{"id":4502,"date":"2020-01-16T11:59:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T15:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=4502"},"modified":"2020-01-16T11:59:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T15:59:57","slug":"why-did-the-father-of-elon-musk-really-marry-his-step-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=4502","title":{"rendered":"Why did the father of Elon Musk really marry his step-daughter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Elon Musk&#8217;s Estranged Father Had a Baby with His Stepdaughter: &#8216;You Can Call It God&#8217;s Plan&#8217;<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-16-at-10.58.04-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"603\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4503\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-16-at-10.58.04-AM.png 603w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-16-at-10.58.04-AM-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Errol Musk has a baby boy with Jana Bezuidenhout, a 30-year-old woman who was 4 years old when her mother Heidi married him<\/h3>\n<p>By Stephanie Petit<br \/>\nPeople.com<\/p>\n<p>The estranged dad of billionaire entrepreneur\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\">Elon Musk<\/a>\u00a0is speaking out about fathering a child with his stepdaughter.<\/p>\n<p>Errol Musk, 72, recently told\u00a0<em><a class=\"external-link\" title=\"(opens new window)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/elon-musks-evil-father-has-a-baby-with-stepdaughter-jsrgshm78\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"external-disclaimer\">The Sunday Times of London<\/a><\/em>\u00a0that he has a baby boy\u00a0with Jana Bezuidenhout, a 30-year-old woman who was 4 years old when her mother Heidi married him. Although Heidi and Errol had two children together and were married for 18 years before divorcing, Errol did not consider\u00a0Bezuidenhout to be his stepdaughter, saying she spent most her time growing up away from the family.<\/p>\n<p>Errol reconnected with\u00a0Bezuidenhout while helping her get over a breakup.<\/p>\n<div class=\"component inline image margin-32-tb\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"component lazy-image no-upscale rendered image-loaded\" data-high-density=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/peopledotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/03\/errol-musk1.jpg\" data-alt=\"\" data-title=\"\" data-shop-image=\"false\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"682\" data-tracking-zone=\"image\">\n<div class=\"inner-container js-inner-container  image-overlay\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/imagesvc.meredithcorp.io\/v3\/mm\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpeopledotcom.files.wordpress.com%2F2018%2F03%2Ferrol-musk1.jpg&amp;w=1200&amp;c=sc&amp;poi=face&amp;q=85\" alt=\"\" \/><button class=\"icon icon-image-zoom\" data-image=\"https:\/\/imagesvc.meredithcorp.io\/v3\/mm\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpeopledotcom.files.wordpress.com%2F2018%2F03%2Ferrol-musk1.jpg\" data-headline=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-credit=\"Cyrus McCrimmon\/The Denver Post\/Getty Images; Anthony Harvey\/Getty Images\" data-alt=\"\" data-title=\"\" aria-label=\"Make image larger\" data-tracking-do-not-track=\"1\"><\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-wrap-container clearfix\">\n<div class=\"credit body-credit padding-8-top padding-8-bottom\">CYRUS MCCRIMMON\/THE DENVER POST\/GETTY IMAGES; ANTHONY HARVEY\/GETTY IMAGES<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe were lonely, lost people,\u201d he told\u00a0<em>The Sunday Times<\/em>. \u201cOne thing led to another \u2014 you can call it God\u2019s plan or nature\u2019s plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Errol admitted that he assumed the baby\u2019s father was Bezuidenhout\u2019s ex-boyfriend when she revealed she was pregnant and asked for a test, which proved his paternity.<\/p>\n<p>Although the tech mogul\u2019s father does not live with his new baby, he called his 10-month-old son\u00a0Elliot Rush an \u201cexquisite child\u201d and said\u00a0Bezuidenhout was a \u201cdelightful girl and a wonderful mother.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"component oembed social-embed full-width-media padded\" data-aspect=\"\">\n<div class=\"media-item\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" title=\"fb:post Facebook Social Plugin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/v2.10\/plugins\/post.php?app_id=&amp;channel=https%3A%2F%2Fstaticxx.