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“Gross”: Elon Musk Offered Jaw-Dropping Sum For Ashley St. Clair’s Silence As Baby’s Name Revealed
“Gross”: Elon Musk Offered Jaw-Dropping Sum For Ashley St. Clair’s Silence As Baby’s Name Revealed

“Gross”: Elon Musk Offered Jaw-Dropping Sum For Ashley St. Clair’s Silence As Baby’s Name Revealed

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Conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair has decided to blow the lid off a secret that Elon Musk hoped would stay buried—along with a multimillion-dollar offer he made to ensure her silence.

The 26-year-old revealed that she gave birth in early February to Musk’s 14th now publicly known child. With the news came confirmation of the baby’s name—which netizens started calling “extremely cringe.”

Highlights
  • Elon Musk allegedly offered Ashley St. Clair $15M lump sum and $100K monthly for her silence.
  • Musk demanded control over Ashley's pregnancy, insisting on C-section and no circumcision.
  • Musk's 14th child faces online ridicule for his name.
  • Ashley refused Musk's hush money; a DNA test confirmed he's likely the father.

However, the name reveal was far from the only shocking part of St. Clair’s announcement, as she said that Musk tried to buy her silence for a jaw-dropping sum, combining both an immediate sum and 21 years of monthly payments.

The offer also allegedly included a clause that forbade the influencer from speaking ill about the Tesla CEO in any capacity.

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    Influencer Ashley St. Clair revealed that she’s the mother of Elon Musk’s 14th child

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    Musk allegedly offered St. Clair a $15 million lump sum and $100,000 per month until the child turned 21—all in order to keep his paternity under wraps.

    According to St. Clair, the demand came via Musk’s longtime fixer, Jared Birchall. The executive serves as the CEO of Neuralink and has been referred to by media outlets as Musk’s “right-hand man.”

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    Birchell allegedly told the influencer that the contract was a “standard agreement,” implying that it was similar in terms and conditions to deals struck with other mothers of Musk’s children, including singer Grimes and Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis.

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    Refusing the offer, St. Clair further explained other aspects of the contract, which gave Musk the power to decide crucial aspects of the pregnancy.

    “I wasn’t going to sign away my voice for a man who wanted to control every aspect of my pregnancy—from the delivery method to whether my son was circumcised,” she explained to The Wall Street Journal.

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    Musk allegedly insisted she has a caesarian section—believing it leads to bigger-brained babies—and forbade circumcision, clashing with both St. Clair’s Jewish heritage and her desire for a natural birth. Though she rejected the birth plan, she did agree to omit Musk’s name from the baby’s birth certificate.

    Despite the baby’s name being roasted online, he’s one of Musk’s most conventionally named children

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    Romulus, the child’s name, was considered by netizens to be “extremely cringe,” yet it stands as one of Musk’s children‘s most conventional names.

    Among the most eyebrow-raising are X Æ A-12, born to musician Grimes in May 2020. The name had to be legally modified to X Æ A-Xii due to California law, and is pronounced “X-Ash-A-12.” Musk now refers to him as “Lil X.”

    Exa Dark Sideræl, who he also had with Grimes in December 2021, was born via surrogate. “Exa” is short for exaFLOPs (a computing term), “Dark” for the mystery of the universe, and “Sideræl” (pronounced sigh-deer-ee-el) for “true star time.”

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    The couple’s third child was named after a faction of the popular tabletop game Warhammer: 40,000. Tau Techno Mechanicus was born in June 2022.

    Musk’s most recent child before the existence of Romulus was made public also has a peculiar name. Arcadia, the daughter of Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis, was born in June 2024.

    St. Clair is now embroiled in a legal battle with the Tesla CEO over the child

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    St. Clair also went on to reveal Musk’s plans to establish a “compound-like community” in Austin, where his many children and their mothers would live in close proximity. According to the influencer, Shivon Zilis already accepted the offer and lives there, whereas Grimes declined.

    The influencer met Musk in early 2023 and explained that their relationship escalated quickly. After sleeping together, Musk told her to “pick a name.” She chose Romulus.

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    The billionaire still hasn’t publicly acknowledged the child. However, according to St. Clair, a court-ordered DNA test reportedly confirmed he’s “99.9999% likely to be the father.”

    The pair are currently embroiled in a legal battle over the child, during which St. Clair says she was forced to sell her Tesla to “make ends meet” after Musk allegedly slashed her child support by 60%.

    Despite Musk being a controversial figure, most netizens weren’t able to sympathize with St. Clair, with many stating that “she knew what she was getting into.”

    “Gold-digger.” St. Clair’s reveal did little to sway public opinion in her favor

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    Abel Musa Miño

    Writer, Entertainment News Writer

    Born in Santiago, Chile, with a background in communication and international relations, I bring a global perspective to entertainment reporting at Bored Panda. I cover celebrity news, Hollywood events, true crime, and viral stories that resonate across cultures. My reporting has been featured on Google News, connecting international audiences to the latest in entertainment. For me, journalism is about bridging local stories with global conversations, arming readers with the knowledge necessary to make up their own minds. Research is at the core of my work. I believe that well-sourced, factual storytelling is essential to building trust and driving meaningful engagement.

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    A girl
    Community Member
    7 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He needs to be neutered. Bad dog

    Gabby M
    Community Member
    7 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anyone sleeping with this snail is in it for $ ... PERIOD. I mean seriously the drivel that comes out of his mouth ... Same goes for Trump honestly anyone that sleeps with that man really needs to re-evaluate themselves. If I had a partner that said even, ONE of the statements either of them said I'd have to backhand the ignoramus! How desperate are these women??

    Barbara Scott
    Community Member
    7 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ugh, reading the WSJ article had me throwing up a little in my mouth, at least 3times. Gross! “He really wants smart people to have kids, so he encouraged me to,” Zilis told Musk’s biographer Walter Isaacson. Wow! And when is this suppose to happen? Nothing to see here as far as "smart people". These women are not unique. Just another baby mama who stupidly chose to have a trifling, n**i, ketamine head, d**g addicted cretin to be their baby daddy.

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    A girl
    Community Member
    7 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He needs to be neutered. Bad dog

    Gabby M
    Community Member
    7 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anyone sleeping with this snail is in it for $ ... PERIOD. I mean seriously the drivel that comes out of his mouth ... Same goes for Trump honestly anyone that sleeps with that man really needs to re-evaluate themselves. If I had a partner that said even, ONE of the statements either of them said I'd have to backhand the ignoramus! How desperate are these women??

    Barbara Scott
    Community Member
    7 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ugh, reading the WSJ article had me throwing up a little in my mouth, at least 3times. Gross! “He really wants smart people to have kids, so he encouraged me to,” Zilis told Musk’s biographer Walter Isaacson. Wow! And when is this suppose to happen? Nothing to see here as far as "smart people". These women are not unique. Just another baby mama who stupidly chose to have a trifling, n**i, ketamine head, d**g addicted cretin to be their baby daddy.

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