Ashley St. Clair, a conservative influencer and author, claimed in a post on X Friday night she gave birth five months ago and that billionaire Elon Musk is the father, though Musk has not yet confirmed or denied her claims.
Elon Musk has not commented on Ashley St. Clair’s claim that he is the father of her child. (Photo … [+] by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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Key Facts
Musk, a prolific poster on X, made dozens of posts after St. Clair’s announcement, none of which directly addressed her claim—though he responded with a laughing emoji to one poster who joked that “make another baby” was one of Musk’s many “side quests,” alongside founding various companies and acquiring Twitter.
St. Clair said in her Friday night post she had not previously disclosed that Musk is allegedly her child’s father to protect the child’s privacy, but she said she made the announcement because “tabloid media” intended to report on it.
Other conservative activists, including Candace Owens and former Rep. Matt Gaetz, congratulated St. Clair on X.
Forbes has reached out to Musk for comment.
Who Is Ashley St. Clair?
St. Clair, who is reportedly 31 years old, is a conservative activist and author who has more than 1.1 million followers on her X account. She is known for her children’s book, “Elephants Are Not Birds,” published by the faith-based conservative book publisher BRAVE Books. The book is about an elephant who “learns that even though he can sing, he is not a bird, even if Culture insists that he is,” according to its synopsis. St. Clair has described the book as an “unapologetic rebuke” of “transgender acceptance.”
What Do We Know About Musk’s Other Children?
Musk’s alleged child with St. Clair would be his 13th child overall, and St. Clair would be the fourth woman Musk has had children with. Musk had six children with Justine Wilson, his first wife, the first of whom was born in 2002 but died of sudden infant death syndrome. Musk and Wilson had five more children, including twins Griffin and Vivian Jenna Wilson, born in 2004, and triplets Kai, Saxon and Damian Musk, born in 2006. Vivian is a transgender woman and has sparred with Musk over his stance on the transgender community and gender affirming care for trans individuals. Musk said in July Vivian is “dead, killed by the woke mind virus.” In response, Vivian slammed Musk as “quick to anger” and “uncaring and narcissistic,” claiming Musk had berated her as a child for her “femininity and queerness.” Musk has also had three children with the singer Grimes, whose real name is Claire Boucher: X Æ A-Xii Musk, born in 2020, Exa Dark Sideræl Musk, born in 2021, and Techno Mechanicus Musk, born in 2022. Musk has also had three children with Neuralink operations director Shivon Zilis: twins Strider and Azure Musk, born in 2021 via IVF, and another child born via surrogacy in 2024 whose name is not known.
Tangent
Musk’s first child with Grimes, X Æ A-Xii, garnered attention earlier this week as Musk brought him to the Oval Office while he and President Donald Trump spoke to reporters. Trump called the child, who is called X, a “high-IQ individual.” During the conference, Musk’s son clung to his father’s shoulders, picked his nose and appeared to whisper to Trump. Grimes criticized Musk for bringing him to the Oval Office in a post on X, stating he “should not be in public like this.”
Further Reading
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