"We are in the Wild West of information content and the dismantling of privacy": Grimes slams Elon Musk for publicly exposing their kids

Elon Musk and Lil X
Elon Musk and Lil X (Image via X)

Grimes, the Canadian musician and former partner of Elon Musk has yet again called out Musk. This is not the first Grimes has publicly called out Musk over their parenting and children's privacy issues.

Musk, a renowned businessman and the senior advisor to United States President Donald Trump, took X Æ A-Xii, his and Grimes' four-year-old son, to a White House press conference in February 2025.

This incident was brought to Grimes' attention by a netizen on X. Grimes has called out Elon Musk multiple times and it shows the tension between the two regarding parenting.

Grimes criticizes Elon Musk over kid's privacy concerns

Last month, on February 11, 2025, Elon Musk took his son, X Æ A-Xii, to the Oval Office. He was there with his son to witness Donald Trump granting orders that give the Department of Government Efficiency more power.

Later, when Musk was taking questions from reporters, his son was there too and was seen making faces and trying to get his father's attention. This incident was brought to Grimes' notice by an X user.

The user appreciated X Æ A-Xii, also known as Lil X, saying that he was polite and that Grimes had raised him well. Responding to this comment, she said:

''He should not be in public like this. I did not see this, thank u for alerting me. But I'm glad he was polite. Sigh.''

Recently, on March 14, 2025, Grimes took her X (formerly Twitter) account to criticize Elon Musk for publicly exposing their children without their consent. In her statement, she emphasized that fame should be a choice and that young people are being destroyed by the internet.

She said:

''I unfortunately do not control the internet and cannot wipe this from the internet. I have tried begging the public and my kids' dad to keep them offline, and I've tried legal recourse. I follow you here I've seen young ppl destroyed by the internet too. The state of my children's lives being public is of grave concern to me and I think about how to solve this every day. It's insane to me that there's no way to deal with this.''

She continued:

''I would hope there was some law that would allow a parent to veto small children from living public lives but I don't even trust the law to help me now if I tried to invoke it tbh.
We are in the Wild West of information content and the dismantling of privacy and it's very concerning.''

This is not the first instance where Grimes has called out Musk on X. Last month Grimes had accused Musk of ignoring her texts, calls, and emails regarding a medical issue of one of their children. Grimes and Musk have three children together, and they separated in 2022.

Edited by Debanjana
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