While Elon Musk Was Chainsawing at CPAC, Grimes Publicly ...

Grimes has tried to get the attention of Elon Musk in an urgent bid for medical help for a child he fathered, taking to X (formerly Twitter), the social media site he owns. In a series of since-deleted tweets on Thursday, according to screenshots, Grimes (real name Claire Boucher) begged Musk to “Plz respond about our child’s medical crisis.”

“I am sorry to do this publicly but it is no longer acceptable to ignore this situation. This requires immediate attention.”

She did not elaborate on what the medical crisis was, or which child was referring to (she is mother to X Æ A-12, Exa Dark Sideræl, and Techno Mechanicus, three of Musk’s 13 apparent children), but continued to send escalating urgent messages. Representatives for Grimes did not immediately respond to Vanity Fair’s request for comment.

“If you don’t want to talk to me can you please designate or hire someone who can so that we can move forward on solving this. This is urgent, Elon,” she wrote in one. After another user questioned her methods of communication, she posted more.

“I’m not giving any details but he won’t respond to texts call or emails and has skipped every meeting and our child will suffer life long impairment if he doesn’t respond asap. So I need him to fucking respond and if I have to apply public pressure then I guess that’s where we’re at.”

After another X user pointed out that Grimes’ posts appeared to be partially hidden on the platform, or “shadow banned,” she began deleting those original posts, adding in another update, “I am deleting them now because if they're being shadow banned and not eliciting a response then all it is is a media circus at the expense of the kids.”

And it’s not as if Musk has been keeping a low profile: On Thursday, he appeared onstage at MAGA summit CPAC (the Conservative Political Action Conference) in the D.C. suburb of National Harbor, Maryland. He didn’t need to read from notes, which is good, because his hands were full with an actual chainsaw gifted to him earlier in the day by Argentinian president Javier Milei.

“This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy!” he shouted, holding the power tool above his head and stomping back and forth across the stage. Adding to his nuanced messaging, the chainsaw’s blade had Milei’s slogan, Viva la libertad, carajo, etched into it: “Long live freedom, dammit!” The chainsaw also appears to be bedazzled.

Donald Trump appointed Musk to a new task force, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), aimed at making cuts to government spending. Those cuts have come by way of terminating DEI programs, scientific research, National Parks services, cuts to IRS personnel, and more. He seems to be really having fun with it. Gleefully tooling around on the stage Thursday with his new toy, Musk wore sunglasses, a black-on-black MAGA cap, a black blazer, metallic chain, and t-shirt that read “I'm Not Procrastinating, I'm Doing Side Quests,” a reference to gaming.