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14th Jul 2022

Elon Musk’s father claims he’s had second unplanned child with stepdaughter

Steve Hopkins

Errol Musk said his other daughters were ‘shocked’ by his relationship with Jana Bezuidenhout because ‘to them it was their sister’

Elon Musk‘s dad has claimed he’s had a second child with his 35-year-old stepdaughter in a bombshell interview, just days after news broke that his billionaire son had fathered twins with one of his company executives.

In an interview with The Sun published Thursday, Errol Musk said he had welcomed a daughter with 35-year-old Jana Bezuidenhout three years ago. She declined to comment to the newspaper.

In 2018, it was reported that Errol had a baby, Elliot Rush, nicknamed Rushi, and now five, with Jana. She is 41 years his junior and he raised her since she was four.

The Sun suggested that the Tesla and SpaceX boss went “berserk” when he found out dad was having a child with Jana, who lived with him while growing up. Errol was married to Jana’s mother Heide for 18 years and the couple had two children together.

Errol, 76, told the newspaper the second child was unplanned and although he hasn’t checked her DNA, “she looks just like my other daughters” and “looks exactly like Rushi and she behaves like him. So it’s pretty obvious you know.”

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Errol said he lived with Jana after the birth, but the pair are no longer cohabitating despite having “a lot of affection for each other”.

Recalling his earlier marriage to Jana’s mother, he told The Sun: “So any man who marries a woman, even if you feel very sprightly, it’s going to be nice for a while. But there’s a big gap… And that gap is going to show itself.

“I married her mother when she was 25 and I was 45. She was probably one of the best looking woman I’ve ever seen in my life.”

He added: “But the thing is it’s not practical. She’s 35 next birthday. So she’s getting on.

Just like his son’s bizarre tweets after news broke about his twins – it emerged on July 6 that Musk had welcomed two more kids with Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis, the third woman he had children with – Errol talked favourable about making more babies.

“The only thing we are on Earth for is to reproduce,” he told the newspaper.

“If I could have another child I would. I can’t see any reason not to.”

Errol admitted his other daughters were “shocked” by his relationship with Jana because “to them it was their sister”.

“And they still don’t like it. They still feel a bit creepy about it, because she’s their sister. Their half-sister.”

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