Archive · 14 Dec 2025
Elon Musk disputes Newsom office's remark about transgender daughter
Elon Musk and California Governor Gavin Newsom's press office are arguing on social media.
It started when Newsom talked about supporting transgender rights on a podcast.
Musk's team shared this, and Newsom's office responded by saying Musk's daughter doesn't like him.
Musk got upset and said they meant his son, who he believes has a mental illness.
He also said his daughters love him.
It's a big fight about family and politics.
Elon Musk and Governor Gavin Newsom's press office are engaged in a public dispute on X (formerly Twitter).
The tension began after Musk's America PAC reposted a clip of Newsom discussing pro-trans legislation.
Newsom's press office responded with a remark about Musk's daughter not liking him.
Musk clarified that they were referring to his son, Xavier, who he believes has a mental illness.
Musk stated that his daughters, Azure, Exa (Y), and Arcadia, love him.
- Who
- Elon Musk and Gavin Newsom's press office
- What
- A public dispute over remarks about Musk's transgender daughter
- When
- The dispute began after Newsom's remark on The Ezra Klein Show
- Where
- The exchange occurred on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter)
- Why
- The dispute arose from a political and personal disagreement over transgender issues
- Elon Musk
- Tech billionaire and owner of X (formerly Twitter)
- Gavin Newsom
- Governor of California
- Vivian Jenna Wilson
- Elon Musk's transgender daughter
- Xavier
- Elon Musk's son, referred to as having a 'tragic mental illness'
- America PAC
- Political action committee associated with Elon Musk
- The Ezra Klein Show
- Podcast where Gavin Newsom made the original remark
