Elon Musk has responded to claims that he fathered a child with conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair, reacting with a single “Whoa” after a social media post alleged she had spent five years plotting to have his baby.
On Friday, St. Clair announced on X that she had given birth to a son five months earlier, and that Musk was his father. She said she had kept the birth private for the child’s safety but decided to go public after sensing tabloids were about to break the story.
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In an interview with the New York Post on Saturday, St. Clair described Musk as “funny” and “down to earth,” saying their relationship began when he contacted her via direct message on X. She claimed she was told to remain silent about the pregnancy.
“I was told to keep it secret. I was being asked to keep it a secret forever,” she told the outlet. The report stated that text messages between St. Clair and Jared Birchall, Musk’s money manager, suggested she had complied with a request to leave Musk’s name off the birth certificate.
“I was completely isolated during my pregnancy. Every part of my career and everything I used to do – I couldn’t do anymore. I was told not to tell anybody,” she added.
The situation escalated when Milo Yiannopoulos, a self-described “civil rights icon,” claimed St. Clair had “plotted for HALF A DECADE to ensnare Elon Musk.” Musk responded with a brief “Whoa,” marking his first public reaction to the controversy.
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Following Musk’s reaction, St. Clair accused him, in a now-deleted post, of amplifying “smears” instead of addressing the matter privately. She said they had been working on a co-parenting agreement but that she’d felt forced to go public due to harassment from his supporters.
“Ashley & Elon have been privately working towards the creation of an agreement about raising their child for some time,” her representative, Brian Glicklich, said in a statement on X on Saturday. “We are waiting for Elon to publicly acknowledge his parental role with Ashley, to end unwarranted speculation, and Ashley trusts that Elon intends to finalize their agreement quickly, in the best interests of the well-being and security of the child they share.”