Elon Musk’s mommy hates it when people call her son a ‘billionaire’

Fox Business, the purported business news division of Fox News, on Tuesday conducted an interview with Maye Musk, mother of conservative multibillionaire Elon Musk.

The interview appeared on the talk show “Varney & Co.,” hosted by Stuart Varney, a conservative with a history of denigrating poor people.

Summing up the friendly tone of the interview, Varney asked Musk, “Do people like your son?”

Laughing, she responded, “Yes.”

After Varney noted Elon Musk’s immense wealth—he has a net worth of around $328 billion—Maye Musk said, “I don’t like the word ‘wealthy’ or ‘billionaire’ or things like that because I think it’s degrading. I think he’s the genius of the world, and people are loving him for that.”