--- title: "Spurned By Elon Musk, Grimes Pledges to Now Worship the Combustion Engine" description: "Claire \"Grimes\" Boucher has posted an obvious subtweet about her famous ex Elon Musk while sitting atop a Porsche. " date: "2024-09-09" modified: "2024-09-09" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/grimes-combustion-engine-porsche" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "elon musk" - "grimes" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Spurned By Elon Musk, Grimes Pledges to Now Worship the Combustion Engine ![Claire "Grimes" Boucher has posted an obvious subtweet about her famous ex Elon Musk while sitting atop a Porsche. ]() *\Image: Grimes via X\* ## Grime Time Just over a month after [appearing in court]() amid her ongoing custody battle with Elon Musk, Claire "Grimes" Boucher has posted an obvious subtweet about her famous ex while perching atop a Porsche. Posted to the Musk-owned [X-formerly-Twitter](), the mother of three of the billionaire's children joked that she may join "her sons" — and no, we don't think she's referencing her literal children — "in their heretical worship of the combustion engine." https://www.twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1832631192765518023 ## Gassed Up In the replies, the 36-year-old electronic artist clarified that the black [911 Turbo S]() coupe she was posing with was "[just a friend's car]()," and later [chided another commentator]() for saying "electric cars suck so much." This subtweet comes six weeks after [Boucher came out publicly in support]() of the Tesla CEO's 20-year-old transgender daughter Vivian Wilson, who [criticized her famous father]() for his transphobic comments about her in the press. "I think he was under the assumption that I wasn’t going to say anything and I would just let this go unchallenged," Wilson, who [changed her last name]() two years ago to distance herself from Musk, [told *NBC* in July.]() "Which I’m not going to do, because if you’re going to lie about me, like, blatantly to an audience of millions, I’m not just gonna let that slide." Shortly after Wilson's interview with *NBC*, [Grimes tweeted]() that she "love\[s\] and \[is\] forever endlessly proud of Vivian." ## Custody Nightmare While the show of support was certainly touching, it also led to accusations from Boucher's [Canadian-famous mother Sandy Garossino]() that Musk was essentially holding his children with her daughter hostage. Those claims came amid the increasingly nasty custody battle that began last October when [Grimes sued to establish her parental relationship]() with their three children. Both sides of the ex-couple [hurled accusations]() [against each other]() before their [Texas court appearance]() in early August. Despite the dramatic debacle at the end of July, it does seem that Boucher reunited with her kids based on another [recent tweet]() about watching a movie with them (which also, irritatingly, takes pains to decry wokeness). With things seemingly back to normal, the [AI-enthusiastic artist]() is back to her regularly scheduled programming — albeit with a bit more venom than before. **More on Grimes:** [*AI-Generated Grimes Song Dissing Elon Musk Fools Newsweek*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()