Elon Musk says he and girlfriend Grimes are ‘semi-separated’
- The tech billionaire and SpaceX founder says the two ‘still love each other’, but blamed geography and work for keeping them apart
- Musk and Grimes have one child together, a baby boy they named X Æ A-Xii
Elon Musk and musician Grimes are “semi-separated” after three years together, according to the SpaceX founder.
“We are semi-separated but still love each other, see each other frequently and are on great terms,” Musk told Page Six on Friday.
He mostly blamed geography and careers for his sorta-split from the singer and mother of their child, saying Tesla and SpaceX had him in Texas or travelling overseas, while the Canadian musician’s work kept her in Los Angeles. Musk moved out of California at the end of last year.
Musk, 50, and Grimes, 33, started dating in 2018, and she announced early last year that she was seven months pregnant. Their baby boy was born in May 2020, carrying the heavy burden of the name X Æ A-12. Even his parents could not agree on how to pronounce the moniker, which was later officially changed to X Æ A-Xii (no numbers) to align with California naming laws.
In addition to his new son, Musk also has five teenage sons with Justine Musk, his first ex-wife. The two have joint custody. Then the entrepreneur was married twice to actor Talulah Riley.