Conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair's flirty and risqué exchange with billionaire Elon Musk on X were unearthed after she publicly claimed to have given birth to his 13th child, the New York Post reported on Thursday (February 19).
Musk, now 53, responded to St. Clair's post about the Russian forces "pulling back" in Ukraine by joking about it being "The 'pull out' method" before sharing another post in which he said, "Speaking personally, I obviously prefer the pull in method..." in June 2023. St. Clair, 26, responded with a gif of a dog bonking Musk over the head with a bat that included "Go to horny jail."
St. Clair also replied "69," referencing a sexual position, to Musk's "420" post in February 2023. The author also replied with two fire emojis under a photo Musk took with his son at the Army-Navy football game in December 2023.
Musk, the CEO of Tesla, X and Neuralink, who also leads President Donald Trump's newly launched Department of Government Efficiency, had previously fathered 12 children, including six with his first wife, Canadian author Justine Wilson, three with singer Grimes and three with Shivron Zilis a Neuralink executive.
St. Clair issued a statement on her X account Friday (February 14) claiming she gave birth to Musk's child five months prior.
"Five months ago, I welcomed a new baby into the world. Elon Musk is the father." she said. "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.
"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."
Elon responded "whoa" to an X user claiming St. Clair "plotted for half a decade to ensnare" him, which showed a screengrab of a conversation between the author and Greg Price in which she said she needed "to get Elon Musk's attention for a marriage proposal" and responded "well he actually has 7 kids & goes through women pretty fast" when Price told her it "seems unlikely to work out."
St. Clair told the New York Post that Musk initially sent her a direct message on X and claimed he was "funny" and "down to Earth" during an exclusive interview on Saturday (February 15) in which she said she agreed to keep her pregnancy and her child a secret at Musk's request to protect all parties involved.
"Ashley & Elon have been privately working towards the creation of an agreement about raising their child for some time," said Brian Glicklich, a rep for St. Clair, in a statement shared on his X account. "It is disappointing that a tabloid reporter, who repeatedly ambushed Ashley and her family, made it impossible to complete that process confidentially.
"We are waiting for Elon to publicly acknowledge his parental role with Ashley, to end unwarranted speculation, and Ashley trusts that Elon intends to finish their agreement quickly, in the best interests of the wellbeing and security of the child they share."