Grimes and Elon Musk: Their Upsetting Online Conflict, Explained

glamour.com:

, and their kids, and why is it happening on Twitter? (We know Musk renamed Twitter to X, but since he also named his son X, we’ll be calling it Twitter for the sake of clarity).Over the past several months, Musk has brought his son Lil X along on various public appearances, including to a live presser in the .

But Grimes, the mother of Lil X and two of Musk’s other children, has made it clear on social media that she does not want the four-year-old placed in the public eye in this way.Grimes, whose legal name is Claire Boucher, and Elon Musk began dating in 2018 and officially broke up in 2021, though their relationship remained “fluid” for a while after, according to her interview.

The two share three children, , , and Techno Mechanicus, who was born in September 2023. That same month, according to the , Musk filed a custody lawsuit against Grimes, and she filed a countersuit.

Since then, the back-and-forth between the parents has played out on Twitter.Here is what we know, with the most recent updates up top.February 20, 2025: Grimes again reaches out to Musk via X, claiming in a series of since-deleted tweets that he needs to respond to her “about our child's medical crisis,” per .She added, “I am sorry to do this publicly but it is no longer acceptable to ignore this situation.