Elon Musk’s father isn’t holding back on criticism of the billionaire’s parenting skills.
Errol Musk appeared on the “Wide Awake” podcast Wednesday, two days before author Ashley St. Clair claimed she had given birth to Elon’s 13th child last year.
“He hasn’t been a good dad,” Errol, 79, told listeners in a clip shared via TikTok. “The first child was too much with nannies and died in the care of a nanny.”
Elon and his ex-wife Justine Wilson’s firstborn son, Nevada, died in 2002 at 10 weeks old due to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
Errol admitted, “Elon’s gonna shoot me for saying this, but that’s what I think. That’s no good. They were too rich, too many nannies.”
He claimed Elon and Wilson’s children — twins Griffin and Vivian, 20, and triplets Kai, Saxon and Damian, 19 — each had their own nanny.
“When they got divorced [in 2008], the nannies were six on this side and six on that side,” Errol continued. “It was a really weird situation.”
When host Joshua Rubin asked whether Elon, 53, “didn’t spend enough time with” his little ones, Errol claimed that was indeed the case.
Elon’s rep has yet to respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
Multiple TikTok users highlighted the “disturbing … hypocrisy” in Errol’s statements, with many pointing out that he shares a child with his former stepdaughter Jana Bezuidenhout.
One wrote, “Bad dads can notice bad dads.”
In addition to his and Wilson’s brood, Elon has welcomed three children — son X AE A-XII, 4, daughter Exa, 3, and son Techno, 2 — with his ex Grimes, as well as three more kids — twins Strider and Azure, 2, and a 1-year-old — with his Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis.
The Tesla CEO has not publicly commented on St. Clair’s since-deleted claim via X that they share a 5-month-old whom he has yet to “publicly acknowledge.”
He did, however, reply to a post alleging that the “Elephants Are Not Birds” author had “plotted for HALF A DECADE to ensnare” him.
Vivian poked fun at the situation via TikTok on Saturday.
“Wow, if I had a nickel for every time I found out I had half-siblings through Reddit, I’d have two nickels … which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it’s happened twice, right?” she asked her followers.
Vivian, who legally changed her name and gender in 2022, is estranged from Elon, with the SpaceX founder previously telling the Financial Times that he “can’t win them all.”
Elon remains vocally critical of Vivian’s transition, which he claimed stemmed from a “woke-mind virus,” and she has repeatedly clapped back on social media — with Grimes also coming to her defense.
