Grimes says Elon Musk is ‘unrecognizable’ as she speaks out about bitter custody battle

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Grimes has said her former partner and father of her child, Elon Musk, became “unrecognizable” when she opened up about her bitter custody battle with the tech billionaire.

The Canadian musician, real name Claire Elise Boucher, said she had been in a “battle” with Musk for a year over her rights as a mother and that her social media posts had been used against her.

It comes after it was reported that the former couple’s custody battle over their three children; four-year-old X Æ A-12, also known as baby X; two-year-old Exa; and two-year-old Tau, was resolved.

In a post on X – Musk’s platform – Grimes discussed her new creative projects and said she had “never been better in my life than I am right now.”

“I spent a lot of my free time with babies, putting in ten thousand hours of creative writing and mastering the art I’ve never had before,” she said. “Having babies tears you apart and puts you back together. Babies are ten thousand philosophy lessons that can only be learned from that experience.

“I spent a year in conflict in a state with terrible maternal rights, where my Instagram posts and modeling were used as reasons why I shouldn’t have children and I had to fight and break away from the love of my life because he became unrecognizable to me, with a fraction of his resources (or IQ/strategy experience), while I didn’t see one of my babies for five months.

She added: “And this is only what can be said publicly, as most of my experiences over the past few years should remain behind closed doors.”

In another post, Grimes said the lawsuit left her “bankrupt” and that the thought of losing her children was “not conducive to creative thinking.”

The “Oblivion” singer confirmed her split from Musk in March 2022 after about four years together. In September last year, the SpaceX boss filed a custody case against her.

The same month, Grimes filed a countersuit against the billionaire in a San Francisco court.

According to Business insiderthe couple met in court in August, and the two sides’ legal representation met at least one more time in court in Texas before the case was resolved. The case was sealed from the public last December. The judge agreed to close the courtroom to the press and public minutes after the hearing began.

However, in a now-deleted X post, Grimes suggested she had custody of her children every other week. “It’s my week without my kids, so if you want to get responses from me, it’s now or every second week after that,” she told her followers.

Meanwhile, Musk has been spending most of his time with Donald Trump lately, often bringing along X Æ A-12. The boy has been photographed with his father at Mar-a-Lago several times, including on election night.