Ashley St. Clair 'Is Focusing' on Her Kids After Saying She Secretly Had Elon Musk's 13th Child (Exclusive Source)

Mar. 15, 2025

From left: Ashley St. Clair and Elon Musk.Photo:Ashley St. Clair/X; Andrew Harnik/Getty

Ashley St. Clair/X; Andrew Harnik/Getty

Ashley St. Clair is stepping back from the spotlight, for the time being, after going publicwith a headline-making claimthat she secretly had billionaireElon Musk’s 13th child, a source tells PEOPLE.

“It’s been a difficult time but Ashley is focusing on caring for her children, which are and always have been her priority,” the source close to her says. “She adores them and is committed to them.”

Her story, shared publicly on Friday, Feb. 14,drew immediate attention— and brought scrutiny to St. Clair, a 26-year-old writer, author and conservative media personality.

Musk, 53, has not publicly responded to her, and his representatives have not responded to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

He did, however, post on X in response to another user who claimed, without evidence, that St. Clair had “plotted” to “ensnare” him. “Whoa,” he replied.

In a now-deleted X post back to Musk on Saturday, Feb. 15, St. Clair wrote that he had “not responded” to her or her team despite what she calleddays of attempted communication.

Ashley St. Clair.Ashley St. Clair/x

Ashley St. Clair/x

A representative for St. Clair said in a statement on social media on Saturday that she and Musk had been working on an “agreement about raising their child” and that “we are waiting for Elon to publicly acknowledge his parental role with Ashley [and] to end unwarranted speculation.”

“Ashley trusts that Elon intends to finish their agreement quickly, in the best interests of the wellbeing and security of the child they share,” St. Clair’s rep said.

Inan interview withThe New York Poston Saturday, St. Clair said she first connected with Musk through direct messages on X and then their relationship deepened after she met him in San Francisco on a work assignment.

She said she’d given birth to a son with Musk but declined to share his name. She also has another child.

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While she did not provide “material proof” to thePostof Musk’s paternity, St. Clair said she had met his mother, Maye, and some of his 12 other kids.

She said she otherwise had stayed shrouded in secrecy while pregnant — at others’ request — until going public on Friday.

Elon Musk.Chesnot/Getty

Chesnot/Getty

Muskis also a father to childrenNevada, Vivian, Griffin, Kai, Saxon, Damian, X Æ A-12 (whom he recently brought to the Oval Office), Exa, Strider, Azure, Techno and his second youngest child, whose name has not been publicly shared.

He has kidswith ex-wife Justine Wilson, an author; the singer Grimes (whose real name is Claire Boucher); and Shivon Zilis, who works at his Neuralink company.

Musk has been open about his concerns over what he calls declining birth rates and how, he feels, he and other individuals can change that.

“You’ve got to walk the talk. So I do have a lot of kids, and I encourage others to have lots of kids,” hesaid last year.

source: people.com