Grimes’ Relationship Update
Grimes tweeted to Azealia Banks that she insisted she was not “dumped” by her ex-partner Elon Musk.
Children of Grimes and Musk
Musk and Grimes have three children: X Æ A-12, born in May 2020, Exa Dark Sideel Musk, born via surrogate in December 2021, and Techno Mechanicus known as Tau, born in late 2023.
They announced their split in September 2021, confirming they had parted ways after three years together but were “still in love with each other.”
Twitter in response to Banks who in a separate tweet criticized Grimes for speaking publicly about her. Grimes stated that her previous comment was “just a funny joke, bro” and that she was “not trying to paint you as a villain.”
Banks also tweeted about Grimes’ breakup with Musk, to which the electronic pop singer responded: “I didn’t get dumped. I jumped. My wonderful baby sleeps next to me in my crib, I am in love. no regrets. Life is as beautiful as you want it to be.”
It’s just a funny joke, bro. I’m not trying to portray you as a villain.
I wasn’t “dumped”. I jumped. My wonderful baby sleeps next to me in my crib, I am in love. no regrets. Life is as beautiful as you want it to be.
You are insanely talented. even after all this I want you…
— ⏳ (@Grimezsz) December 26, 2024
In a follow-up tweet, Grimes also praised Banks as “the best hater on the planet” and “the da Vinci of insults.”
Custody and Personal Struggles
Last month, Grimes opened up about her custody battle with Musk over their children and how it allegedly affected her time with them. Grimes wrote: “Having children tears you apart and puts you back together again. Babies are 10 thousand lessons of philosophy, which can only be learned from this experience.”
She continued, “Spent a year fighting in a state with terrible mother’s rights and my Instagram posts and modeling being used as reasons why I shouldn’t have children.”
Last year, the musician sued Musk over Tau’s custody rights, claiming he did not allow her to visit him. Shortly after filing the lawsuit, Grimes appeared to suggest that Musk was preventing her from seeing her child. “Tell Elon to let me see my son or please respond to my lawyer,” she wrote in a now-deleted tweet.
This summer, she also shared her mother’s appeal to Musk to allow their children to visit her 93-year-old mother – their great-grandmother – who is in end-of-life palliative care.
In total, Musk has 12 children (according to Billboard). In addition to the three he shares with Grimes, he also had seven with his first wife Justine Wilson, and welcomed twins Strider and Azur in 2021 with tech executive Siobhan Zilis.
In September, the book reported that Musk once took the baby name he chose with Grimes and instead gave it to the secret child he had with Zilis.
Most recently, Grimes reached out to Musk, agreeing with Olivia Rodrigo’s comments that men who want to go into space are “too complacent” and also offering words of encouragement to his daughter Vivian, who hit back after he said her “killed the virus of the awakened mind.”
As for Banks, earlier this month she sent a cease-and-desist letter to The 1975’s Matty Healy, demanding $1m (£790,000) in damages following an online row between the two in which Healy lashed out at Banks after she criticized his friend and associate Charlie. XSH.
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