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter.php%3Fversion%3D45%23cb%3Df2d920faa72175%26domain%3Dpeople.com%26origin%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fpeople.com%252Ff15a5915693f728%26relation%3Dparent.parent&amp;container_width=0&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D10155522065559681%26set%3Da.10151242187379681.482265.611029680%26type%3D3%26theater&amp;locale=en_US&amp;sdk=joey&amp;width=552\" name=\"f35685cb090bc6\" width=\"552px\" height=\"1000px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/inside-amber-heard-elon-musk-rollercoaster-relationship\/\">From Breakup to\u00a0Reconciliation: Inside Amber Heard and Elon Musk\u2019s Roller Coaster Relationship<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Errol confirmed the baby\u2019s paternity to\u00a0<em><a class=\"external-link\" title=\"(opens new window)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-5536883\/Truth-billionaire-Elon-Musks-inter-galactic-family-feud.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"external-disclaimer\">The Daily Mail<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>this month\u00a0and shared that word got out to his family after confiding in his daughter Ali, who he \u201cthought she would be supportive and understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe said I was insane, mentally ill. She told the others and they went berserk,\u201d he explained. \u201cThey think I\u2019m getting senile and should go into an old age home, not have a life full of fun and a tiny baby.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-sm-inContent \"><\/div>\n<div class=\"component inline image margin-32-tb\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"component lazy-image no-upscale rendered image-loaded\" data-high-density=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/peopledotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/elon-musk-assistant.jpg\" data-alt=\"Elon Musk\" data-title=\"Elon Musk\" data-shop-image=\"false\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"683\" data-tracking-zone=\"image\">\n<div class=\"inner-container js-inner-container  image-overlay\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Elon Musk\" src=\"https:\/\/imagesvc.meredithcorp.io\/v3\/mm\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpeopledotcom.files.wordpress.com%2F2017%2F09%2Felon-musk-assistant.jpg&amp;w=1200&amp;c=sc&amp;poi=face&amp;q=85\" alt=\"Elon Musk\" \/><button class=\"icon icon-image-zoom\" data-image=\"https:\/\/imagesvc.meredithcorp.io\/v3\/mm\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpeopledotcom.files.wordpress.com%2F2017%2F09%2Felon-musk-assistant.jpg\" data-headline=\"\" data-caption=\"Elon Musk\" data-credit=\"\" data-alt=\"Elon Musk\" data-title=\"Elon Musk\" aria-label=\"Make image larger\" data-tracking-do-not-track=\"1\"><\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-wrap-container clearfix\">\n<div class=\"credit body-caption padding-8-top\">Elon Musk<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Errol and Jana\u2019s relationship is believed to be the reason behind Elon\u2019s schism from his father, a family source told\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" title=\"(opens new window)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-5536883\/Truth-billionaire-Elon-Musks-inter-galactic-family-feud.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"external-disclaimer\"><em>The Daily Mail<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole family was outraged when we found out,\u201d said the insider. \u201cThis is the reason why Elon is so angry with Errol. He is the only father she has ever known. And now he is the father of her child as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elon made his estrangement from his father known in a Nov. 2017 interview with\u00a0<em><a class=\"external-link\" title=\"(opens new window)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/features\/elon-musk-inventors-plans-for-outer-space-cars-finding-love-w511747\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"external-disclaimer\">Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em>, in which he called Errol \u201ca terrible human being.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy dad will have a carefully thought-out plan of evil,\u201d the head of Tesla and SpaceX revealed. \u201cHe will plan evil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cYou have no idea about how bad. Almost every crime you can possibly think of, he has done. Almost every evil thing you could possibly think of, he has done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/human-interest\/elon-musk-estranged-father-baby-with-stepdaughter\/\">https:\/\/people.com\/human-interest\/elon-musk-estranged-father-baby-with-stepdaughter\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk&#8217;s Estranged Father Had a Baby with His Stepdaughter: &#8216;You Can Call It God&#8217;s Plan&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}