Elon Musk reveals that he and his brother support his father Errol Musk financially ever since ‘he ran out of money in the 90s’.
“My brother & I financially supported him & his extended family in South Africa since then on condition that he does not do bad things. Unfortunately, he did do bad things.” – Elon Musk shared on his Twitter on Wednesday.
Elon Musk Financially Supports His Father For 30 Years
It is still not clear what he means when saying ‘bad things’ however, it is not the first time he accuses his father of being a monster. Back in 2017, he called him a ‘terrible human being’ in an interview for Rolling Stone.
“Almost every evil thing you could possibly think of, he has done.” – the billionaire told the newsletter.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO responded to a tweet about his family. Robert Reich, an academic, had written that Elon Musk comes from a family that owned an emerald mine in “Apartheid South Africa”.
Apartheid is something that was introduced in South Africa after the Second World War. It separates people of different races and gives them different political and other rights. In all of the cases, the white race is the race that has supremacy over the other races and has the greatest rights. South Africa held this system until the mid-90s.
In 2018, Errol Musk told that he owned half the shares of the mine. After the article got viral, Elon Musk gave a statement on it revealing that he did not know details about his father’s business. The only thing that he recalls is seeing a “small jewel box of low-quality emeralds in his youth”.
Elon Musk doesn’t have a good relationship with his father. Their communication seems to be complicated. The billionaire ‘fears’ his father’s presence too much. So much so that he revealed that he and his ex-wife decided to never let their children meet him.
However, this might have changed. In an interview for Insider, Errol Musk said he recently met two of his grandchildren. He saw Damien play the piano in Bel Air. He also visited Elon Musk in Texas and met his granddaughter Exa Dark Sidarael.
In a recent interview, Errol Musk also criticized his son Elon. He stated that he is not living a ‘good life’. His son is the wealthiest person in the world and basically built his fortune from scratch. However, Errol Musk revealed that finally, he is not proud of him.
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