Elon Musk’s and his comments about his allegedly horribly abusive father

By Lydia Cherian

Elon Musk’s relationship with his father seems to be rocky at best, with Musk alleging that his father was horribly abusive to him. Musk doesn’t often speak about his relationship with his father, but over the years has made a few statements, with Musk once stating that his “father was a terrible human being” and “almost every evil thing you could possibly think of, he has done.” Sounds a bit extreme, doesn’t it?

But, when other Musk family members were asked about the character of Musk’s father, Errol Musk, they all seem to clam up or give a vague answer of ‘he’s not the best person to be around.’

Looking back on the little-known information about Musk’s father, there is one jarring detail, which is that Musk’s father had a child with his stepdaughter, Jana Bezuidenhout, who is about 42 years younger than him.