Nadine O’Regan: Playing the poor mouth is conduct unbecoming of a billionaire

Grimes and Elon Musk want to spare us the stories of their great wealth, but wouldn’t it be better if they told it like it was?

Elon Musk with his romantic partner and the mother of his children Grimes. Musk might be the billionaire chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX and the world’s wealthiest person, but – in Grimes’ words – ‘bro does not live like a billionaire’. Picture: Getty

Some years ago, back when little A Æ A-12 was just a twinkle in Elon Musk’s eye, I went to see his romantic partner and the mother of his children, Grimes, in concert. I’m a cheerful gig-goer, usually just happy to be there even if the music is a little ramshackle, but this concert was mayhem, with songs stopping and starting, Grimes (birth name Claire Boucher) seeming lost on the stage alone, and the electronics ...