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.

Vivian Jenna Wilson has rubbished the claim about trans shooters. (Phillip Faraone/Getty)

‘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.”