Elon Musk’s Estranged Daughter Reveals Her Iconic Reaction to His ‘Woke Mind Virus’ Claim

Vivian Jenna Wilson, the estranged transgender daughter of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, has once again addressed her father’s repeated claims that she is “dead” because of what he calls the “woke mind virus.”

The 20-year-old made an appearance on drag queen Maddy Morphosis’ YouTube series Give It To Me Straight, where she opened up about how she coped with the day Musk posted the inflammatory tweet in November 2024.

At the time, Musk responded to a New York Post article by writing on his own platform, X (formerly Twitter), that “the woke mind virus killed” his child. The post misgendered Wilson and amplified Musk’s ongoing narrative that he has “lost” his daughter to progressive ideology.

In a separate interview with commentator Jordan Peterson that summer, Musk went further, saying, “They call it deadnaming for a reason. The reason it’s called deadnaming is because the son is dead.”

Wilson’s clapbacks

Wilson has repeatedly rejected her father’s framing. Shortly after Musk’s November tweet, she fired back on Threads, calling his stories about her childhood “completely made up.” She also dismissed his refusal to recognize her gender identity, writing, “As for if I’m not a woman… sure, Jan.

Whatever you say. I’m legally recognised as a woman in the state of California and I don’t concern myself with the opinions of those who are below me.”

In March 2025, she took to TikTok with a darkly funny response. Lip-syncing to an audio clip that said, “I look pretty good for a dead b****,” Wilson mocked Musk’s insistence that she no longer exists.

Wilson has repeatedly rejected her father’s framing.

Her reaction at the time

But in her new interview, Wilson revealed how she actually processed the moment when she first saw the “woke mind virus” tweet. “I woke up — ‘cause I was in Tokyo — and I look at my phone, and I’m like, ‘wow… wow…’, and then I went to the convenience store and I got a gin and tonic,” she recalled.

To distract herself, she said she spent the rest of the day playing Super Smash Bros., Nintendo’s cult-favorite fighting game. “I actually got really good at Smash Brothers that day, because to distract myself, I was very drunk — don’t do that, not a good coping mechanism,” she joked. “It was just like, I woke up one day and it was like, ‘oh, there it is’.”

The question of consent

During her appearance, Wilson also mentioned that Musk had been required to sign off on her use of puberty blockers. She did not share details about how that came about, only saying, “That’s one of the greatest mysteries of our time.”

Musk has previously claimed he was “essentially tricked into signing documents” that supported Wilson’s transition. Speaking with Peterson in 2024, he portrayed himself as a victim of manipulation, an assertion critics have called misleading and dismissive of Wilson’s agency.

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A fractured relationship in public view

The public rift between Musk and his daughter has played out across interviews, court filings, and social media posts over the last three years. Wilson legally changed her name in 2022, cutting ties with her father and choosing her mother’s surname instead.

The court documents she filed at the time included a striking statement: “I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape, or form.”

Her appearance on Morphosis’ show marks one of the first times she has spoken at length about how she personally manages her father’s ongoing public comments about her. With humor and candor, she has made clear that while Musk may frame her as “lost,” Wilson is determined to live her life on her own terms.