Elon Musk celebrated being crowned Time's Person of the Year by bringing his one-year-old son to a recent Q&A.
The Tesla founder and his toddler X AE A-Xii joined Time editor-in-chief and CEO Edward Felsenthal for a chat on Monday, December 13.
Musk's son is his seventh and youngest child, who he shares with ex-girlfriend Grimes. After announcing their romance in 2018, the pair welcomed their son in May last year.
However, the Space X CEO and his musician girlfriend eventually split, deciding to semi-separate in September.
Musk made his entrance to the New York event with his son in his arms. X AE A-Xii - also known as 'little X' - sat on his father's knee throughout the interview, in which Musk fielded questions about his relationship with his ex.
"Grimes and I are, I'd say, probably semi-separated," he told the magazine.
"Her work has her being in different places a lot vs my work. So we weren't seeing each other that much, because what she needs to do is mostly in LA or touring, and my work is mostly in remote locations like this."
"I'm human and all; I'm not a robot, but this place is basically a techno monastery," he added.
During the Q&A Musk spoke about his ambitions for SpaceX and described his career as "Mars and cars."
But it was his sweet mini-me who stole the show. Fans took to Twitter to gush over how adorable little X looked on his father's knee.
"Baby X is so cute!!!!" tweeted one person.
"Like father, like son. Adorable," added another.
Felsenthal explained why Time had chosen Musk as its person of the year in an article published by the magazine.
"For nearly a century, Time has named a Person of the Year – the individual or group who most shaped the previous 12 months, for better or for worse," the editor-in-chief wrote.
"Person of the Year is a marker of influence, and few individuals have had more influence than Musk on life on Earth, and potentially life off Earth too. In 2021, Musk emerged not just as the world’s richest person but also as perhaps the richest example of a massive shift in our society."