The Singer Jokes About Men Going to Space as Rodrigo Shares Her Dating Dealbreakers
Grimes and Olivia Rodrigo have found unexpected common ground over a shared dating “red flag”: men who want to go to space. Rodrigo recently shared her lighthearted but oddly specific dating insight in an Instagram interview with Netflix, sparking reactions from both fans and celebrities. For Grimes, who shares three children with SpaceX founder Elon Musk, Rodrigo’s “red flag” hit close to home.
Rodrigo, the “Vampire” singer and rising pop icon, was discussing her favorite stage outfits on her GUTS World Tour when she held up a shirt emblazoned with “Dump Him” – a nod to a memorable Britney Spears look. She shared that she always asks potential dates if they would want to go to space. “If they say yes, I don’t date them,” Rodrigo explained with a laugh, saying she finds the desire to venture beyond Earth “a little too full of yourself.”
Rodrigo’s remarks quickly resonated, and social media users piled on with their own takes. But one of the most notable voices chiming in was Grimes. The artist, who dated Musk for several years and shares sons X Æ A-Xii and Techno Mechanicus, as well as daughter Exa Dark Sideræl with him, tweeted in agreement: “It’s true. Only women should be going to space.”
Grimes and Musk, who have had an on-and-off relationship since first linking up in 2018, have taken vastly different stances on the idea of life beyond Earth. Musk has made it his life’s mission to enable humanity to live on other planets. In a recent post on his social media platform X, he declared SpaceX’s goal of offering travel to Mars by 2030, likening the journey to “a long sea voyage in centuries past — dangerous and uncomfortable, but great adventure!”
This isn’t the first time Grimes has weighed in on Musk’s ambitious projects. Though she recently referred to her relationship with him as “the best internship ever,” she has praised his work with SpaceX. “People don’t like talking about Elon, but it was incredible to be right there watching all that SpaceX stuff happen,” she said in a 2023 interview. “That’s a master class in leadership and engineering.”
Meanwhile, Rodrigo, who has recently been linked to Enola Holmes actor Louis Partridge, continues to generate buzz with her “red flag” insight. Since dating rumors first swirled when the pair were seen together in New York last December, they’ve been spotted together frequently, with Partridge joining Rodrigo on her GUTS tour stop in the Philippines. Rodrigo’s humorous approach to dating advice struck a chord with fans, many of whom see her as both a voice of Gen Z and a pop culture trailblazer.
The social media exchange between Rodrigo and Grimes reveals the cultural fascination with space exploration — a topic that, as Musk’s former partner has now humorously highlighted, extends beyond rocket science and into the dating scene. As Musk continues his ambitious mission to Mars, Grimes and Rodrigo are happy to keep their feet firmly on Earth, sharing a laugh about the “space” between them and those aspiring astronauts.
