Elon MuskandGrimesare going their separate ways.
The 50-year-old SpaceX founder has confirmed that he and the Canadian singer, 33, have broken up.
“We are semi-separated but still love each other, see each other frequently and are on great terms,” Musk — who shares 16-month-old sonX Æ A-Xiiwith Grimes — toldThe New York Post’sPage Six.
Although the singerwalked the red carpet soloat this year’s Met Gala earlier this month, Musk did attend the event with her,Page Sixpreviously reported.
The news was announced one week after SpaceX’s Inspiration4, which featured an all-civilian crew,splashed down safelyoff the Florida coast.
Reps for Musk and Grimes did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Grimes and Elon Musk.Taylor Hill/Getty
Musk and the musicianwere first romantically linkedin May 2018, when they made their public debut at the Met Gala following his split from Amber Heard.
Elon Musk and son X.Elon Musk Twitter
“I do actually just really love my boyfriend,” she said at the time, adding of their relationship, “No one believes me about this, but I just did not understand what I was getting into at all.”
“Not that I’m mad about it. I just didn’t think it would be a thing,” she continued. “The s— that’s happened with my boyfriend this year has overwritten so much of my life’s work.”
“Well, babies are just eating and pooping machines, you know? Right now there’s not much I can do,” he toldThe New York Timesin a July interview.
“Grimes has a much bigger role than me right now,” he continued, adding, “When the kid gets older, there will be more of a role for me.”
Musk, who was married three times — twice to Talulah Riley — has five sons from a previous marriage. His first son, Nevada, died tragically of SIDS at 10 weeks old in 2002.
source: people.com
