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Grimes (real name Claire Boucher) has been having a hard time with her ex-partner Elon Musk. The two share three children together — X Æ A-Xii, 4; Exa Dark Sideræl, 3; and Techno Mechanicus, 2 — and a video of their eldest recently went viral when he was seen accompanying his father to the White House.
The Tesla founder, who was appointed by President Donald Trump to spearhead a new initiative called the Department Of Government Efficiency (DOGE), spoke about his new role while Trump signed an executive order giving DOGE power within the government. X was stood next to his father in the Oval Office and the president even introduced him. “This is X, and he is a great guy,” Trump said in the viral video. “High IQ. He is a high IQ individual.”
In a new interview with TIME, Boucher responded to the viral footage. "I would really like people to stop posting images of my kid everywhere. I think fame is something you should consent to," she remarked. “Obviously, things will just be what they are. But I would really, really appreciate that. I can only ask, so I’m just asking.”
This comes after the electronic musician publicly begged Musk to acknowledge a "medical crisis" one of their children was suffering last week in a since-deleted post on X.
Boucher and Musk began dating in 2018 and were on and off until 2022. They've been entangled in a custody dispute since 2023.