Elon Musk children: X owner reportedly fathers 13th child with conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair
Elon Musk has reportedly fathered a 13th child, with the sensational claim made in a post on X by a conservative influencer who says she is the child’s mother.
Ashley St Clair, who has 1.1 million followers on the social media platform owned by Musk, wrote on Saturday morning (AEDT) that she had “welcomed a new baby into the world” five months ago.
“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 wrote.
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“For that reason, I ask that the media honour our child’s privacy, and refrain from invasive reporting.”
Three hours later, St. Clair posted again, thanking her followers for the “kind words”.
“Wish I did not feel the need to make a statement,” she said.
“Kids should be off limits for journalists. Will be spending time with my family and logging off for a while.”
Musk, who is prolific on X, did not deny the claims when responding to two other posts about the child but has not issued his own statement.
In one post, he replied with a laughing emoji to a post from influencer Bojan Tunguz, who said: “So Elon now has a Jewish child”.
“Worst. Nazi. EVER!!!”
Conservative commentator Milo Yiannopoulos took to the platform with a screenshot of a post from 2020 that appears to be from St. Clair, discussing the tech billionaire.
“Well he actually has 7 kids and goes through women pretty fast,” she said at the time.
Yiannopoulos, who shared a series of posts denigrating St. Clair, said: “Ashley St Clair plotted for HALF A DECADE to ensnare Elon Musk.”
“Whoa,” Musk responded.
If confirmed, the baby will be Musk’s 13th child.
The tech billionaire had six children with his first wife, Canadian author Justine Wilson.
Their first child tragically died of sudden infant death syndrome in 2002 at the age of 10 weeks.
The couple then had IVF, with Wilson giving birth to twins and later, triplets.
Musk had three children with Canadian singer Grimes, as well as another three with Shivon Ziulis, who works in a senior position at the Musk-owned neurotechnology company Neuralink.
