Vivian Wilson responds to far-right violent trans conspiracy: ‘I’m not going to shoot anyone, I’m a model’
Vivian Jenna Wilson (Anna Webber/Getty)
Vivian Jenna Wilson (Anna Webber/Getty)
Elon Musk’s estranged daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson has addressed the right-wing idea that trans people are inherently violent.
When she’s not strutting the runway, model and social media personality Vivian Wilson has used her platform to support LGBTQ+ issues, and speaking at the recent Teen Vogue summit, the influencer took a stand against the increasingly popular online dialogue that trans people are responsible for a large proportion of mass shootings.
“There’s this widespread misinformation and demonisation where, especially right now, they’re painting us all as violent mass shooters,” she said of the far-right. “I’m not going to shoot anyone, I’m a model. I don’t even know how to hold a gun.
“What do you think I’m going to do, beat someone up with my arms? That’s not happening.”
There has been a notable increase in the number of people pushing the conspiracy theory following the shooting of right-wing pundit Charlie Kirk, who was known for sharing anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and who was talking about “trans shooters” moments before his death.
The suspected shooter reportedly had a trans roommate, prompting right-wing commentators to try to pin the blame on the trans community, despite investigators saying the roommate was being co-operative and had “no idea” about the shooting ahead of time.
During the summit, Vivian Wilson also commented on how transitioning at the age of 16 “basically saved [her] life”. She held back tears as she spoke about the attack on gender-affirming care, and the anti-trans bills being passed under Donald Trump’s presidency.
‘I’m making money now’
Wilson went on to say that she had enrolled in community college in Los Angeles. “I’m financially independent, I’m making money now. People have a lot of assumptions, and you just have to deal with that.”
In a previous interview, with New York magazine’s The Cut, she revealed that she doesn’t expect to inherit any of Musk’s fortune – believed to be in excess of $400 billion (£296 billion) – when he dies.
“People assume I have a lot of money, I don’t have hundreds of thousands of dollars at my disposal,” she said. “I don’t have a desire to be super-rich.
“I can afford food. I have friends, a shelter and some expendable income, which is nice and much more than most people my age in Los Angeles.”
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