<p id=”par-1_102″>Ashley St. Clair, one of several women <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/elon-musk/?swcfpc=1″>Elon Musk</a> has welcomed children with, is now claiming she’s broke and facing eviction as she launches a new podcast. The conservative author and Musk have engaged in a he-said-she-said debate on X (formerly Twitter) for months, but that could have been avoided altogether. Based on St. Clair’s own admission, her financial troubles, which include potential eviction from a $15,000 per month Manhattan apartment, could have been avoided, too, if only she had accepted hush money. St. Clair once claimed Musk offered her a massive settlement in exchange for her silence about <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/elon-musk-started-a-secretive-private-school-for-his-kids.html/”>their shared child.</a></p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-ashley-st-clair-claims-elon-musk-offered-her-millions-to-stay-quiet”>Ashley St. Clair claims Elon Musk offered her millions to stay quiet</h2>
<p id=”par-2_63″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/elon-musk-and-shivon-zilis-announce-another-unique-baby-name.html/”>Ashley St. Clair </a>is currently complaining about her financial situation, but she turned down a massive offer from the man who fathered her child. In April 2025. St. Clair told <a href=”https://www.wsj.com/politics/elon-musk-children-mothers-ashley-st-clair-grimes-dc7ba05c?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAj87yMiVfd99d13dTeOIlZxd1kTw6gLcOM4uwpa0ETCBroGaARj-lNyIERFAYM%3D&gaa_ts=68a534df&gaa_sig=Hu7OGaW9NBRtxqspgUw4jvjHOgRAuoe_Ri4YPw-sbtD3HPj_4YPtGPpItqie3Uki_gKapsb8oMLJsBSHP3kpzA%3D%3D”>the Wall Street Journal</a> that a member of Elon Musk’s team approached her with an offer of $15 million plus $100,000 per month as long as she never spoke of her son’s paternity.</p>
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>bad advice ep. 1<br><br>brought to u by <a href=”https://twitter.com/Polymarket?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@Polymarket</a> <a href=”https://t.co/fm0EUf67uQ”>pic.twitter.com/fm0EUf67uQ</a></p>— Ashley St. Clair (@stclairashley) <a href=”https://twitter.com/stclairashley/status/1957575567714185253?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>August 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p id=”par-3_119″>St. Clair told the publication that Jared Birchall, Elon Musk’s wealth manager, attempted to broker the deal. She opted out, telling the outlet that she turned down the money because she did not want her son, whom she named Romulus, to live life feeling like a secret. St. Clair also claimed the deal, which came with many clauses and potential penalties, felt one-sided. She told the outlet there were no provisions in the agreement pertaining to inheritance. Life or health insurance, or how they’d handle custody of the child, were never mentioned either. St. Clair also claimed that, if she had signed the agreement, Musk would have retained the right to discuss her publicly if he so chose.</p>
<p id=”par-4_78″>While Musk has neither confirmed nor denied the allegations, he did, at one point, express doubts about the child’s paternity; still, he insisted, he had willingly given St. Clair money to raise the boy and was open to establishing paternity. The two went back and forth on X. St. Clair claimed he “slashed” her child support payments as “punishment” for her “disobedience. If that’s the case, Musk probably isn’t going to care much for the podcast, either.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-how-many-children-does-elon-musk-have”>How many children does Elon Musk have?</h2>
<p id=”par-5_85″>Elon Musk may have once questioned the paternity of Ashley St. Clair’s child, but a paternity test did confirm he is Romulus’s biological father. The DNA testing officially made the controversial tech genius the father of 14 children. The saga with St. Clair has led to rumors that he might be hiding more kids, though. After all, it seems odd that St. Clair would be the only woman he offered hush money to. It is possible she’s simply the only woman who declined the offer.</p>
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<p id=”par-6_75″>As of now, he has 14 known children with four women. He welcomed<a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/elon-musk-daughter-legally-changed-last-name-longer-wants-related-him.html/?swcfpc=1″> six children with his first wife,</a> Justine Wilson, before their split. He later fathered three children with <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/elon-musk-grimes-baby-name-illegal-invalid.html/?swcfpc=1″>his ex-girlfriend, Grimes.</a> Musk has four more children with his rumored current partner, Shivon Zilis. Zilis and Musk welcomed their youngest child in February 2025. Romulus is the only child St. Clair and Musk share. St. Clair has a child from a previous relationship, too.</p>