{"id":17810,"date":"2025-02-21T15:19:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T15:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/21\/grimes-pleads-with-elon-musk-for-him-to-contact-her-over-childs-medical-crisis-national\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T15:19:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T15:19:18","slug":"grimes-pleads-with-elon-musk-for-him-to-contact-her-over-childs-medical-crisis-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/21\/grimes-pleads-with-elon-musk-for-him-to-contact-her-over-childs-medical-crisis-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Grimes pleads with Elon Musk for him to contact her over child\u2019s \u2018medical crisis\u2019 &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk\u2019s<\/a> ex <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/grimes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grimes<\/a> has made a public plea to the billionaire, urging him to respond to her about a \u201cmedical crisis\u201d involving one of their children.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In a series of now-deleted posts on X on Thursday, Grimes, Musk\u2019s ex-girlfriend with whom he shares three children, wrote, \u201cPlz respond about our child\u2019s medical crisis. I am sorry to do this publicly but it is no longer acceptable to ignore this situation. This requires immediate attention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you don\u2019t want to talk to me can you please designate or hire someone who can so that we can move forward on solving this,\u201d she added. \u201cThis is urgent, Elon.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--contained\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__imageWrapper c-imageContainer\" style=\"max-height:327px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-figure__image\" alt=\"A screenshot of Grimes post on X.\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Grimes-tweet-2.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=12&amp;h=12&amp;crop=1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Grimes-tweet-2.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Grimes-tweet-2.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=450 450w,https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Grimes-tweet-2.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all 720w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 520px) 720px,450px\" width=\"641\" height=\"327\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tA screenshot of Grimes\u2019 post on X.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t@Grimezsz \/ X\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Grimes, whose legal name is Claire Boucher, did not elaborate on what the medical crisis was or which child she was speaking about.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not giving any details but he won\u2019t respond to texts call or emails and has skipped every meeting and our child will suffer life long impairment if he doesn\u2019t respond asap, so I need him to f\u2013king respond and if I have to apply public pressure then I guess that\u2019s where we are at,\u201d she wrote in another post.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--contained\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__imageWrapper c-imageContainer\" style=\"max-height:279px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-figure__image\" alt=\"A screenshot of Grimes post on X.\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Grimes-tweet-3.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=12&amp;h=12&amp;crop=1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Grimes-tweet-3.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Grimes-tweet-3.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=450 450w,https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Grimes-tweet-3.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all 720w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 520px) 720px,450px\" width=\"651\" height=\"279\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tA screenshot of Grimes\u2019 post on X.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t@Grimezsz \/ X\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Grimes shares her three children <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/6905662\/elon-musk-grimes-baby-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X \u00c6 A-Xii<\/a>, 4, Exa Dbnark Sider\u00e6l, 3, and Techno Mechanicus, 1, with Musk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11015399\/elon-musk-denies-government-takeover-surprise-white-house-appearance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Earlier this month<\/a>, the Canadian musician claimed she had no clue her son X AE A-XII was going to be part of a televised press conference that took place at the White House with Musk and U.S. President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/Donald-Trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11015801_67b89695dd9a9\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11015801\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/11015801\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_11015801_67b89695dd9a9\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Musk dismisses \u2018hostile takeover of government\u2019 allegations as Trump calls USAID \u2018corrupt\u2019'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/mofg6638no-wrov42kaz1\/MUSK_VMS.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/mofg6638no-wrov42kaz1\/MUSK_VMS.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/mofg6638no-wrov42kaz1\/MUSK_VMS.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/mofg6638no-wrov42kaz1\/MUSK_VMS.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">3:15<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Musk dismisses \u2018hostile takeover of government\u2019 allegations as Trump calls USAID \u2018corrupt\u2019<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>X AE A-XII was seen sitting in the Oval Office beside Musk and occasionally moving around while his father fielded questions from reporters. Viewers took to X to note how \u201cpolite\u201d the young child was during the half-hour appearance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tTesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump (R), his son X Musk, and White House staff secretary Will Scharf (L), speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAndrew Harnik\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cLil X was very polite today! You raised him well. He was so cute when he told DJT \u2018please forgive me, I need to pee,\u2019\u201d one X user\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sisisimon\/status\/1889477166695588049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote to Grimes<\/a>\u00a0about her son\u2019s appearance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get daily National news<\/h3>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Grimezsz\/status\/1889478264252494095\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grimes responded<\/a>\u00a0to the post, writing, \u201cHe should not be in public like this. I did not see this, thank u for alerting me. But I\u2019m glad he was polite. Sigh.