LaKeith Stanfield Asks Grimes If She’s “Taking Applications” After Separation From Elon Musk

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The “Sorry to Bother You” actor is seemingly shooting his shot with the mother of one.

When a person shares news about a breakup, it’s typically customary to give them at least a few days (at the very minimum) to grieve before swooping in to shoot your shot. Apparently, LaKeith Stanfield didn’t get the memo, as he didn’t waste any time reaching out to Grimes after Elon Musk revealed the pair’s separation this morning.

“Grimes are you taking applications,” Stanfield wrote in his notes app before taking a screenshot and posting it to his Instagram feed. “Asking for a friend,” he joked in the caption.

LaKeith Stanfield Asks Grimes If She’s “Taking Applications” After Separation From Elon Musk
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The since-deleted post was snagged by The Shade Room, who reposted it to their own page. 

Some people in the comments couldn’t help but tease the actor’s thirstiness by referencing his role in the horror movie, Get Out, when he‘s captured by an evil white family with very ill intentions.

“It’s giving sunken place,” one person wrote. “Oh so this n*gga ain’t learn from Get Out?” 

“This why he got murked in Get Out,” another reply reads.

Seeing as the post was removed, it’s not impossible that Grimes saw the message and decided to respond, or Stanfield simply could’ve changed his mind - time will tell.

The mother of one has yet to comment on Musk’s announcement from earlier today. “We are semi-separated but still love each other, see each other frequently and are on great terms, he told Page Six.

Stanfield isn’t the only celebrity reaching out to Grimes post-breakup. Just a few hours ago, Azealia Banks also shared news of the couple’s split to her story, calling Musk “apartheid Clyde” and asking the Canadian if she wants to “finish those darn songs” they were infamously supposed to make back in 2018.

What do you think of LaKeith hitting on Grimes hours after her breakup news was released? Tell us in the comments.


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Hayley Hynes is the former Weekend Managing Editor of HotNewHipHop, she stepped down after two years in 2024 to pursue other creative opportunities but remains on staff part-time to cover music, gossip, and pop culture news. Currently, she contributes similar content on Blavity and 21Ninety, as well as on her personal blog where she also offers tarot/astrology services. Hayley resides on the western side of Canada, previously spending a year in Vancouver to study Fashion Marketing at Blanche Macdonald Centre and Journalism at Mount Royal University in Calgary before that. She's passionate about helping others heal through storytelling, and shares much more about her life on Instagram @hayleyhynes.
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