Ashley St. Clair is saying that she is the mother of Elon Musk’s 13th child.
The Tesla CEO and St. Clair first connected on X, and their relationship grew stronger during a work assignment in San Francisco shortly after, she told the New York Post in February 2025. On February 14, St. Clair shared on X that she and Musk have a child together.
“Five months ago, I welcomed a new baby into the world. Elon Musk is the father,” the announcement said. “I have not previously disclosed this to protect our child’s privacy and safety, but in recent days it has become clear that tabloid media intends to do so, regardless of the harm it will cause.”
She added, “I intend to allow our child to grow in a normal and safe environment.”
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Musk has not confirmed or publicly acknowledged St. Clair’s claims, and has not responded to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
The SpaceX CEO is also a father to 12 other children with different partners, including Shivon Zilis, Grimes, and Justine Wilson. His estranged daughter, Vivian Wilson, shared a TikTok post the day after St. Clair made her announcement. In the post, she said this was the second time she learned about 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 short clip.
St. Clair told the New York Post that she and her younger child had met Musk’s mother, Maye Musk, and some of his other children, though none of their mothers.
So who is Ashley St. Clair? Here’s everything to know about the woman who says she had Elon Musk’s 13th child.
She is an author and conservative influencer. St. Clair has been a strong supporter and influencer of conservative beliefs. In September 2023, she shared her thoughts on the issue of declining birth rates on Fox News.
The author is most known for her children’s book Elephants Are Not Birds, which she worked on with BRAVE Books. The publishing house “partner[s] with people of moral integrity, to teach complex Christian and Conservative values,” according to its website.
Who is Ashley St. Clair? How is She Connected to Elon Musk?“Follow Kevin as he learns that even though he can sing, he is not a bird, even if Culture insists that he is,” the book’s summary explains.
Musk and St. Clair first connected through direct messages on X.
After the news of their having a child, St. Clair opened up about her relationship with Musk to the New York Post, saying they first met on X, which Musk bought in April 2022.
“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 Musk was — thanks to a friend who often showed her videos of his SpaceX rocket launches — but she “didn’t particularly have much interest” in him at that time.
Things changed when she flew to San Francisco to interview Musk for Babylon Bee, a conservative satirical website she was working for at the time, at his new company’s headquarters.
“After the interview, I got a text from him saying, ‘Feel like going to Providence [Rhode Island] tonight?’ ” St. Clair said, saying that their romance began during that trip.
She has two children, including one she says she had with Musk in September 2024.
St. Clair is a mother of two: a son from a previous relationship and another child she says she had with Musk in September 2024.
After her announcement, a source close to St. Clair told PEOPLE that she was taking time away from the public eye to focus on her two kids.
“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 said. “She adores them and is committed to them.”
Who is Ashley St. Clair? How is She Connected to Elon Musk?Musk has not publicly addressed St. Clair’s claims.
Musk has not yet commented publicly on St. Clair’s statement about having his 13th child. In a reply she later deleted 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 aimed at Musk’s post, which said, “Whoa,” in response to an account that had shared a screenshot of a 2020 X post where St. Clair had joked about wanting to get “Elon Musk’s attention for a marriage proposal.”
St. Clair also claimed that the other X account had posted 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, posted a statement on X, saying that she and Musk “have been privately working towards the creation of an agreement about 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.