Elon Musk's father: I'm not proud of my son and I don't drive a Tesla
The father of Ilon Mask, Errol Musk, admitted that he is not proud of his billionaire son and that he does not drive a Tesla, and in the radio interview for "The Kyle and Jackie O Show" explained why he got married and had a child with his stepdaughter.
The Tesla CEO's father said he thinks Elon has "crossed the line" of what he considers success, but also revealed the Musk family has "been doing all kinds of things for a long time."
“Your descendant is a genius. He is worth so much money and has created so much that you cannot take that away from him. Are you proud?” asked the host. When asked where Elon's genius came from, his father pointed out that perhaps the visiting milkman was to blame for it, not him or his mother May, and then revealed that he was not proud of his son.
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"I am not. You know, we're a family that's been working for a long time, it's not like we suddenly started doing something," Errol said, adding that all his children have been doing "interesting things" for a long time and that he's never asked his billionaire son for handouts. He revealed that he was proud of Elon's younger brother, Kimball. Kimball is also a billionaire, although not nearly as rich as his older brother Elon, who is known as the richest man in the world.
"We are a very thrifty, stingy family"
When asked by the presenter if he drives a Tesla, he replied that he prefers Bentley, Rolls-Royce and Mercedes-Benz. He also indicated that he did not receive a penny from his son.
"We are a very thrifty, stingy family. If I want to spend something, I have to answer 100 questions why. Elon lives a very frugal life. He is at work as early as 6 o'clock in the morning," said the father of the famous billionaire.
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Errol says he worries that Elon, who is currently single, will never find a woman who will give up her career to be a part of his life, as Kimball's wife, Christiana Wiley, did despite being educated and is a master's degree.
"She's with him all the time and it's very, very nice." Elon doesn't have that and I take care of him," said Errol.
Errol also addressed his relationship with his 34-year-old stepdaughter Jana Bezuidenhout, with whom he has two small children. He believes that his relationship with his stepdaughter is completely normal.
"I've yet to meet the man who doesn't want to be a womanizer, so when I do, I'll tell you," said Errol, who was married to Jana's mother for two years in the 1990s and hasn't seen or spoken to her since the divorce. with Bezuidenhout until 2014. She contacted him when he was going through a difficult time and their relationship turned into a romance.
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When one of the presenters suggested that Jana was his biological child, Errol tried to change the subject. "No, no, it's a completely normal relationship," he said, despite the big age difference. Last month, he revealed that he and Bezuidenhout welcomed a daughter in 2019, a year after the birth of their first child, son Elliot Rush, who is now five.
He also revealed that Elon Musk and his sisters don't like his relationship with their half-sister. "They still don't like her. It's still a little creepy to them because she's their sister. A half-sister actually,” he said at the time.