Fact Check: Don't fall for AI videos about Musk's young son praising Jesus on live TV
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Claim:
Billionaire White House adviser Elon Musk's young son X spoke about Jesus on a live televised talk show.
Rating:
Rating: False
In April and May 2025, a rumor spread online that billionaire White House adviser Elon Musk's young son X Æ A-Xii, who goes by X for short, went on a televised talk show and made inspirational comments about Jesus.
X Musk, who was 5 years old at the time of this writing, is one of three children Musk shares with his former partner, the musician Grimes.
The rumor appeared in numerous similar videos on YouTube and Facebook with titles such as "What Elon Musk's Son Just Said About JESUS Will Leave You Speechless" and "Elon Musk's Son X JUST Said THIS About Jesus on Live TV – This Will Reach Millions!" Some of the videos had racked up more than 400,000 views each by the time of this writing.
Snopes readers searched our site for information on whether it was true that Musk's son spoke about Jesus on live TV.
In short, the rumor did not reflect reality and, instead, was a work of pure fiction, as disclaimers on many of the videos explicitly stated. As a result, we have rated the claim false.
For example, the description sections of versions posted to YouTube on April 21 and May 3 included text reading:
DISCLAIMER The stories presented on this channel are entirely fictional and crafted solely for entertainment. Any resemblance to real events, individuals, or situations is purely coincidental and unintentional. These narratives are not intended to depict, reference, or represent any actual occurrences, persons, or entities.
Some of the videos' descriptions also contained separate disclaimers noting that their creators used artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate the clips' audio and video.
AI image detectors WasItAI and Sightengine both concluded that images from the videos that purported to show X were indeed the products of AI software.
(YouTube accounts Moments of Grace and Nebula Scribe)
Notably, the boy's hairstyle and eye color differed from video to video — and none of the images were a perfect visual match for the real X, who has appeared in numerous authentic news photos thanks to Musk's habit of bringing his son to White House events.
The videos also contained details that were not supported by any real-world evidence. One, for example, said around the 16:16 mark that major news networks including CNN and Fox News picked up the story. However, it was not possible to find any coverage of X Musk talking about Jesus on either network's website.
Another video claimed (around the 16:05 mark) that the child's alleged words resulted in the hashtag #XOnJesus trending worldwide. At the time of this writing, there was no evidence that any user had ever used that hashtag on either X or Facebook.
This was not the first heartwarming-but-fictional story about Elon Musk that Snopes has fact-checked. For example, we previously looked into the false claims that he funded prosthetics for police dogs and that he became the guardian of an abandoned baby.
Sources:
"Elon Musk and Grimes' 3 Kids: All About X Æ A-Xii, Exa Dark Sideræl and Techno Mechanicus (and What the Singer Has Said About Co-Parenting with the Tech CEO)." People.Com, https://people.com/all-about-elon-musk-grimes-children-11679567. Accessed 7 May 2025.
"Elon Musk and His Son X Æ Walk on the South Lawn of the White House..." Getty Images, 14 Apr. 2025, https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/elon-musk-and-his-son-x-%C3%A6-walk-on-the-south-lawn-of-the-news-photo/2210146351.
"Elon Musk Carries His Son X Æ A-Xii on His Shoulders in the Oval..." Getty Images, 11 Feb. 2025, https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/elon-musk-carries-his-son-x-%C3%A6-a-xii-on-his-shoulders-in-the-news-photo/2198395692.
"Elon Musk, His Son, X Æ A-Xii, and Musk's Mother, Maye Musk Arrive At..." Getty Images, 3 Mar. 2025, https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/elon-musk-his-son-x-%C3%A6-a-xii-and-musks-mother-maye-musk-news-photo/2202404951.
Liles, Jordan. "Elon Musk Didn't Fund Robotic Legs for Injured Police Dogs." Snopes, 25 Apr. 2025, https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/musk-funded-robot-legs-for-injured-police-dogs/.
---. "Musk Didn't Become Guardian of Abandoned Newborn Baby." Snopes, 8 Apr. 2025, https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/baby-musk-guardian/.
"U.S. President Donald Trump and Æ A-Xii, the Son of White House..." Getty Images, 14 Mar. 2025, https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/president-donald-trump-and-%C3%A6-a-xii-the-son-of-white-house-news-photo/2204565947.
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