Grimes says she “begged” Elon Musk to keep their children out of the public

nme.com:

Grimes has said that she’s “begged” her ex-partner Elon Musk to keep her children out of the public eye.The Canadian artist (real name Claire Boucher) shares three children with the Tesla and SpaceX CEO: X Æ A-Xii (aka Lil X), Exa Dark Sideræl Musk, and Techno Mechanicus (aka Tau).The former couple announced their split in September 2021, confirming that they had broken up after three years together but “still love each other”.

Following Donald Trump’s US Presidential election win last November, Musk was appointed by the POTUS to lead his new Department Of Government Efficiency (DOGE).Since then, the couple’s children have increasingly been in the public eye.

In February, Grimes hit out at the tech billionaire for parading Lil X around the Oval Office in the White House as Trump signed an executive order to bolster DOGE’s powers in government.Now, Grimes has once again spoken out about her family’s privacy.

Responding to a widely-circulated fake post on X/Twitter that pretends to show Grimes talks about the “sexuality and kinks” of “Fortune 500 CEOs”, a fan asked the singer: “How to protect your children from this?