Elon Musk\u2019s estranged daughter, Vivian Wilson, called her upbringing \u201cisolating\u201d and \u201cstrange\u201d in a new interview about growing up with one of the world\u2019s richest men as her father.<\/p>\n
Wilson, who came out as transgender in 2020 and has since dropped Musk as her last name<\/a>, opened up about her unique childhood during a chat with Cosmopolitan<\/a> published Wednesday.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a very strange experience, very isolating,\u201d she told the outlet. \u201cThe upper class have their own private schools, social circles, and whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n Elon Musk\u2019s estranged daughter Vivian Wilson (pictured here during Paris Fashion Week last month) called her upbringing \u201cisolating\u201d and \u201cstrange\u201d in a new interview. WireImage<\/p>\n Wilson opened up about her unique childhood as the daughter of Musk (seen here in 2022) during a chat with Cosmopolitan published on Wednesday. REUTERS<\/p>\n Although she initially attended an exclusive institution on the SpaceX campus in California called Ad Astra, Wilson later transferred to the private Los Angeles school Crossroads.<\/p>\n \u201cI have unlearned a huge amount, but even as a child, I was like, \u2018This is a bit gauche,\u2019\u201d the 21-year-old model recalled<\/a>. \u201cI remember being very young and seeing homelessness and feeling sick to my stomach.\u201d<\/p>\n She continued, \u201cPeople would get on me for being like a dramatic little child. But no, I was right to be a dramatic little s\u2013t about that.\u201d<\/p>\n Besides feeling \u201cisolated\u201d and \u201cstrange,\u201d Wilson also observed a \u201clevel of detachment from reality itself\u201d that was \u201cin favor of wealth\u201d and the \u201cillusion that you\u00a0deserve\u00a0it while people are sleeping on the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a very strange experience, very isolating,\u201d Wilson (pictured here during Milan Fashion Week in February) said. \u201cThe upper class have their own private schools, social circles, and whatever.\u201d WWD via Getty Images<\/p>\n The model (seen here during Paris Fashion Week in October 2025) said she also observed a \u201clevel of detachment from reality itself\u201d among the rich. Getty Images<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Still, Musk\u2019s estranged daughter acknowledged that she \u201cwas a rich kid\u201d<\/a> and \u201cshould not be lecturing anyone on materialism.\u201d<\/p>\n Elsewhere during her interview with the magazine, Wilson said she has witnessed money \u201ccorrupt\u201d the people around her.<\/p>\n \u201cI have seen that s\u2013t firsthand,\u201d she asserted. \u201cIt will change you, and the desire for power corrupts people from within. It is cartoonish.\u201d<\/p>\n Wilson continued, \u201cAchieving that and wanting more is a never-ending cycle of greed and gluttony, where nothing is enough and you kind of go insane. It turns you into someone different. Which is honestly one of my biggest fears.\u201d<\/p>\n But she also made sure to downplay her lot in life as Musk\u2019s daughter.<\/p>\n Musk (pictured here in Switzerland in January) welcomed Wilson with his first wife, Justine Wilson, in 2004. AP<\/p>\n Wilson downplayed her life as the daughter of the world\u2019s richest man (seen here in Washington, DC, in November 2025). AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s not much I can do about it, so who cares?\u201d Wilson said. \u201cIt\u2019s part of my story, but it\u2019s not the future of my story.\u201d<\/p>\n Musk welcomed Wilson with his first wife, Justine Wilson, in 2004.<\/p>\n However, the model \u201cdisowned\u201d the Tesla billionaire as her father<\/a> in 2020 when she came out as transgender.<\/p>\n The model (pictured here in a TikTok video from 2024) \u201cdisowned\u201d her billionaire dad in 2020. Vivian Jenna Wilson\/TikTok<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t give\u00a0a f\u2013k about him,\u201d Wilson said of Musk (seen here with his first wife before their 2008 split). \u201cI really don\u2019t.\u201d Justine Musk<\/p>\n Wilson, who was born Xavier Alexander Musk, changed her name upon turning 18 in 2022. She filed for an official gender change in Los Angeles that same year.<\/p>\n The father-daughter pair have butted heads several times<\/a> since their 2020 estrangement, including in 2024 when the SpaceX founder claimed that he was \u201ctricked\u201d into letting Wilson transition and blamed the \u201cwoke mind virus.\u201d<\/p>\n