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Grimes is upset about her son's most recent public appearance. The singer shared her thoughts after videos of X Æ A-Xii, or X, in the White House Oval Office with President Donald Trump and his father, Elon Musk, went viral.
Grimes responded to a fan who praised her son for being "very polite" and her for raising him by writing, "He should not be in public like this," on February 11 on X, formerly Twitter. "Thank you for alerting me; I did not see this. But at least he was courteous. "Sigh."
The former couple—who split in 2022 after four years of dating—has been locked in a legal dispute over X and their younger children Exa Dark Sideræl, 3, and Techno Mechanicus, 2, since October 2023, when Grimes filed a petition against the billionaire to establish parental rights.
As he spoke to reporters about his newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team's plans to reduce the federal workforce, the father of 12 and one of Trump's top advisers had brought his and Grimes' oldest son to the White House to join him. The president also spoke highly of it.
He introduced the event by saying, "This is X, and he's a great guy—high IQ," "high-IQ individual."
Musk stood to one side of X, who sat at Trump's desk and occasionally edged closer to him, during the press conference. At one point, the son of the SpaceX CEO picked his nose, whispered to the president, and occasionally spoke up while his father was speaking.
Putting his hands on his son's head and shoulders, Musk then burst out laughing as he said to reporters, "Sorry, I tell you, gravitas can be difficult sometimes."
Additionally, X occasionally sat on the ground and clung to Musk's leg until his father lifted him and carried him on his shoulders. Additionally, his father acknowledged that the 4-year-old might have found the outing too much.
"Sorry for this," explained Musk. "I believed my son might enjoy this, but as he's sticking his fingers in my ears and stuff, it's been hard to hear sometimes. Hey! Stop that."
