“This virus will divide people, make them hate each other and hate themselves,” Elon Musk said about something that he believes took his son.
In July 2022, Xavier, one of Elon Musk’s six 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren with his first wife Justine Wilson, filed a court application for gender reassignment surgery and changed his name to Vivian Jenna Wilson.
Vivian said she wanted to drop the Musk surname and did not want to be associated with her biological father in “any way”.
Elon Musk criticizes “woke thinking virus”
The virus Elon Musk mentioned is what he calls the “awakened mind virus”. It is the virus that affected his son and made him want to have 𝓈ℯ𝓍 reassignment surgery since he was a 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥.
Elon Musk has criticized the “woke mind virus” as a threat to modern civilization.
“Basically, I lost my son. My son Xavier died, 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁ed by the awakened mind virus.
“This virus creates extremely divisive identity politics, amplifies racism, 𝓈ℯ𝓍ism… This virus will divide people, make them hate each other and hate themselves,” Elon Musk shared.
After transitioning and changing her name, Vivian did not want to have any connection with her father, Elon Musk (Photo: DailyMail).
The awakening mind virus is not a scientific term or formally defined concept, referring to changes in the way people think and perceive, often involving exposure to new ideas or seeing the world differently.
This concept can be understood in many different ways, but it is primarily related to the expansion of perception and the ability to accept new perspectives.
On social media, the term “woke thinking virus” is often used to criticize social movements such as gender equality, feminism, respect for gender diversity, transgender support, and protection of the rights of women of color…
Elon Musk has vowed to stop and destroy the “woke mind virus” at all costs to protect other 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren from being destroyed like his son Xavier.
Elon Musk claims he was “tricked” into signing consent for his son’s transgender
In order for his son Xavier to undergo gender reassignment surgery, Elon Musk was one of the people who signed the consent form allowing the surgery to take place. However, Elon Musk now claims that he was tricked into signing the form.
One of the rare images of Xavier after gender reassignment surgery and changing his name to Vivian
Accordingly, in a conversation with Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson, Elon Musk expressed his frustration and anger when his son underwent gender reassignment surgery.
The billionaire has questioned the ethics of doctors performing gender reassignment surgery on 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren.
Elon Musk recalls being pressured to sign consent forms for his son to undergo gender reassignment surgery, on the grounds that if Musk did not do so, Xavier would commit suicide.
“I was basically tricked into signing documents that allowed one of my oldest sons, Xavier, to undergo gender reassignment surgery. I was told that if I didn’t give permission, Xavier would likely commit suicide,” Elon Musk recalled.
Elon Musk believes that Xavier’s use of puberty blockers is the reason why he wants to undergo gender reassignment surgery. Puberty blockers will temporarily stop the production of 𝓈ℯ𝓍 hormones such as testosterone, estrogen… with minimal side effects.
Elon Musk poses with his second wife, Tallulah Riley, and his first wife’s two sons – Xavier (left) and Griffin. The photo was taken in 2010 (Photo: Getty).
However, Elon Musk believes that the use of puberty blockers has affected his son’s psychology and caused him to become gender-deviant. Musk has also expressed outrage at those who promote puberty blocker treatments, calling them “extremely cruel.”
Mixed public reactions after Elon Musk’s statement
After Elon Musk shared about the pain he had to endure when his son Xavier underwent gender reassignment surgery, many netizens expressed sympathy for the world’s richest billionaire.
“I can feel his pain. It’s so sad. The 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren are not mature and aware enough to make important decisions that will affect their whole lives,” commented a user of social network X, formerly Twitter.
“This is Elon’s personal story and it’s heartbreaking that this happened to his son. Elon Musk is on an important mission, which is to destroy the woke thinking virus and I support him,” another X user commented.
However, many other netizens think that Musk is making excuses for the fact that he is a bad father, not being with his 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren at important moments and now Musk is trying to blame it.
“It seems Elon Musk doesn’t realize that he is a bad father and his son is just trying to cut all ties with Musk. He still has his own life, he just doesn’t want to be involved with him anymore,” commented an X user.
Is Elon Musk a Bad Father?
In an interview in August 2023, singer Grimes – Musk’s ex-girlfriend and the mother of three 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren – said she was worried about Musk’s parenting style, as the billionaire allowed his 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren to freely access the internet from a very early age.
Elon Musk and his ex-girlfriend Grimes have three 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren together, but she does not appreciate Musk’s parenting ability (Photo: Billboard).
Grimes said her first 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 with Elon Musk, now 5 years old, has been “obsessed” with rockets since Elon Musk introduced him to SpaceX rocket models from a very young age. He was also often brought to important meetings by his father to listen to Musk’s presentations.
“Being Musk’s kid is not like being anyone else’s kid. I think their lives would be pretty stressful,” Grimes said in an interview last year.
Elon Musk often brings his son to meetings since he was a 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 (Photo: Time).
To date, Elon Musk has a total of 12 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren. Musk had 6 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren with his first wife, writer Justine Wilson. However, the couple’s first 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, a boy named Nevada Alexander, died at just 10 weeks old due to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
Next, Elon Musk had 3 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren with singer Grimes and 3 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren with subordinate Shivon Zilis. Notably, Elon Musk and subordinate Shivon Zilis had 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren together while Musk was still dating Grimes.
Elon Musk is suspected of having a 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 with his subordinate Shivon Zilis while still dating his ex-girlfriend Grimes (Photo: Getty).
Of Elon Musk’s 12 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren, many were 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 through artificial insemination or surrogacy.
Previously, Elon Musk has repeatedly stated that he will try to have as many 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren as possible, because according to this billionaire, the declining 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 rate is a serious problem that threatens the existence of civilization. Musk said
