The Awkward Moment in Ibiza

Vivian Wilson, the 22-year-old transgender model and Elon Musk's estranged daughter, walked away from an interview in Ibiza, Spain on Tuesday after a reporter called her father 'the best.'

The awkward moment was shaerd on social media, where fans had a divided reaction. Some argued that Wilson owes her fame entirely to Musk, while others rushed to her defense,pointing out that because she is estranged from the billionaire, she likely has no desire to talk about him.

Wilson has previously spoken out about her difficult childhood and her estrangement from her father. In 2024, she branded her father 'uncaring' and 'narcissistic.'

A Divided Reaction

After the clip of the awkward moment was shared on social media, fans had a divided reaction. some argued that Wilson was ungrateful,while others rushed to her defense, pointing out that because she is estranged from the billionaire, she likely has no desire to talk about him.

Wilson, called Xavier Musk at birth ,launched a blistering attack against her father - accusing him of being absentee, 'cruel', 'quick to anger', and bullying her for being queer - after he said she was 'not a girl' and figuratively 'dead'.

The pair's increasingly acrimonious public row was first thrown into the spotlight two years prior, when Wilson in a court filing declared she 'no longer wishes to be related' to her father and legally changed both her name and gender.

Public Feud

Musk spoke out about his painful estrangement from his daughter for the first time in 2023, calling her a 'communist' and blaming her politics on the expensive private high school she attended.

'She went beyond socialism to being a full communist and thinking that anyone rich is evil,' Musk told author Walter Isaacson, placing blame in part on Crossroads, the private K-12 school in Santa Monica where annual tuition costs up to $50,000.

The SpaceX founder further publicized their feud by claiming he was 'tricked' by the 'woke mind virus' into allowing one of his sons to become a transgender woman in an interview with Canadian psychologist and author Jordan Peterson.

'I was essentially tricked into signing documents for one of my older boys, Xavier,' he said, using Vivian's former name. 'This was really before I had any understanding of what was going on, and we had COVID going on, so there was a lot of confusion. And I was told Xavier might commit suicide,' Musk said.

He added: 'I was tricked into doing this. It wasn't explained to me that puberty blockers are actually just sterilization drugs.'

A Family Divided

The model has also openly talked about how terrible he was as a father and how a lot of the 'anecdotes' he's shared about his kids' childhoods are just flat-out fiction.