Elon Musk’s mother says it’s “degrading” to call her son a “billionaire”

Maye Musk, Elon Musk’s mother, said she doesn’t like it when people call her son a “billionaire,” despite him being one of the richest men in the world.

“I don’t like the word rich or billionaire or words like that. Because I find it degrading. I think he’s the genius of the world, and people love him for that,” she explained to Fox Business in December.

“When people see me, they go crazy, because I’m his mother, but they love him for what he does, and they respect him, and I’m so proud of him.”

Then, the host Stuart Varney asked her about her view, as Elon’s mother, on the businessman’s ventures over the past decades.

“Every time I’m surprised, and every time I tell him not to do something else and he doesn’t listen to me, and then he makes a big change,” she admitted. However, she took the opportunity to respond to the criticisms of the Neuralink chip being developed by Neuralink on social media.

“With this Neuralink, people are saying, ‘Why is he doing this? I don’t want something in my head,’ and I say, ‘Well, you’re not paralyzed or blind.’ If you’re blind and don’t want to see, then you can argue, you don’t need a chip in your head.”

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