--- title: "Grimes Slams “Power-Hungry Warlords” Who “Tricked” Her" description: "Claire \"Grimes\" Boucher seems close to condemning her billionaire ex — though of course, she never comes right out and does it." date: "2025-02-03" modified: "2025-02-03" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/grimes-slams-warlords-tricked" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "elon musk" - "grimes" - "politics" - "the digest" --- # Grimes Slams “Power-Hungry Warlords” Who “Tricked” Her ![Claire "Grimes" Boucher seems close to condemning her billionaire ex — though of course, she never comes right out and does it.]() *\Image: Theo Wargo / Tayfun Coskun /Anadolu via Getty / Futurism\* ## Musk of a Man Claire "Grimes" Boucher seems, [once again](), to be close to condemning her billionaire ex — though of she still isn't coming right out and saying it. During an exchange with the Austin-based [group sex enthusiast]() and [shower-hating]() writer who goes by the pen name Aella over the weekend, Elon Musk's most famous baby mama bemoaned the anonymous edgelords — not specifically naming the [father of her three children]() — who she says seduced her into the world of reactionary politics. "I feel like I was tricked by \[people\] pretending to be into critical thought and consequentialism who are acting like power-hungry warlords now," Boucher wrote in a [since-deleted reply to Aella](), "and like cruelly enjoying the panic and suffering that obviously creates and it's disturbing." Grimes also agreed "10000 percent" with the [mononymous writer's take]() that the "anti-woke coalition" they'd both befriended is now "walking off a plank into extremism." "Being anti a bad thing doesn't make you right by default." Aella wrote. "Righteous revenge is not compassion." Though he's not mentioned by name or even overtly referenced, it seems clear that the [illiberal and reactionary forces]() both women belatedly condemned are the same ones that [propelled Musk into his unelected role]() in Donald Trump's new version of the US government. ## Inside the House Those comments also come on the heels of the 36-year-old electronic artist's address to a "[certain toxicity in the Grimes fandom]()" suggesting she's been [cozying up to white supremacists]() — another oblique reference to her ex that failed to mention him by name. "If it wasn't clear," Boucher wrote, "I very much denounce Nazi-ism and white supremacy." "I am sorry I didn't take this more seriously sooner," she added. "I did not realize the extent of the issue." Instead of confronting the very real wave of bigotry that has accompanied Musk's rise to power in the US — or even his [very obvious Sieg Heil]() just over a week prior — Boucher simply said she is "sad at the division in the world \[right now\]" and sorry that anyone has "had to see super toxic negative things in the \[Grimes\] fandom on my behalf." There's little doubt, as these statements show, that Grimes fashions herself as opposed to white supremacy. If she really wanted to fight the bigotry she claims to denounce, however, she'd stop centering herself and disavow her ex by name — and then, perhaps, put down her phone and actually do something useful for a change. **More on Musk's failed relationships:** [*Elon Musk's Long-Term Friend Says He's a Narcissist With an Obsessive "Lust for Power"*]() ## 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]()