Grimes berated her former flame Elon Musk for dragging their son X through an Oval Office press conference Tuesday while lamenting the overall lack of ‘decorum’ in American politics – despite fears of being ‘literally deported.’
Musk and his four-year-old son – whose full name is X AE A-XII – stole the spotlight from President Donald Trump while marking a DOGE-centric executive order to target D.C. bureaucrats.
The Canadian singer, whose real name is Claire Boucher, responded to the boy’s high-profile appearance after she was notified by a follower on X – the social media app that Musk purchased and renamed after the son they share.
‘He should not be in public like this,’ Grimes wrote. ‘I did not see this, thank u for alerting me. But I’m glad he was polite. Sigh.’
The singer has only spoken vaguely about Musk’s role in the White House, which only appears to grow by the day, but had previously called Elon’s public display of X as ‘a personal tragedy of mine.’
The musician also excoriated the lack of ‘decorum’ in public debate with a separate post on X that pleaded for ‘mature competent leadership.’
‘I think so much of what’s been happening over the last decade is simply that the art of diplomacy, oration, and generally competent leadership has been lost,’ Grimes wrote.
‘The purpose of politics is to find solutions when the population can’t agree – but both sides have stoked hysteria rather than provide mature competent leadership.’
She praised ‘both republicans and democrats’ in previous administrations for showing ‘at least the veneer of respect towards the people – that is part of leadership. and that counts for a lot with regards to maintaining stability and yes, mental health.’
Grimes claimed that she wants politicians to stop ‘taking shots’ and ‘calling names’ and get to governing.
‘When I see bills getting killed that technically everyone agreed on that would have been good – just because of infighting – one side needing to one up the other. It feels like it’s personal between them rather than abt serving the greater good,’ she said.
However, she clarified that these were ‘neutral general statements’ and was reticent to take a shot at anyone, as she is not an American citizen.
‘I just don’t wanna be deported haha – like literally,’ she wrote in one response.
She reiterated her call for sanity in the replies to some of the media hype around Musk Tuesday night and added that she would be publishing an op-ed about it shortly.
‘I am asking you and everyone else to understand that our government was set up for coalitions and middle ground decisions. I am asking this person, and you – to stop calling each other names. Decorum is an incredibly important part of reality, long forgotten in America,’ she said to one follower.
The pair, who have three children together, have remained public fodder as Grimes has battled to get custody in recent months.
A follower on X – the social media app that Musk owns and bears his son’s name – praised the Canadian singer, whose real name is Claire Boucher, for the boy’s behavior in the Oval Office which set her off
The singer revealed in November she has been in a year-long custody battle with the father of their three children, during which time she allegedly did not see one of her children for five months.
The former couple share two sons, X Æ A-Xii and Techno Mechanicus, as well as a daughter Exa Dark Sideræl together.
Musk and Grimes dated from 2018 to 2022, but in recent times the X-owner has become a prominent figure in MAGA spheres.
Musk sued for for custody of the children he shares with Grimes in Texas, where his businesses are headquartered.
Grimes then counter-sued filing a ‘petition to establish parental relationship’ in a California court, typically seen as the first step in suing for custody for unmarried parents.
She claimed that Musk was withholding access to her kids and even prevented them from seeing their terminally ill maternal grandmother.
A Travis County Clerk confirmed that the Texas dispute had been settled, but declined to give further details.
Grimes claimed the ordeal almost left her ‘bankrupt’ and unable to make new music.
