Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said his son was “tricked” into agreeing to take puberty-suppressing drugs, adding that he believes a metaphorical “virus of the awakened mind” killed his son.
Musk made the comments during an interview with Dr. Jordan Peterson on Monday, after he was asked what he thought about doctors performing gender reassignment surgeries. Musk and Peterson described the act as “evil” and performed the procedure on their children. Musk spoke about an experience he had with his own children. Xavier, who now goes by the name Vivian Jenna Wilson, woke up to what she calls “the virus of the awakened mind” and has since vowed to “destroy” it.
“It happened with one of my older sons. I was tricked into signing papers for one of my older sons, Xavier. This was before I had any understanding of what was going on. COVID-19 was happening, so there was a lot of confusion, and I was told that if I didn’t sign it, Xavier might commit suicide…” Musk told Peterson.
Elon Musk, billionaire and CEO of Tesla Inc., attends the Viva Tech fair on Friday, June 16, 2023 in Paris, France. (Nathan Lane/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“That’s been a lie from the beginning,” Peterson interjected.
“This is incredibly evil and I agree with you that the people who promoted this should go to jail,” Musk responded.
Musk said he wasn’t told that the puberty suppressants “were really just fertility drugs” when he agreed to have his son undergo the treatment. He called the term “gender reassignment treatment” a “horrible euphemism.”
“The bottom line is, I lost a son. There’s a reason it’s called Deadnaming,” Musk said. “It’s called Deadnaming because my son is dead. My son, Xavier, was killed by the awakened mind virus.”
Puberty inhibitors are Long-term infertility issues A preprint study from the Mayo Clinic concluded earlier this year that the effects of puberty blockers may be permanent in boys, and the study disputed claims that such effects are reversible.
After a long silence, Musk added, “I then vowed to destroy the ‘virus of the awakened mind.'”
Vivienne Musk came out as transgender in June 2022. Around the same time, the then 18-year-old submitted an application to change her name from Xavier to Vivienne and take her mother’s surname. The Daily Mail reported..
“I no longer want to have anything to do with my biological father in any capacity,” Vivian said at the time.
FILE – Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Expo in Washington, March 9, 2020. On Monday, July 15, 2024, Musk appeared to confirm reports that the company’s robotaxi launch event would be delayed from its scheduled Aug. 8 date. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Musk’s vow to fight the “woke” left likely influenced his recent decision to move SpaceX’s California headquarters to Texas, after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning school districts from notifying parents if their child uses different pronouns or identifies with a different gender than what’s listed on school records.
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“This is the final push,” Musk wrote on his social media platform, X. “Because of this law and so many previous laws that attack both families and businesses, SpaceX We are relocating our headquarters from Hawthorne, California to Starbase, Texas.”
