2022, one month after his daughter’s court filing, Musk also said that he plans tovote for Republican candidatesmoving forward, specificallyshowing supportfor Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who signed the controversial “Parental Rights in Education” bill, denounced asthe “Don’t Say Gay” law.
source: people.com
