We may know Elon Musk greatest for Tesla, SpaceX, and PayPal, however now, he’s the focal point for his household life. He and his famous musician girlfriend, Grimes, have been collectively since 2018 — they usually welcomed their first baby collectively in Could 2020. Now, Musk goes to be busy being a brand new dad for awhile.
Whereas this is Grimes’ first child, it isn’t Musks. He already has a number of youngsters from his first marriage to Justine Wilson — and Wilson has talked extensively about what her relationship with Musk was like through the years. Right here’s what number of youngsters Musk has in whole.
Elon Musk and Grimes welcomed their first child collectively
Congratulations are so as to the completely happy couple. On Could 4, Musk tweeted that his baby with Grimes, aka Claire Boucher, was born. “Mother & child all good,” he tweeted, and he then appeared to inform one curious Twitter fan that the gender of the newborn is a boy. As for the title, he additionally gave that away, too. “X Æ A-12 Musk,” Musk replied — however we’re nonetheless unsure if Musk and Grimes are being critical. Lastly, the completely happy father additionally added a photo of him holding the new child.
Musk has solely publicly acknowledged Grimes’ being pregnant extra just lately by way of Twitter. Previous to that, followers knew she was pregnant due to her Instagram, as that’s the place she shared updates. And it was clear that she was prepared and excited to convey slightly one into the world.
“It’s a fairly loopy sacrifice and solely half of the inhabitants has to do it,” Grimes told Rolling Stone concerning having youngsters. “It was actually profound to me once I determined I used to be going to do it, to truly undergo the act of — like, y’know, unprotected intercourse. I’m identical to, I’ve sacrificed my energy on this second. … I do really simply actually love my boyfriend. So I used to be like, ‘You realize, positive.’”
Musk has 5 different youngsters with Justine Wilson
Musk now formally has six youngsters. Distractify explains the Tesla CEO has 5 children along with his first spouse, Justine Wilson. The 2 have been married from 2000 to 2008, they usually utilized IVF to assist Wilson’s pregnancies. This resulted within the start of twins, Griffin and Xavier, in 2004, and triplets, Saxon, Kai, and Damian, in 2006.
Wilson has since talked about her relationship with Musk, and he or she’s referred to herself as his “starter spouse,” as Musk has since had different high-profile relationships and one other marriage. And he or she talked extra about her determination to have children in a narrative she wrote for Marie Claire.
“One evening, over dinner, he requested me what number of children I wished to have. ‘One or two,’ I mentioned instantly, ‘though if I may afford nannies, I’d prefer to have 4,’” Wilson wrote. She then added that Musk mentioned, “That’s the distinction between you and me. I simply assume that there can be nannies.”
Now, Wilson notes she’s estranged from her ex-husband. Even in relation to coping with him and the youngsters, she communicates along with his assistant.
His first baby, Nevada, died from SIDS
In Wilson’s piece, she additionally talked about her first son with Musk, Nevada. Previous to the twins and the triplets, that they had a son collectively in 2002. “By the point eBay purchased PayPal in 2002, we had moved to Los Angeles and had our first baby, a boy named Nevada Alexander,” she wrote. “The identical week, Nevada went down for a nap, positioned on his again as at all times, and stopped respiration. He was 10 weeks previous, the age when male infants are most vulnerable to SIDS (Sudden Toddler Dying Syndrome).”
Sadly, after three days on life assist, the newborn couldn’t be revived. And Wilson added that Musk by no means wished to speak concerning the loss of life of the newborn although she “grieved brazenly.”
“I buried my emotions as an alternative, dealing with Nevada’s loss of life by making my first go to to an IVF clinic lower than two months later,” she continued. “Elon and I deliberate to get pregnant once more as swiftly as doable.”
We’re unsure if Wilson and Grimes will ever talk — or if Grimes will ever have contact with Musk’s different children. We’ll have to attend and see.
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