Grimes has revealed that she is happy to denounce her ex-partner and father of her three children, Elon Musk.
The Tesla and X owner, 53, shocked fans with a dramatic salute during a speech at Trump’s inauguration.
The billionaire signed off a speech by slapping his hand to his heart before shooting out his right arm at an upward angle, with his fingers together and his palm facing down.
The move was allegedly a ‘Roman salute’ but many pointed out that the gesture resembled a Nazi salute.
The action caused immediate controversy and fans looked towards his ex-partner Grimes to speak out about Musk.
The singer, whose real name is Claire Elise Boucher, 36, replied to a comment on X that criticised her silence, and said she was ‘happy to denounce Nazi-ism.’
‘I’m more than willing to sacrifice my grimes follow and get a tattoo coverup for this btw. I’m hitting a breaking point,’ said artangelfae on X.
In response, the singer replied: ‘I’m happy to denounce Nazi-ism – and the far alt-right. Would that help clear things up?’
She attributed her silence to her busy schedule: ‘I’ve just gotten out of breakfast and have to catch a flight, and am still debating how to approach things diplomatically because I feel in over my head.
‘But if there’s concern about that, I am happy to set the record straight in a meaningful way. If I don’t respond for another 5 hrs it’s cus there’s no wifi on my flight.’
She also said in another lengthy message: ‘While I deeply respect your concern- it is unhealthy that people are this upset when I have not even been online yet today and am only just learning about this controversy now.
‘I don’t know what happened and I will not make a rash statement – I am not a citizen of this country. I need to go to bed now, I will research the state of affairs tomorrow but until I do I’m not going to say something that will create an international scandal.
‘It’s absurd that someone can be this cancelled for something their ex did before they even heard it happened. I am not him. I will not make a statement every time he does something.
‘I can only send love back into a world that is hurting. I know your concern comes from a good place. I respect you. I do not ask for sympathy. In a world over-stimulated by scandal, I feel a moral imperative to only add to the mess when something positive can be done. Otherwise, I’m just adding to the desensitization.’
She then explained that she doesn’t speak negatively about Musk online because of their three children.
‘To be clear I could go talk shit and be on a bunch of magazine covers and be a feminist hero and get clout – but it would serve no purpose. I choose my children’s wellbeing.
‘I promise you it doesn’t feel good to be hated all the time for things I don’t even know about, cannot predict and cannot control. But I also chose this path, I accept it. I make the best of it, and I simply wish happiness and health to all. Godspeed.’
Grimes’ relationship and children with Elon Musk
Grimes and Musk got together in 2018 and had their first child in 2020.The couple ‘semi-separated’ in 2021 and had a fluid relationship for years, having two more children via surrogate.
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The couple caused controversy when they named their first child X Æ A-Xii, who is currently four years old.
The couple has two other children together named Exa Dark Sideræl, three, and Techno Mechanicus, two.
On September 29 last year, Grimes sued Musk, for primary physical custody and joint legal custody of their children.
According to multiple US outlets, the singer sued her former partner and filed a petition in California to ‘establish parental relationship’. Texas courts sealed the case, making the results unavailable to public access.
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