Musk's estranged daughter says she doesn't know how many siblings she has

Ms Versha Sharma, the editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue, said she had started to pay close attention to Ms Vivian Jenna Wilson, the 20-year-old daughter of Elon and Justine Musk, around the time of last autumn's US presidential election.

- Katie Van Syckle and Benjamin Hoffman

NEW YORK - Ms Versha Sharma, the editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue, said she had started to pay close attention to Ms Vivian Jenna Wilson, the 20-year-old daughter of Elon and Justine Musk, around the time of last autumn's US presidential election.

"The more that we started to learn about her from watching her TikToks, or just following her online, we realised that she has a really powerful and interesting and hilarious voice and a way of cutting through the noise with humour," Ms Sharma said in a phone interview on March 21.

Ms Ella Yurman, a writer and comedian, was able to set up an interview with Ms Wilson, leading to her first byline for Teen Vogue, which landed on the cover of a special issue.

The interview spread quickly around social media as soon as it was published on March 20.

In the interview, Ms Wilson, who is a transgender woman, discussed a wide variety of topics, including whether she is famous ("I don't like saying that I'm famous because I want to do something more to deserve that fame"), her relationship with social media ("I am the Queen of Threads"), her family ("I do not actually know how many siblings I have") and her politics ("I am constantly shifting and evolving").

But it was her in-depth discussion of her father that had the internet buzzing as soon as the piece was published.

She addressed the debate over his hand gestures at an inaugural event for President Donald Trump in January, saying: "Honey, we're going to call a fig a fig, and we're going to call a Nazi salute what it was."

She emphasised that she is financially independent and has had no relationship with Mr Musk since 2020.

She said he was "not as supportive as my mom" when she transitioned and began taking testosterone blockers.