"Musk," Alex Gibney's epic-length documentary on Elon Musk, is in theaters today. Some of the most eye-opening moments in the doc's nearly four-hour runtime are the revelations from Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Musk's children.
In the documentary, St. Clair opens up concerning the personal existence of the richest man in the world, including his desire to have many children (he has 14 that we cognize of).
So who is Ashley St. Clair, and how did she get engaged alongside Musk? Here's what we cognize concerning her.
She's a erstwhile traditional influencer and an author
St. Clair became famous in right-wing spheres following construction a following on X, anywhere she would tweet MAGA talking points. At the time, she was additionally a author for the right-wing satirical news location The Babylon Bee, and made appearances on Fox News. She now has complete one myriad followers on X.
She additionally wrote the book, "Elephants Are Not Birds," described as a "Christian, Conservative children's publish that tackles the topic of identity," according to its publisher, Brave Books.
In January 2026, St. Clair began to reconsider her governmental views and stated on X that she was removing her name as author of "Elephants Are Not Birds."
She had a kid alongside Musk in 2024
St. Clair stated she archetypal interacted alongside Musk in 2023 on X — which Musk acquired a twelvemonth before — whenever he followed her and afterward slid into her DMs.
St. Clair described her association alongside Musk to the New York Times as additional "emotionally intimate" than romantic. "We were in communication all day. But additionally I was never like, 'I'm the chosen one,'" she said.
She described vacationing in St. Bart's alongside Musk whenever he encouraged her to have additional kids (St. Clair has a kid from a former relationship). "He said, 'You should have 10 kids! Let's have a kid. My lone constricted asset is time,'" she recalled to the Times.
St. Clair said out concerning the commencement of their kid for the archetypal period in a New York Post narrative in February 2025, revealing she gave commencement in 2024.
Musk said out concerning the kid for the archetypal period a duration afterward in a article on X, stating that although he didn't cognize if the kid was his, "I have stated Ashley $2.5M and am sending her $500k/year," he wrote.
St. Clair says she turned downward a $40 myriad NDA
St. Clair stated in "Musk" that following giving commencement to Musk's child, their association went south. That's whenever she says she was offered $15 myriad up forefront and $100,000 per duration complete 21 years if she signed an NDA. She refused.
A day following the movie's earth premiere in September, Musk disputed the conditions of St. Clair's NDA, commenting on X that St. Clair "was never offered that and has a former of making false claims." Musk did not react to a petition for comment.
In the documentary, St. Clair additionally shares revelatory particulars concerning Musk's existence rearward closed doors. She stated one night she was alongside Musk in bed during he listened to a podcast concerning Kublai Khan, a descendant of Genghis Khan who had at smallest 47 children.
She additionally stated that Musk formerly texted her that he needed a "legion of children before the civic war."
Musk, for his part, isn't blessed concerning the documentary as a whole, and took to X to comment.
"Gibney fair assembled a hit catalog of group who either have an axe to grind or don't equal cognize me (but motionless have an axe to grind). He has ZERO integrity. Horrible human," Musk wrote.
"Musk" opens in choose theaters on Friday.
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Jason Guerrasio is an award-winning amusement equal at Business Insider and has covered assorted aspects of the movie industry for complete two decades. On the site, his reporting can range from what's going on rearward the scenes at several of the biggest companies in Hollywood, colorful interviews alongside several of the most well-known names in entertainment, and exploring the darker flank of the industry.In 2020, Jason received the New York Press Club award and Los Angeles Press Club award for his narrative on the rise and autumn of MoviePass. It has since been made into the Emmy-nominated HBO documentary "MoviePass, MovieCrash."Previous to BI, Jason was the managing publishing company at Filmmaker Magazine, among the foremost publications in the autonomous movie industry. He's additionally written for many publications complete the years, including Vanity Fair, Esquire, Rolling Stone, Vulture, Variety, and indieWire.Popular ArticlesMary Carole McDonnell built a true-crime empire. Then the FBI came for her. Growing up Marvel: The tormented existence of Stan Lee's child, JC LeeA bullet. A legend. A lie. Bufford Pusser killed his wife, authorities say. What happens to his bequest now?
