{"id":355826,"date":"2026-05-14T12:28:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/elon-musk-boosted-attacks-on-lupita-nyongo-and-mocked-elliot-page-his-trans-daughter-already-cut-ties-with-him"},"modified":"2026-05-14T12:28:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:28:59","slug":"elon-musk-boosted-attacks-on-lupita-nyongo-and-mocked-elliot-page-his-trans-daughter-already-cut-ties-with-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/elon-musk-boosted-attacks-on-lupita-nyongo-and-mocked-elliot-page-his-trans-daughter-already-cut-ties-with-him","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Boosted Assaults on Lupita Nyong’O and Mocked Elliot Web page. His Trans Daughter Already Reduce Ties With Him"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Christopher Nolan\u2019s The Odyssey doesn\u2019t open until July 17. Elon Musk has already found two reasons to go after it.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Time published a profile of Nolan confirming that Lupita Nyong\u2019o will play dual roles \u2014 both Helen of Troy and her sister Clytemnestra. One actress, two sisters, opposite fates: one remembered for her beauty, one for her vengeance. Within hours, Musk was back on X.<\/p>\n

He amplified a post from conservative commentator Matt Walsh claiming no one really believes Nyong\u2019o is \u201cthe most beautiful woman in the world\u201d and accusing Nolan of cowardice for casting a Black actress as Helen. Musk replied, \u201cTrue.\u201d He also agreed with another post claiming Nolan cast Nyong\u2019o to satisfy Academy diversity standards for Best Picture eligibility, a post that ended by calling Nolan a coward. Musk later wrote that Nolan made the casting decision because \u201che wants the awards.\u201d In February, when the role was still only rumored, Musk posted that Nolan had \u201clost his integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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True https:\/\/t.co\/vmZgPhV7Pz<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That was the first attack.<\/p>\n

The Second Target Was Elliot Page<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Elliot Page is also in The Odyssey. His role hasn\u2019t been officially confirmed, but rumors have linked him to Achilles. Musk didn\u2019t wait for confirmation. He called the idea \u201cone of the dumbest and twisted things\u201d he had ever heard, then reacted to posts mocking Page\u2019s rumored casting, including AI-generated images built around Page struggling with a pickle jar. He reposted transphobic content about Page to 240 million followers on the platform he owns.<\/p>\n

Page came out as a transgender man in December 2020. Musk\u2019s daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson, came out as a transgender woman that same year and legally changed her name in 2022. In her court petition, she wrote that she did not \u201cwish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form.\u201d She took her mother\u2019s surname instead.<\/p>\n

She has not changed her position. Musk has not publicly reconciled with her. There has been no indication that either of those things is about to change.<\/p>\n

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For the Record<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Musk did not personally write that Nyong\u2019o is not beautiful. Walsh wrote that. Musk amplified it, agreed with it, echoed a second post tying the casting to Oscar diversity rules, and added that Nolan was chasing awards. That gap between what Musk personally typed and what he chose to broadcast to a quarter of a billion people is important.<\/p>\n

Walsh\u2019s post didn\u2019t engage with Nyong\u2019o\u2019s performance \u2014 the film isn\u2019t out yet. It didn\u2019t engage with the script \u2014 nobody outside the production has seen it. It was a statement about a specific woman\u2019s appearance, sent across a platform Musk controls to an audience larger than most countries.<\/p>\n

Nyong\u2019o is a two-time Oscar winner who has appeared on international magazine covers and is widely considered one of the most compelling screen presences working today. Walsh\u2019s claim that \u201cnot one person on the planet\u201d sees her as beautiful is not film criticism. It is culture-war content wearing a bronze helmet.<\/p>\n

Nyong\u2019o has not responded. Nolan has not responded.<\/p>\n

The Role Was Bigger Than a Checklist<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Helen and Clytemnestra are not supporting roles. Helen is the woman whose abduction sets the Trojan War in motion \u2014 the most famous conflict in Western literature. Clytemnestra is her sister, who murders her husband Agamemnon on his return from Troy and is later killed by her own son. They are two of the most dramatically loaded women in classical mythology, and their stories pull in opposite directions.<\/p>\n

Casting one actress in both roles is a choice that can mean many things \u2014 duality, sisterhood, beauty and consequence occupying the same body across the same war. Audiences will decide whether it lands. What it clearly is not is simply a checklist.<\/p>\n