Vivian Wilson Walks Out Mid-Interview After Reporter Calls Elon Musk "The Best" at Ibiza Event

Byline: CM News Entertainment Desk | Date: June 4, 2026

A red carpet appearance in Ibiza turned into a viral moment on Wednesday after Vivian Wilson, the estranged daughter of billionaire Elon Musk, walked away from a journalist mid-interview when the reporter called her father "the best." The brief but charged exchange, captured on camera and circulated rapidly across social media, encapsulates the deep and long-running estrangement between the 22-year-old model and the world's wealthiest man — a rift that has played out very publicly over several years and shows no signs of resolution.

Key Facts

- Who: Vivian Wilson, 22, transgender model and influencer; estranged daughter of Elon Musk, 54

- What: Wilson walked off a red carpet interview after a reporter asked "Your father the best, no?"

- When: Tuesday, June 3, 2026

- Where: Desigual Vintage event, Ibiza, Spain

- Mother: Justine Wilson, Musk's first wife

- Estrangement began: 2020, when Wilson came out as transgender

- Wilson's surname: She legally dropped the Musk name after turning 18 in 2022

Vivian Wilson was attending the Desigual Vintage event in Ibiza, Spain on Tuesday when a reporter from Europa Press approached her for what appeared to be a routine red carpet interview. The model looked happy at the beginning of the interview, but things quickly turned sour when the reporter brought up her father. [HELLO!]

The journalist asked Wilson, "Your father, the best, no?" The up-and-coming model appeared visibly confused at the question and asked the reporter to repeat his comment. [Reality Tea] Appearing to think she had misheard, Wilson responded "My what?" before confirming that the question was indeed about Elon Musk. [HELLO!] After hearing the question confirmed, Wilson simply stated "Okay" and walked off the interview without further clarification. [AOL]

The clip spread quickly across social media platforms, racking up views and dividing opinion between those who sympathised with Wilson's reaction and those who criticised the manner of her exit. One supporter wrote online: "Why ask her about her personal life when they know it's an uncomfortable topic for her? Just stop harassing the poor woman and let her live her life on her own terms." A critic countered that "it is much more mature to give your honest, true opinion than to run off like a small child." [AOL]

Background: A Fractured Relationship Made Public

The estrangement between Vivian Wilson and her father is not a recent development. Musk cut Wilson off — financially and in every other way — in 2020 when she came out as transgender. [aol] The break became definitively public in 2022 when, upon turning 18, Wilson legally changed both her name and gender marker, removing the Musk surname entirely in the process.

The relationship deteriorated further and more visibly in 2024. In a live-streamed interview with psychologist and conservative commentator Jordan Peterson, Musk misgendered Wilson, used her birth name, and described her transition as being "killed by the woke mind virus," saying "I lost my son, essentially." He also claimed he had been "tricked" into allowing Wilson to undergo transgender-related medical treatment when she was 16. [aol]

Wilson did not remain silent. She responded on Threads, writing: "Last time I checked I am, indeed, not dead. I don't concern myself with the opinions of those who are below me... he's desperate for attention and validation from an army of degenerate red-pilled incels." [aol]

In subsequent interviews, Wilson has been consistently forthcoming about the nature of her upbringing and her current feelings. She described the Tesla boss as "uncaring," "narcissistic," and "quick to anger," and told Teen Vogue: "I don't give a f*** about him. I really don't. It's annoying that people associate me with him. I just don't have any room to care anymore." [UNILAD Tech]

Wilson told NBC News in her first major interview: "He was there, I want to say, maybe 10% of the time," adding that she believed Musk assumed she would stay silent rather than challenge his public claims about her. [aol]

Wilson's Life Beyond Her Father

Despite the high-profile nature of her estrangement, Vivian Wilson has been building an independent identity and career that she is keen to have defined on its own terms rather than through her parentage. She previously told The Cut that she lives in Los Angeles with three roommates because it is cheaper, and noted that people assume she has significant wealth from her father — an assumption she has pushed back against. [UNILAD Tech]

At Teen Vogue's 2025 Summit, Wilson stated: "I'm financially independent. I'm making money now. People have a lot of assumptions, and you just kinda have to deal with that." [ aol ]

Her modelling work — including the Desigual appearance in Ibiza — represents part of that journey toward an identity separate from the Musk name. The irony of Tuesday's incident is that a red carpet appearance designed to showcase her modelling career became, once again, primarily about her father — the very outcome she has repeatedly said she finds frustrating.

Analysis: The Public Dimension of a Private Rift

The Vivian Wilson-Elon Musk estrangement has become one of the most symbolically loaded family rifts in contemporary public life, intersecting with some of the most contested cultural and political debates of the current era: transgender rights, wealth and power, family estrangement, and the responsibilities of public figures.

For Musk, who leads Tesla, SpaceX, and X (formerly Twitter) and who served in a high-profile government role under President Donald Trump's administration, the estrangement from Wilson has been a recurring source of negative publicity — particularly among audiences concerned about LGBTQ+ rights and the political positions Musk has aligned himself with in recent years.

For Wilson, every public appearance carries the risk — as Tuesday's event demonstrated — of being redirected toward questions about her father rather than her own work. Her decision to walk away from the Ibiza interview, rather than engage, reflects a strategy she has articulated clearly in previous interviews: she no longer wishes to give the subject of her father the space it once occupied.

As TMZ noted, Spanish media would have known Wilson was not a fan of her father if they had done any research beforehand [TMZ] — pointing to a broader media responsibility question about the treatment of public figures whose primary source of fame is familial rather than chosen.

What Happens Next

The Ibiza incident is unlikely to produce a formal response from either party. Wilson has consistently demonstrated a preference for addressing her father's actions on her own terms — through social media posts, carefully chosen interviews, and public appearances — rather than through reactive comments at media events.

Musk, for his part, has not publicly commented on Tuesday's exchange. Given the pattern of their interactions over the past several years, further public friction between the two remains possible, particularly as Wilson's public profile continues to grow through her modelling work and advocacy.

Conclusion

A question about her father at an Ibiza fashion event lasted only seconds, but it captured in miniature a family estrangement that has unfolded publicly across years. Vivian Wilson's decision to walk away from the reporter's question — rather than engage, explain, or defend — is itself a statement: one she has made clearly in words many times before and on Tuesday made visible in a single, wordless exit. The rift between her and Elon Musk remains as wide as ever, and for Wilson, the priority appears to be building a life and career that no longer revolves around that fact.

Sources: Hello Magazine, Unilad, TMZ, AOL, Reality Tea, NBC News, Teen Vogue, The Cut