<p>The hosts of ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; took their commentary a few steps lower on Thursday when, during a segment devoted almost entirely to complaining about billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, they took a brief time out to mock his four-year-old son over his unusual name, X Æ A-XII.</p>
<p>The cohosts were responding to a televised briefing from the Oval Office during which Musk laid out some of what he had been uncovering with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project. President Donald Trump sat behind the resolute desk throughout the briefing, and Musk stood at his right shoulder. &#8220;Lil X,&#8221; as Musk calls his son, was also in the room at the time — a fact that did not escape Goldberg&#8217;s attention.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">ABC News hosts Whoopi Goldberg (a fake name) and Joy Behar mock and bully Elon Musk&#39;s 4-year-old son over his name:<br />WHOOPI: Yeah, so yesterday Elon Musk took his son X to a press conference &#8212;<br />JOY: X?<br />WHOOPI: I did not name the child.<br />JOY: That&#39;s the kid&#39;s name?<br />WHOOPI: And I… <a href="https://t.co/h029AYdzFQ">pic.twitter.com/h029AYdzFQ</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1889708945108832695?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Yeah, so yesterday Elon Musk took his son X to a press conference —&#8221; Goldberg began.</p>
<p>&#8220;X?&#8221; cohost Joy Behar asked.</p>
<p>Goldberg, shaking her head, said, &#8220;I did not name the child.&#8221;</p>
<p>Behar asked again, &#8220;That&#8217;s the kid&#8217;s name?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;And I don&#8217;t want to hear any more mess about our names. Okay?&#8221; Goldberg — whose real name is Caryn Elaine Johnson — quipped. &#8220;Anyhoo, he took little X —&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;And little Instagram,&#8221; Behar joked, but cohost Sara Haines pointed out that Musk did not own Instagram.</p>
<p>&#8220;He doesn&#8217;t own Instagram, he just took Lil X with him,&#8221; Goldberg said. &#8220;To a press conference in the Oval Office to defend himself against critics who say he should not have the power to gut the federal agency.&#8221;</p>
<p>Not everyone took the same approach as Goldberg and her cohosts, however.</p>
<p>Actor William Shatner also joked about Musk bringing his son to the press conference, but his jab appeared to be all in fun.</p>
<p>&#8220;Is that one of your young engineers that work for DOGE?&#8221; Shatner asked. &#8220;I did hear that you hire young but this is something else! #adorable.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Is that one of your young engineers that work for DOGE? I did hear that you hire young but this is something else! 😉 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/adorable?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#adorable</a> <a href="https://t.co/PpBk8b7eVf">https://t.co/PpBk8b7eVf</a></p>
<p>&mdash; William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) <a href="https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/1889471277435674828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Fox News host Will Cain added, &#8220;Personally I think we should trust a guy to find waste and fraud who doesn&#8217;t even spend on a babysitter,&#8221; he said.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Personally I think we should trust a guy to find waste and fraud who doesn’t even spend on a babysitter. <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Will Cain (@willcain) <a href="https://twitter.com/willcain/status/1889429355413086286?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 11, 2025</a></p></blockquote>

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