Grimes is clarifying her split from Elon Musk after Azealia Banks claimed that billionaire Elon Musk “dumped” the “Oblivion” artist.
This interaction was triggered by a misunderstanding about artificial intelligence generation evil The artwork depicts Grimes as Glinda and Banks as Elphaba, aka the Wicked Witch of the West. The New York rapper wasn’t happy when the Canadian musician jokingly tweeted that the casting was “going to be a little brighter.”
“Girl, years after you were dumped, cheated on, and you’re still trying to fend off some weird, innocent bullshit…” Banks wrote on Thursday (December 26). “And trying to paint me as a villain and act like you’re above me… You could really stop talking about me. I know you want to be my good friend, but… this is so fucking boring .
Grimes was quick to respond, telling Banks: “Dude, it was just a funny joke. Not meant to paint you as a villain.
“I wasn’t ‘dumped,'” the Elf Tech founder continued of her split from Musk, with whom she has three children. “I bounced. My wonder baby was sleeping next to me in my bed and I was in love. No regrets. Life is as good as you want it to be.
“You’re so talented,” Grimes added. “Even after all this, I still hope you win. God bless my lady.
Later, the singer admitted that Banks was “the best hater on the planet” while responding to a fan. “Insulting Leonardo,” she added jokingly. “At one point I gave up and admitted that I appreciated the madness of existence.”
Grimes’ relationship with the Tesla businessman lasted from 2018 to 2022. The parents of their daughter Exa Dark Sideræl. Musk also has seven children with his first wife, Justine Wilson, and twins Strider and Azure with Neuralink director Shivon Zilis.
In November, Grimes addressed her struggles in the custody battle in a lengthy tweet. “Spent a year fighting in a state where mothers’ rights are extremely poor,” she wrote at the time. “My Instagram posts and modeling were used as reasons why I shouldn’t have children, I fought and broke away from the love of my life because he became unrecognizable to me, and his resources (or IQ/strategies experience) only a small part, all while I haven’t seen my kids for five months. This is only something that can be said publicly, as most of my experiences over the past few years were supposed to be behind closed doors.
The X exchange isn’t the first time Banks has spoken about Grimes and President-elect Donald Trump’s newly appointed incoming co-chairman of Government Effectiveness. In 2018, the “Luxury” musician vented on her Instagram Story that she “sat alone at Elon Musk’s house for days waiting for Grimes to show up” so the two musicians could collaborate.
“Living in Elon Musk’s house is like a real-life episode of Get Out,” she added shortly after.
