grimaces has made a rare comment about the children he shares with Elon Musk and take a look at their co-parenting dynamic.
Leading up to X on Thursday January 22ndGrimes (real name Claire Elise Boucher) said about her children, without naming them. (Grimes and Musk share three children, sons X Æ A-Xii, 5, and Techno Mechanicus, 3, as well as daughter Exa Dark Sideræl, 4.)
“I try never to talk (about) or show them to my kids because they deserve the right to remain anonymous, but I just have to say that their pure aura is unmatched,” Grimes, 37, wrote via the social media platform. “One of them even inexplicably commanded a flock of crows for (a) while. I may be biased, but that seems unusual.”
In addition to responding “okay” when one follower suggested that “using kids for influence is bullshit,” Grimes offered a little insight into how her parenting views differ from her ex, Musk, 54, when another X user asked if her kids “get screen time.”
Elon Musk and Grimes are the first to admit that their relationship was unique. “There’s no real word for it,” Grimes (born Claire Elise Boucher) told Vanity Fair in March 2022. “I’d probably refer to him as my boyfriend, but we’re very fluid. We live in separate houses. We’re best friends. We see each other (…)
“Great debate because the other parent is fine with it, but it’s been pretty much avoided,” he responded, without referring to Musk or his children by name. “If it happens, we focus on great art and ideally slower stuff like ghibli that doesn’t constantly change context.”
Although she doesn’t often talk about the former couple’s children publicly, Grimes has previously noted that she has tried to convince the Tesla billionaire not to allow their children to be in the public eye any longer than necessary.
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(Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)In March 2025, Grimes claimed she ‘tried begging’ to keep their children out of the limelight.
“Unfortunately, I don’t control the internet and I can’t erase this from the internet. I’ve tried to plead with the public and my kids’ father to keep them offline, and I’ve tried legal recourse,” Grimes wrote via X at the time, referring to a comment about trying to protect her children from false narratives online. “I’ve also seen young people destroyed by the Internet.”
She added: “The state of my children’s lives as an audience really worries me and I think about how to fix it every day. It’s crazy to me that there’s no way to deal with it.”
Grimes and Musk began dating in 2018 before calling time on their relationship, with the singer officially confirming the couple’s split in March 2022.
Grimes is suing former partner Elon Musk for parental rights to her three children. Grimes, 35, (real name Claire Boucher) filed a “petition to establish a parental relationship” on Sept. 29 in Francisco Superior Court, according to court records obtained by Us Weekly. While the documents are sealed, a request to determine the parental relationship can (…)
After the birth of his first child, Musk shared his thoughts on fatherhood during an interview with The New York Times in July 2020.
“Well, babies are just eating and pooping machines, you know?” he said to the dam. “I can’t do much right now. Grimes has a much bigger role than I do right now. . . . When the kid gets older, there will be more of a role for me.”
For her part, Grimes was candid about the kind of father she hopes to be when she spoke With cable three years later
“It’s very important to me to have a very good relationship with my children,” he said With cable in August 2023. “I think I understand how to be a good parent to them. Both enforcing discipline and being their friend. Who knows, maybe they’ll resent me and reject the family culture, but I feel like they won’t.”
Including his children with Grimes, Musk has 14 children in total He welcomed six children with his ex-wife, Justine Musk and four with technology executive Shivon Zillis. In March 2025, author Ashley St. Clair announced that she had secretly given birth to Musk’s child five months earlier.