Elon Musk Reportedly Told Trans Daughter 'I'll Always Love Her' Before Cutting Health Insurance 'The Next Day'

Justine Wilson alleges that Elon Musk cut off their trans daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson's health insurance the day after requesting that she relay the message 'I'll always love her'. The allegation appears in Alex Gibney's documentary Musk, according to People's account of the film.

Wilson, Musk's first wife, married him in 2000 and divorced him in 2008. Her account places the alleged insurance decision after Vivian came out as transgender, against a background of tensions that Wilson traces to their daughter's childhood.

Musk Insurance Allegation Raises Questions

People's account does not specify the policy details or provide a date for the alleged insurance cut. It presents the allegation through Wilson's documentary interview.

Wilson is an author and mother of six of Musk's children, one of whom died in infancy. She is among the principal interviewees in Gibney's roughly four-hour examination of the Tesla and SpaceX chief's career and personal life.

Her recollections describe Vivian, a 22-year-old model and activist, as a child who resisted her father's expectations. 'She is extremely strong-willed,' Wilson states in the film. 'Elon and I had five kids and the one who was most openly defiant was Jenna [Vivian's middle name].'

Wilson recalls Musk telling Vivian when she was six, 'In this world there are winners and losers. Do you want to be a winner or do you want to be a loser?' She interprets the remark as a warning that refusing to follow him would mean becoming a loser.

The Public Rift Between Musk and Vivian

People report that Musk has attacked Vivian's trans identity. In the film, Wilson describes Vivian's pain after Musk posted on X that he had lost her to the 'woke mind virus.'

'Elon was telling her, through telling the world, what that point of view actually was,' Wilson states. 'And Elon never tried to repair things, that's not in his nature.'

'If a relationship ruptures, then it ruptures,' she adds, describing his perspective.

Wilson also describes Musk as treating Vivian's transition like the 'death of a child'. She recalls responding by referring to their first son, Nevada, who died at 10 weeks old from sudden infant death syndrome in 2002.

Her account contrasts their bereavement with Vivian growing up. Wilson offers a broader observation about parenthood, too. 'If you do your job right as a parent, you get displaced by their life, which is no longer your life. There's a lot of emotion involved with that,' she states.

Vivian dropped her father's surname in 2022, according to People. In a September interview with the publication, she also outlined her opposition to artificial intelligence while promoting Desigual's autumn 2026 campaign, 'Born to Disobey'.

'Art is emotion through expression,' she stated. 'Since emotion is inherently human, AI takes away any underlying intention,' she continued, 'and replaces it with plagiarized colors and shapes.'

Musk's Objections to Gibney's Film

Musk did not participate in the documentary and has publicly ridiculed it. Gibney instead recreated a version of him through his past statements.

An attorney for Musk threatened legal action over what they argued were factual distortions. The supplied material contains no response from Musk specifically addressing Wilson's insurance allegation.

Musk is showing in select theatres, with a nationwide release scheduled for 16 October, according to the supplied report.