Business magnate Elon Musk claims he was “tricked” into signing documents to allow his son Xavier to “change” his gender from male to female.
Xavier Musk, who changed name and gender in 2022, disowned his father in a response on Threads – the Mark Zuckerberg-owned rival platform to Musk’s X.
In a recent interview with Jordan Peterson, the world’s richest man pledged to “destroy the woke mind virus” after professionals claimed his son would commit suicide if he did not permit Xavier to switch gender.
“It happened to one of my older boys, Xavier. I was essentially tricked into signing documents for puberty blockers without understanding the full implications,” Musk said. “COVID was happening, adding to the confusion, and I was told that Xavier might commit suicide if he didn’t get the treatment.”
“That was a lie from the outset” Peterson interjected of the “suicide” claims, pointing out that underlying mental health reasons are responsible for the high transgender suicide rate, not a lack of “social acceptance” or so-called “gender affirming care.”
“I lost my son, essentially. The term “deadnaming”‘” exists for a reason… because your son is dead. My son Xavier is dead, killed by the woke mind virus,” Musk said.
Some on social media offered their condolences to Musk.
Others pledged to help Musk defeat wokeism.
The full two-hour interview is available on Jordan Peterson’s X account.
