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In another completely unexpected turn of events, Grimes, who has just survived at least her second breakup with Elon Musk, is reportedly dating whistleblower Chelsea Manning. According to Page Six, they are in a “serious” relationship and have “sorted it out,” which means they currently live together in Austin. This is news to me, but I suppose it’s somewhat less shocking to their immediate Twitter followers since they’ve apparently been tweeting each other over the past few months. However, spying on Grimes’ romantic life is starting to give me a whiplash.
Remember, Manning spent seven years in a military prison for leaking government documents to WikiLeaks in 2010. Her sentence was commuted in 2017, but she was jailed again in 2019 for refusing to cooperate with the WikiLeaks investigation. She was released the following year after a suicide attempt sent her to the hospital. Neither party responded to Page Six’s request for comment, which I believe is because they are busy coining a more vague word to describe the nature of their relationship.
It’s been a busy week for Grimes, who revealed she’s having her second child, got back together with Musk, and then broke up with him again. There is still no word on what Musk thinks about this and whether it will affect his plan to get Grimes and their children to Mars before 2030. Will there be enough space beer for everyone?
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