Viral Video: Elon Musk, the Tesla CEO and founder of SpaceX, recently made a comeback in the headlines for a statement that has left the internet far too divided. The billionaire was in conversation with Dr Jordan Peterson, a psychologist and conservative commentator, during an interview, which is when he opened up on his estranged transgender daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson. For those unversed, the 20-year-old changed her gender and her name in 2022, at California’s Santa Monica courthouse, after she underwent gender-affirming care procedures. Opening up about the same, Musk blamed the ‘woke mind virus’ behind the ‘killing’ of his ‘son Xavier’.

Xavier was the name Vivian went by before her surgery. However, Musk surely was against what happened, and his recent interview only stamped it further true. He, in fact, alleged that he was ‘tricked’ into signing for the gender-affirming care procedures, as he was going through a lot of confusion at the time.

“It happened to one of my older boys, where I was essentially tricked into signing documents for one of my older boys, Xavier. This was before I had any understanding of what was going on. COVID was going on, so there was a lot of confusion and I was told Xavier might commit suicide if he doesn't,” Musk was heard saying.

Musk further called Vivian ‘dead’ to him, and referred to her by her ‘deadname’. “I lost my son, essentially. They call it 'deadnaming' for a reason. The reason they call it ‘deadnaming’ is because your son is dead,” he was further heard saying.

As soon as the video of the same was aired, it went viral and left people reacting. It is also notable to share that Gender-affirming care is reportedly a ‘valid, science-backed method’. Coming to Vivian, she was born to Musk and Justine Wilson, who is a Canadian author. Musk and Wilson were divorced in 2008.

The video was shared on X (formerly Twitter), by the handle ‘Esqueer_’. The post was captioned, “Elon says his trans daughter Vivian is dead to him and blames the woke mind virus for killing her.”

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The video has been heavily circulating on social media since it was shared. Most people chastised Musk for his take on his child’s choice, while the rest sympathize with his daughter Vivan for dealing with the drama. A few agreed with Musk as well.

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Taking to the comment section, people shared their take. “A terrible father in a long line of terrible fathers,” a user said. “My man you build rocketships and electric cars but he was tricked,” commented another. “Dude just sucks as a father and as a human being,” commented a third person. “When you buy a Tesla, you're endorsing hate,” added another.

“God Peterson looks horrible. This clip will cause nightmares. Trigger warning,” added another. “My son is dead, killed by the woke mind virus- Such a statement made in public by the father should lead to criminal prosecution for child abuse, in my opinion!” commented another. “It's notable that Justine Wilson has a positive relationship with Vivian, likely because she chose to love her child unconditionally,” added another.

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