Elon Musk has gone viral once again, with the eccentric billionaire leaving fans 'disturbed' by a clip where he appears to leave his son behind.
The parenting skills of the world's richest man have recently been called into question, with MAGA influencer Ashley St. Clair spectacularly claiming that Elon Musk has secretly fathered a child with her. Elsewhere, ex-partner Grimes made a public plea for Musk to get in touch with her over a 'medical emergency' involving one of their children.
St. Clair is now going after sole custody amid claims that Musk has no involvement with her child, and while Grimes has deleted her posts, she has previously called out the head of the Department of Government Efficiency for 'parading' their son, X, around the Oval Office.
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Although the details surrounding their custody battle are kept under wraps, Grimes and Musk are the parents of X, Exa Dark Sideræl Musk, and Techno Mechanicus. Musk seems particularly close with X, but in a resurfaced video, millions have seen the billionaire seemingly leave his own behind.
Thought to be from a MAGA rally in January, the clip shows Musk walking down a metal staircase as four-year-old X walks behind him. Instead of turning back for his son, Musk carries on walking while waving to the crowd.
As X struggles to walk down the stairs, he also waves to the crowd. Musk walks away and as the camera pans back, X is out of shot. It's unclear what happened next, but before the camera stopped rolling, it didn't look like anyone was coming to the young kid's aid.
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Over on social media, many suggested that Musk won't be winning any Father of the Year awards following this display.
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With many saying they expected this kind of behavior from Musk, one critic on Reddit said: "Well he uses him as a shield. Don’t need it as much when you’re no longer on stage."
Another added: "Of course he did. Attention span of a gnat. Of no further transactional use to him at that moment. Of course someone else will pick up, assumed."
Someone else concluded: "This gives me the impression that Elon has a coat rack at home where he plops his children by the scruff onto after he's done using them as a human shield every time he goes out."
This video emerges just days after Elon's own father referred to the tech mogul as a 'bad' father. Discussing the incident where Elon's first child died from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) at just 10 weeks old, Errol Musk said, "No, he hasn’t been a good dad. The first child was too much with nannies and died in the care of a nanny.
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"Now what I'm saying, if Elon hears this, he's going to shoot me or something, but anyway, that's what I think."
With many saying that X is Musk's 'favorite' child, others are questioning what the rest get treated like.