Grimes Claims She Has 'Tried Begging' Elon Musk To Help Keep Their Son Off The Internet: 'It's Insane'
By Favour Adegoke on March 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM EDT
Elon Musk's former partner, Grimes, recently revealed that she has begged the billionaire to keep their kids offline.
The singer took to X to share that she has taken several steps, including seeking "legal recourse" to get Musk to stop parading their children on social media.
Last month, Grimes also seemingly called out Elon Musk for taking their child to a press conference at the White House.
Grimes Reveals She Has 'Tried Begging' Elon Musk To Stop Parading Their Son In Public
On Thursday, Grimes took to X to address a netizen who asked her to find a way to keep her kids she shares with Musk off the internet.
The singer noted that the situation was beyond her, as she had tried several times to prevent her kids' faces, particularly her son, X Æ A-XII, also known as Little X, from being posted online.
"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," Grimes wrote on the social media platform owned by her former partner.
She continued, "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."
The Singer Says It's 'Insane' That She Has Not Been Able To Find A Way To Deal With The Issue
In her lengthy comment on X, Grimes highlighted how difficult it has been getting Musk to stop overly exposing their kids.
According to Grimes, she doesn't even "trust the law" to help her remedy the situation if she tried to "invoke" it.
She said, "It's insane to me that there's no way to deal with this. 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 [to be honest]."
The singer concluded her message: "We are in the Wild West of information content and the dismantling of privacy, and it's very concerning."
Girmes has three kids with the tech billionaire: X Æ A-XII, 4, Exa Dark Sideræl, 3, and Techno Mechanicus, 1.
Grimes Does Not Want Her Son 'In Public'
Back in February, Grimes expressed shock after being told online that her son, Little X, had been taken by Musk to a press conference at the White House.
At the time, Musk appeared at the Oval Office to meet President Donald Trump, where he signed an executive order to give more power to the billionaire's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
However, during the press conference, Little X seemingly stole the spotlight as he made playful faces while sitting on his father's shoulders.
Several clips from the event featured the little guy playing around the Oval Office and, at some point, even interacting with the president.
Grimes seemed unaware of what had happened as she reacted with surprise after being told online how "polite" her son was during the press conference.
The singer responded, "He should not be in public like this. I did not see this, thank [you] for alerting me. But I'm glad he was polite. Sigh."
The Former Couple Were Locked In A Custody Battle
Grimes and Musk were locked in a custody battle over their kids after the Tesla owner sued the singer for parental rights in Texas.
In court documents last year, Musk said he intended to establish a written agreement with Grimes regarding conservatorship, possession, and access to their children.
Musk also stated in his legal filing that the suit aims to establish the "parent-child relationship" between him and the three children he shares with Grimes.
According to the Daily Mail, Grimes later counter-sued Musk, filing a "petition to establish parental relationship" in a California court.
She claimed her ex-partner was preventing her from having access to her children and also stopped them from seeing their grandmother, who was terminally ill.
A Travis County Clerk has since confirmed that Musk and Grimes' dispute in Texas has been settled but didn't detail what the pair agreed on.
Elon Musk's Father Slammed Him For Not Being 'A Good Dad'
During an appearance on the "Wide Awake" podcast, Elon Musk's father, Errol Musk, claimed his son performed poorly as a father to his kids.
"He hasn't been a good dad," the 79-year-old admitted about his son, who has welcomed 12 kids and an alleged 13th in over two decades, per Page Six.
Speaking further about his son's underwhelming parental skills, Errol shared that the billionaire mogul left all the work to nannies and wasn't even there when his first child died at 10 weeks old due to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
"The first child was too much with nannies and died in the care of a nanny," the businessman said of Musk and his first ex-wife, Justine Wilson's firstborn.
He added, "Elon's gonna shoot me for saying this, but that's what I think. That's no good. They were too rich, too many nannies."
