Grimes might be going through a public breakup, but her sense of humor is still fully intact.
In July, Musk’s SpaceX was awarded a $178 million launch contract for NASA’s first mission to Europa to see whether the icy planet could have conditions suitable for life. The Europa Clipper mission is expected to blast off aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket in October 2024.
Musk, 50, confirmed that he and Grimes, 33, had split in a statement to Page Six on Friday.
“We are semi-separated but still love each other, see each other frequently and are on great terms,” Musk — who shares 16-month-old sonX Æ A-Xiiwith Grimes — said.
Grimes and Elon Musk.Taylor Hill/Getty
Although Grimes (née Claire Elise Boucher)walked the red carpet soloat the Met Gala earlier this month, Musk did attend the event with her,Page Sixpreviously reported.
Reps for Musk and Grimes did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Musk and the musicianwere first romantically linkedin May 2018, when they made their public debut at the Met Gala following his split fromAmber Heard.
“I do actually just really love my boyfriend,” she said at the time, adding of their relationship, “No one believes me about this, but I just did not understand what I was getting into at all.”
“Not that I’m mad about it. I just didn’t think it would be a thing,” she continued. “The s— that’s happened with my boyfriend this year has overwritten so much of my life’s work.”
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“Well, babies are just eating and pooping machines, you know? Right now there’s not much I can do,” he toldThe New York Timesin a July interview.
“Grimes has a much bigger role than me right now,” he continued, adding, “When the kid gets older, there will be more of a role for me.”
“Being a mother feels weird to say,” she said. “For some reason, I don’t identify with that word.”
“Which is also really weird because X, he says ‘Claire,’ but he doesn’t say ‘mama.’ Which is so… I’m like, ‘How are you…?’ " she continued. “Like, maybe he can sense my distaste for the word ‘mother.'”
Grimes.Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
Grimes added, “I don’t even know why I have a distaste for [the word] because I respect … I just, I don’t, I can’t identify with it, weirdly.”
Along withX ÆA-12, Musk, who was married three times — twice to Talulah Riley — has five sons from a previous marriage. His first son, Nevada, died tragically of SIDS at 10 weeks old in 2002.
source: people.com
