Elon Musk has been accused of using his mother's X account as 'one of his alts' after a bizarre exchange on X. The moment began when Musk replied to a post saying, 'My grandmother was a housekeeper in England.' It was a brief comment about his family history.

Maye Musk's verified X account then responded by quoting Elon's post. In her reply, she added further detail about the same family story, writing, 'Your mum told me she was cleaning toilets in a Liverpool boarding house as a child. When I met her in 1966, she was sewing linings for a furrier in a small, windowless room behind the store.'

Your mom told me she was cleaning toilets in a Liverpool boarding house as a child. When I met her in 1966, she was sewing linings for a furrier in a small windowless room behind the store.https://t.co/uM7M4FzmrY

Users on X quickly picked up on the timing and tone of the exchange, with some questioning whether Musk might have access to or influence over his mother's account. There is no verified evidence of this, and neither Elon nor Maye has suggested anything of the sort publicly.

Still, that uncertainty did little to slow down the reaction online. One user commented that 'getting caught posting from an alt account that's supposed to be your own mother' would feel unsettling, while another described past posts involving Musk's family accounts as 'weird.'

Getting caught posting from an alt account that’s supposed to be your own mother. I’d feel sad for his loneliness and neediness if he was literally anyone else on the planet.pic.twitter.com/hs1qZcpGro

One post even suggested Musk 'runs both his moms and dads account on Twitter.'

elon accidentally revealing his mom’s account is just one of his altspic.twitter.com/oJIbHujBlf

Some of Musk's supporters, however, believe it's only a typo. 'Elons mom is not British, his dad's parents are. She obviously meant to post grandma and just mis typed.' But the sentiment was met with pushback, arguing his supporters would 'do everything' to defend Musk.

Maye Musk, Elon's mother, is a Canadian-born model, dietitian and author, and one of the most consistently visible figures in his personal story. Born in 1948 in Saskatchewan and raised partly in South Africa, she has often spoken about a life shaped by frequent moves, work from a young age and an unusually independent upbringing that later influenced how she raised her children, including Elon, Kimbal and Tosca.

Source: International Business Times UK