FAMILY FEUD

Elon Musk’s British Cousin: ‘I Think He’s Stupid’

The South African-born billionaire’s cousin said a family member once reached out to him—and only received the reply, “What do you want?”

The British branch of Elon Musk’s family is unhappy with the South African-born billionaire, according to an interview with his cousin. Musk’s grandmother was from the U.K. before she moved to South Africa, where she married his grandfather. Their son, Errol, had three children—one of which was Elon. But his British relatives seem to have been shunned by the SpaceX founder, with his cousin Marshall Robinson, 86, going so far as to call him “stupid” in an interview with The Daily Mail. “I think he’s stupid with all the things he comes out with,” Robinson said, citing his connection with Donald Trump. “It’s pretty shocking with what he has become and how he’s linked to the President-elect Trump.” The cousin, living in Fleetwood, said that although he’s never met Musk, another family member reached out to the billionaire and received a cold shoulder response. “I have never been in touch but one of the family did send him a social media message and he just said: ‘What do you want?’ That was it.”