Who Is Ashley St. Clair? All About the Woman Who Claims She Welcomed a Child with Elon Musk

Mar. 15, 2025

Ashley St. Clair poses for a photo in December 2024 ; Elon Musk arrives at the 10th Annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony on April 13, 2024, in Los Angeles.Photo:Ashley St. Clair/ X ; Steve Granitz/FilmMagic

Ashley St. Clair/ X ; Steve Granitz/FilmMagic

Ashley St. Clairis claiming to have welcomed achildwithElon Musk.

She added, “I intend to allow our child to grow in a normal and safe environment.”

Musk has not confirmed or publicly acknowledged St. Clair’s claims and she is nowsuing for sole custodyof their son. Musk has not responded to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

The SpaceX CEO is also a father to 13 other children with different partners, includingShivon Zilis,GrimesandJustine Wilson. His estranged daughter, Vivian Wilson, shared in aTikTok postthe day after St. Clair made her announcement that this was the second time shelearned of a half-sibling through social media.

“Wow, if I had a nickel for every time I found out I had half-siblings through Reddit, I’d have two nickels … which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it’s happened twice, right,” she wrote over the seconds-long clip.

St. Clair told theNew York Postthat she and her child had met Musk’s mother, Maye Musk, and a few of his other children, though none of their mothers.

So who is Ashley St. Clair? Here’s everything to know about the woman who claims she welcomed a child with Elon Musk.

She is an author and conservative influencer

Ashley St. Clair in April 2024 in New York City.Ashley St. Clair/ Instagram

Ashley St. Clair/ Instagram

St. Clair has been an outspoken supporter and influencer of conservative ideologies. In September 2023, she shared her opinions on declining birth rates onFox News.

The author is best known for her children’s book,Elephants Are Not Birds, which was a collaboration with BRAVE Books. The publishing house “partner[s] with people of moral integrity, to teach complex Christian and Conservative values,” per itswebsite.

Musk and St. Clair first connected through direct messages on X

Ashley St. Clair in April 2024 ; Elon Musk during the Cannes Lions International Festival Of Creativity 2024 on June 19, 2024, in Cannes, France.Ashley St. Clair/ Instagram ; Marc Piasecki/Getty

Ashley St. Clair/ Instagram ; Marc Piasecki/Getty

“Musk was very funny. He was smart. He was very down to earth," she said. “It started with X interactions and he slid into my DM’s. I think it was a meme.”

St. Clair knew who he was — thanks to a friend who frequently showed her videos of his SpaceX rocket launches — but she “didn’t particularly have much interest” in him at the time.

“After the interview, I got a text from him saying, ‘Feel like going to Providence [Rhode Island] tonight?’ ” St. Clair said, claiming that their romance sparked during that trip.

She has two children, including one she says she welcomed with Musk in September 2024

Ashley St. Clair poses for a photo in February 2025 ; Elon Musk at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony on April 13, 2024, in Los Angeles.Ashley St. Clair/ X ; Jesse Grant/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty

Ashley St. Clair/ X ; Jesse Grant/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty

In the wake of her announcement, a source close to St. Clair told PEOPLE that the mother was taking time away from the spotlight to focus on her two kids.

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

On Feb. 21, St. Clair filed a petition for sole custody of R.S.C., claiming that Musk was not present at their son’s birth and “has met him only three times and has had no involvement in his care and upbringing.”

Musk has not publicly addressed St. Clair’s claims

Ashley St. Clair poses for a photo in January 2025 ; Elon Musk attends the Viva Technology conference on June 16, 2023, in Paris.Ashley St. Clair/ X ; Chesnot/Getty

Ashley St. Clair/ X ; Chesnot/Getty

Musk has yet to publicly address St. Clair’s claims. In a since-deleted reply to the tech CEO on X one day after her announcement, St. Clair wrote that she and her team “have been trying to communicate for the past several days and you have not responded.”

Her comment was directed at the billionaire’s post, which read, “Whoa,” in response to an account that had shared a screenshot of an alleged 2020 X post where St. Clair joked about wanting to get “Elon Musk’s attention for a marriage proposal.”

St. Clair also alleged that the other X account had shared underage photos of her, writing to Musk, “When are you going to reply to us instead of publicly responding to smears from an individual who just posted photos of me in underwear at 15 years old?”

One day after her announcement, St. Clair’s representative Brian Glicklich shared a statement onXin which he wrote that she and Musk “have beenprivately working towards the creation of an agreementabout raising their child for some time.”

“We are waiting for Elon to publicly acknowledge his parental role with Ashley, to end unwarranted speculation, and Ashley trusts that Elon intends to finish their agreement quickly, in the best interests of the wellbeing and security of the child they share,” he wrote.

source: people.com