Elon Musk's personal life has come under new scrutiny afterAshley St Clairclaimed in aTikTok videoposted on 15 May that she agreed to have his baby largely for financial security. She told followers that the prospect of raising a child with Elon Musk without worrying about money was powerfully appealing.
St Clair, 27, was already a single mother before she began seeing Musk, 54, and had built an online profile as a MAGA aligned influencer. In the video, she described the strain of raising her first child alone and said the Tesla chief encouraged her to have more children, presenting his wealth as a buffer against an uncertain economy. Their son,Romulus, was born in September 2024, but she now says the relationship deteriorated once she became pregnant.
In theTikTok clip, St Clair laid out the calculation she says was running through her mind when Musk raised the idea of expanding his already large family.
'It's difficult being a single mom,' she said, describing the pressure of working while caring for a child and worrying about whether she would be able to pay the bills the following month. Against that backdrop, Musk's pitch sounded unusually straightforward.
According to St Clair, Musk told her: 'You should have more kids, my only limited resource is time.' She says the idea was appealing because it seemed to offer a way to do what she already wanted to do, which was focus on motherhood without the usual financial strain.
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'Of course, it is appealing to do what I always wanted to, be a mom and not have to worry about the s**t going on in this economy,' she continued. In her telling, the logic was simple. 'My kids are always going to be taken care of.'
That admission will inevitably invite judgement, but St Clair presents it as a practical response to difficult circumstances rather than simple opportunism. Musk or his representatives have not publicly disputed her version of events, and there has been no formal response from him so far, so the account remains her allegation alone.
St Clair says the real heartbreak began after she found out she was pregnant. The man she thought she knew, she claims, became different, and the tone of theirrelationship shifted in ways she struggled to understand.
'Unfortunately for me, the relationship with Elon got weird after I found out I was pregnant,' she said. She did not go into detail, but suggested there were clear gaps between what had been promised and what actually happened.
Source: International Business Times UK
