Grimes says she ‘tried begging’ Elon Musk to keep their children off the internet

Being a parent in the digital age is a losing battle, according to Grimes.

Grimes says she 'begged' Elon Musk to keep their kids offline: Young people are being 'destroyed by the internet'

The Canadian singer-songwriter (real name: Claire Boucher) and former partner of Elon Musk took to social media last week to reflect on parenting with the billionaire tech entrepreneur, who also serves as a senior advisor to President Donald Trump.

Grimes shares three children with Musk: X Æ A-Xii, 4, Exa Dark Sideræl, 3, and Tau Techno Mechanicus, 2. Last month, the “Genesis” singer expressed her disdain for son X’s public visibility after he accompanied Musk to the White House during a visit with Trump.

In a Thursday thread post shared on X, the social media platform owned by Musk, Grimes opened up about her unsuccessful attempts to limit her children’s exposure to the internet.

After opening up about her son's exposure to the media, Grimes, pictured, is reflecting on her struggle to keep her children with Elon Musk off the internet.

After debunking an online rumor that she wrote a post about the “sexuality and kinks” of Fortune 500 CEOs, Grimes responded to a user who asked if she could remove the post and “protect your children” from the content.

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“I unfortunately do not control the internet and cannot wipe this from the internet,” Grimes wrote. “I have tried begging the public and my kids’ dad to keep them offline, and I’ve tried legal recourse.”

Grimes and Musk have long disagreed publicly about their parenting styles. The former couple was previously locked in a custody battle over their children, which the pair reportedly settled in Texas court in August 2024, according to Business Insider.

Following her son’s Oval Office appearance, Grimes told Time magazine: “I would really like people to stop posting images of my kid everywhere. I think fame is something you should consent to. Obviously, things will just be what they are. But I would really, really appreciate that.”

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Grimes concluded in her post that “it’s insane to me that there’s no way to deal with” her children’s media exposure.

“The state of my children’s lives being public is of grave concern to me and I think about how to solve this every day,” Grimes wrote. “I would hope there was some law that would allow a parent to veto small children from living public lives but I don’t even trust the law to help me now if I tried to invoke it (to be honest).”