Elon Musk’s transgender daughter, in first interview, says he berated her for being queer as a child

Vivian Jenna Wilson, the transgender daughter of Elon Musk, said Thursday in her first public interview that he was an absent father who was cruel to her as a child for being queer and feminine.

Wilson, 20, in an exclusive interview with NBC News, responded to comments that Musk made Monday about her and her transgender identity. On social media and in an interview posted online, Musk said she was "not a girl" and was figuratively "dead," and he alleged that he had been "tricked" into authorizing trans-related medical treatment for Wilson when she was 16. 

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Wilson said that Musk had not been tricked and that, after initially hesitating, he knew what he was doing when he agreed to her treatment, which required consent from her parents.

Musk's recent statements crossed a line, she said. 

"I think he was under the assumption that I wasn't going to say anything and I would just let this go, unchallenged," Wilson said in a phone interview. "Which I'm not going to do because if you're going to lie about me, like, blatantly to an audience of millions, I'm not just gonna let that slide." 

Wilson said that, for as long as she could remember, Musk has not been a supportive father. She said he was rarely present in her life, leaving Wilson and her siblings to be cared for by their mother or by nannies even though Musk had joint custody, and she said Musk berated her when he was present. 

"He was cold," she said. "He's very quick to anger. He is uncaring and narcissistic." 

Wilson said