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tElon Musk carries his son X \u00c6 A-Xii on his shoulders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 11, 2025.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tJIM WATSON\/AFP via Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>She also spoke out last month following \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/elon-musk\">Musk\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10970070\/elon-musk-nazi-salute-donald-trump-inauguration-response\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">straight-arm, Nazi-like<\/a>\u00a0gesture during his speech at Trump\u2019s\u00a0inauguration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI 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,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Grimezsz\/status\/1881618420367507941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she wrote.<\/a><\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11027203\/donald-trump-4-nations-face-off-governor-trudeau\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Untitled-design-30.png?w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Trump suggests \u2018Governor Trudeau\u2019 join him to watch 4 Nations hockey final\" data-title=\"\">Trump suggests \u2018Governor Trudeau\u2019 join him to watch 4 Nations hockey final<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11028557\/4-nations-face-off-final-score\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/connor-mcdavid-winner.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"\u2018Can\u2019t take our country\u2019: Trudeau says after Canada\u2019s hockey win over the U.S.\" data-title=\"\">\u2018Can\u2019t take our country\u2019: Trudeau says after Canada\u2019s hockey win over the U.S.<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy to denounce Nazi-ism \u2013 and the far alt right. Would that help clear things up?\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Grimezsz\/status\/1881748032531616148\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_10971347_67b89695e2eea\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"10971347\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/10971347\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_10971347_67b89695e2eea\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Elon Musk defends one-armed gesture at Trump inauguration'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/c3m4tbip8a-b5llc1koqm\/250121-DAWNA.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/c3m4tbip8a-b5llc1koqm\/250121-DAWNA.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/c3m4tbip8a-b5llc1koqm\/250121-DAWNA.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/c3m4tbip8a-b5llc1koqm\/250121-DAWNA.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">1:03<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Elon Musk defends one-armed gesture at Trump inauguration<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10586300\/elon-musk-12th-child-neuralink-shivon-zilis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12 known children<\/a>. The birth of his 12th child, his third with Neuralink Corp. director Shivon Zilis, was <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10586300\/elon-musk-12th-child-neuralink-shivon-zilis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed last June<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He has also had six children with Canadian author Justine Wilson, to whom he was married from 2000 to 2008. Musk\u2019s first child, Nevada, died of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/sids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sudden infant death syndrome<\/a>\u00a0(SIDS) in 2002 when he was only 10 weeks old.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Musk\u2019s father Errol <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11024978\/elon-musk-father-errol-interview-parenting-skills-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criticized his son\u2019s parenting skills<\/a>. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\"\/>During\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gagYfbwVXFU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an episode of the\u00a0<em>Wide Awake Podcast<\/em><\/a>, Errol, 78, told host Joshua Rubin that Musk \u201chasn\u2019t been a good dad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were too rich, too many nannies. Then he had five children with the same woman, five sons all brought up. Each one had its own nanny,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11017733_67b89695e5971\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11017733\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/11017733\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_11017733_67b89695e5971\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Grimes speaks out after Musk takes son to White House'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/4p5pb7lwof-ty782f87us\/TMS_MORGAN_THURSDAY_STILL.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/4p5pb7lwof-ty782f87us\/TMS_MORGAN_THURSDAY_STILL.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/4p5pb7lwof-ty782f87us\/TMS_MORGAN_THURSDAY_STILL.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/4p5pb7lwof-ty782f87us\/TMS_MORGAN_THURSDAY_STILL.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">4:19<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Grimes speaks out after Musk takes son to White House<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe first child was too much with nannies and died in the care of a nanny.\u2026 Elon\u2019s gonna shoot me for saying this, but that\u2019s what I think. That\u2019s no good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Errol, the child-care staff increased in 2008 when Musk split from his ex-wife.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen they got divorced, the nannies were six on this side, six on that side,\u201d Errol said. \u201cIt was really a weird situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Errol revealed that he hasn\u2019t spent \u201ca lot of time\u201d with his grandchildren but referred to them all as \u201cvery nice and smart and very pleasant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Errol was asked about how he feels towards his son\u2019s past partners, he said, \u201cWell, fathers are not terribly interested in any of their children\u2019s husbands or wives more or less unless they go out of their way.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As of this writing, Musk has not publicly responded to his father\u2019s appearance on the podcast or Grimes\u2019 public plea on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em>With files from Global News<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on World<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11028804\/grimes-elon-musk-child-medical-crisis\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk\u2019s ex Grimes has made a public plea to the billionaire, urging him to respond to her about a \u201cmedical crisis\u201d involving one of their children. In a series of now-deleted posts on X on Thursday, Grimes, Musk\u2019s ex-girlfriend with whom he shares three children, wrote, \u201cPlz respond about our child\u2019s medical crisis. 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