The most recent woman to have a child with tech billionaire Elon Musk has been absent from X for over a month, sparking concern among social media users. Some have even speculated that Musk might have something to do with her disappearance.
This week, users on X voiced their worries over Ashley St. Clair’s prolonged silence on the platform. Her last post, dated February 16, 2025, featured a photo of Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
In the image, Zelenskyy is seen holding a pen while facing the camera. St. Clair’s caption took a jab at him, reading, “can u believe the nerve of this gold digger. [sic]” Known as an author and director, she gained global attention when she recently claimed she had given birth to Musk’s child.
Resharing her last post, one user expressed concern, writing, “I don’t want to alarm anyone but [sic] she literally hasn’t posted anything since this.” Another person, sharing a screenshot of her profile, asked, “Is Ashley St. Clair dead or put in a bunker somewhere? Dead air for over a month.”
Others echoed similar thoughts. “It’s been a whole month since Ashley St. Clair’s last timeline post. Have we lost her?” one person wondered, while another speculated, “Elon made Ashley st [sic] Clair disappear.”
One user tagged St. Clair directly, questioning, “What ever happened to Ashley St.Clair? She used to post about 50 times a day and now hasn’t posted in a month. Her last post was a month ago accusing Zelensky of being a gold digger. [sic]”
As concern grew, someone shared a picture of the author, asking where she had gone. Another user uploaded a video of Musk walking alongside Shivon Zilis, the mother of four of his children, during a dinner with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, urging others to check on St. Clair.
Speculation over her silence continued, with one X user writing, “Are we gonna talk about how Ashley St. Clair’s stunt royally backfired and she’s been MIA for over a month?”
On Valentine’s Day, St. Clair had announced on X that she had given birth to Musk’s child, captioning her post with the Latin phrase Alea iacta est (“The die is cast”). She explained, “Five months ago, I welcomed a new baby into the world. Elon Musk is the father. 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 went on to state, “I intend to allow our child to grow in a normal and safe environment. For that reason, I ask that the media honor our child’s privacy and refrain from invasive reporting.”
After receiving a flood of responses, St. Clair returned the next day to thank people for their support. She admitted she had wished she didn’t have to make the announcement at all, believing personal matters like this should be off-limits to the press. She also mentioned she would be taking some time away from social media to be with her family, pinning the message to her profile.
Since revealing the birth, the 26-year-old has taken legal action against Musk, 53, seeking sole custody of their child. In court documents, she claimed that Musk had only seen their child, identified as R.S.C., three times since his birth in September 2024.
On February 25, her representative, Brian Glicklich, explained the reasoning behind her lawsuit. “This has never been about money for Ashley,” he said. “This is about protecting the best interests of Ashley and Elon’s child from a man who can’t be counted on to even communicate, much less act consistently in the role of a father.”
Glicklich further claimed that Musk spends more time discussing the mothers of his children on X than actually speaking to them. “We tried to handle this collaboratively with Mr. Musk,” he added, “but it takes both a father and a mother to do that, and he refused all conversations.”
Apart from her recent revelation, St. Clair is known for her work as a children’s book author. She gained recognition for Elephants Are Not Birds, a book created in collaboration with BRAVE Books that presents a conservative perspective on identity for young readers.
Her revelation about Musk adds yet another chapter to the billionaire’s expanding family, which has been growing for more than two decades.
Musk’s journey into fatherhood began at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada, where he met Justine Wilson. After selling his first company, Zip2, they got engaged and married in 2000.
Their first child, Nevada Alexander Musk, was born in 2002 but tragically passed away at just 10 weeks old due to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Despite paramedics reviving him, oxygen deprivation had caused irreversible brain damage, leading the couple to make the heartbreaking decision to let him go.
Following their loss, Musk and Wilson turned to IVF, welcoming twins Griffin and Xavier in 2004, and triplets Kai, Saxon, and Damian in 2006. However, as Musk’s career took off, so did tensions in their marriage, ultimately leading to their divorce in 2008. They agreed to share custody of their five children.
In 2022, their child Xavier legally changed names and gender, becoming Vivian Jenna Wilson. In court documents, Vivian stated, “I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape, or form.” She has since gained a large following on TikTok, where she shares glimpses of her life.
Musk’s family continued to grow when he began a relationship with musician Claire Boucher, better known as Grimes. In May 2020, they welcomed their son, X AE A-XII, often referred to as “X.”
Grimes has spoken about X’s early fascination with technology, recalling how he once had a “three-day meltdown” after watching a failed SpaceX rocket launch because it didn’t match his toy’s design.
In December 2021, Musk and Grimes welcomed a daughter, Exa Dark Sideræl (nicknamed “Y”), via surrogate. Her existence was accidentally revealed when her cries were overheard during Grimes’ Vanity Fair interview. Their third child, Techno Mechanicus (“Tau”), was disclosed in 2023 through Walter Isaacson’s biography of Musk.
During the same period, Musk quietly fathered twins with Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis in 2021. Their birth was only made public when court documents surfaced showing a request to give them Musk’s surname. In early 2024, Musk and Zilis welcomed a third child together, bringing his known total to 12.
When asked about his growing family, Musk has cited his concerns over declining birth rates, saying he wants “as many [children] as” he can spend time with and raise properly. However, he acknowledged the difficulty of staying close to his older children, admitting, “My eldest are off to college, and teenagers don’t want to spend much time with their parents. I wish they would (sigh).”
Now, with St. Clair claiming to have given birth to his 13th child, Musk’s family story continues to evolve. Despite his demanding career, he remains involved in his children’s lives, frequently bringing X to business meetings and encouraging their interest in technology.
St. Clair isn’t the only mother of Musk’s children to have publicized conflicts with him recently. Grimes made headlines after taking to X on February 20, 2025, to plead with Musk regarding an urgent issue involving one of their children.
In now-deleted tweets, she accused him of ignoring her attempts to contact him despite what she described as a “medical crisis.” She wrote, “I am sorry to do this publicly but it is no longer acceptable to ignore this situation. This requires immediate attention.”
She further stated, “I’m not giving any details but he won’t respond to texts, calls, or emails and has skipped every meeting. Our child will suffer lifelong impairment if he doesn’t respond asap, so I need him to [expletive] respond and if I have to apply public pressure then I guess that’s where we are at.”
Musk never publicly addressed her plea, and shortly after, some users claimed Grimes’ account appeared to be shadowbanned. She later explained that she had deleted her tweets, stating, “If they’re being shadow banned and not eliciting a response then all it is is a media circus at the expense of the kids.”
This wasn’t the first time the two had clashed. In early 2025, Musk made an unexpected public appearance with their son X during a meeting with Donald Trump at the Oval Office. Grimes later reacted on X, stating she had no prior knowledge of their child’s appearance at the event.
As Musk’s personal life continues to draw attention, his relationships with the mothers of his children remain a point of public speculation.