Tesla CEO Elon Musk has damaged his silence following conservative influencer Ashley St Clair’s declare that he’s the daddy of her five-month-old child.
The billionaire reacted with a “Whoa” on X whereas responding to a submit suggesting the 26-year-old had been “planning” for 5 years to have his youngster.
Whoa
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 15, 2025
Ms St Clair introduced on Friday that Mr Musk is the daddy of her child, writing, “5 months in the past, I welcomed a brand new child into the world. Elon Musk is the daddy,” alongside the Latin phrase Alea iacta est (The die is forged).
She stated that she had saved the data personal for the protection of the kid however determined to go public after studying that tabloids had been making ready to interrupt the story. “I’ve not beforehand disclosed this to guard our kid’s privateness and security, however in latest days, it has develop into clear that tabloid media intends to take action, whatever the hurt it’s going to trigger,” she wrote.
Following Mr Musk’s transient response, Ms St. Clair referred to as him out for participating with on-line hypothesis fairly than responding on to her. “Elon, we have now been attempting to speak for the previous a number of days, and you haven’t responded. When are you going to answer to us as a substitute of publicly responding to smears from a person who simply posted photographs of me in underwear at 15 years outdated?” she wrote in a now-deleted remark.
Her consultant, Brian Glicklich, later confirmed that she and Mr Musk had been privately engaged on an settlement relating to co-parenting. “We’re ready for Elon to publicly acknowledge his parental position with Ashley, to finish unwarranted hypothesis, and Ashley trusts that Elon intends to complete their settlement rapidly, in one of the best pursuits of the wellbeing and safety of the kid they share,” he stated in an announcement.
A Assertion Relating to @stclairashley. pic.twitter.com/RHlnJ1fDN9
— Brian Glicklich (@brianglicklich) February 15, 2025
In different deleted posts, Ms St. Clair accused Mr Musk of replying to an X consumer who allegedly shared inappropriate photographs of her as a minor, as per Folks Journal. She claimed that the identical account had been quickly restricted by X’s security staff for posting non-consensual pictures. Screenshots she shared appeared to point out X’s head of security confirming the account was penalised for every week for violating platform guidelines.
Ms St. Clair additionally alleged that Mr Musk had not too long ago requested her to have extra youngsters however was now selecting to have interaction with hypothesis fairly than instantly speaking along with her.
Elon Musk, 52, has 12 different youngsters with three girls. He shares 5 youngsters together with his first spouse, Justine Wilson – twins Vivian and Griffin, and triplets Kai, Saxon, and Damian. With musician Grimes, he has three youngsters: X, Exa Darkish Siderael, and Techno Mechanicus. Mr Musk and Neuralink government Shivon Zilis share twins Strider and Azure.
