Musk Documentary Examines Elon Musk's Relationships and Parenting

Filmmaker Alex Gibney's documentary Musk examines Elon Musk's personal relationships, parenting, and ambitions for a large family through interviews with former partners Justine Wilson and Ashley St. Clair. The nearly four-hour film also explores the billionaire's business empire, political involvement, and public controversies, with a nationwide theatrical release scheduled for October 16, according to WIRED.

The documentary combines accounts from Musk's former partners with perspectives from journalists, technology entrepreneurs, and former employees. It examines his rise in Silicon Valley, his political shift during the 2024 election, Tesla's self-driving technology controversies, and the dismantling of the US Agency for International Development during President Donald Trump's second term.

Wilson, Musk's first wife, discusses their marriage and the death of their first son, Nevada, who died at 10 weeks old in 2002. The couple had six children together, five of whom survived. Wilson also challenges Musk's public account of their son's death, describing the experience as one of the most significant moments of her life.

Wilson recalls feeling repeatedly criticized during their marriage and describes the relationship as emotionally damaging.

"I learned the term gaslighting through my relationship with Elon," Wilson says in the documentary, as highlighted by WIRED.

She also recalls an exchange in which she reminded Musk that she was his spouse rather than an employee.

"If you were my employee, I would fire you," Musk told her, according to Wilson's account in the film.

The documentary also addresses tensions involving their transgender daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson. Justine Wilson criticizes Musk's description of their daughter as having been "killed by the woke mind virus," contrasting the statement with their family's experience of losing a child.

Ashley St. Clair, who shares a son named Romulus with Musk, describes a relationship that she says deteriorated after she became pregnant. She also alleges that Musk reduced his financial support for their son and pursued plans to have children with multiple women.

St. Clair characterizes Musk's reported approach to expanding his family with a striking comparison.

"It's like a Gatling gun of sperm in his DMs," St. Clair says, according to E! News.

She also alleges that Musk wanted to "create a legion of children before the civil war." Her account adds to the documentary's examination of his views on population growth and his relationships with the mothers of his children.

Wilson describes the family dynamic as increasingly systematic, recalling how someone on Musk's side referred to the mothers of his children as "the breeders."

"And there's a playbook, you know, it's kind of like an assembly line by now," Wilson says in the documentary, according to E! News.

Musk has 14 publicly known children with four women: Wilson, musician Claire Boucher, known professionally as Grimes, Shivon Zilis, and St. Clair. Zilis, a Neuralink executive and mother of four of Musk's children, publicly addressed a change in their relationship in an October 2 post on X.

"It's hard to go from in love to let go in a week with no warning, but that's just how it is sometimes," Zilis wrote after noticing that Musk had unfollowed her on the platform.

She also expressed appreciation for their relationship and hope that they could continue raising their children together.

"I do hope and pray he and I can be great friends and coparents," Zilis wrote, leaving the precise nature of their relationship unclear.

Musk did not participate in Gibney's documentary and has dismissed the project publicly. After describing it as "a hit piece" in 2023, he criticized the film again following its premiere at the Venice International Film Festival in September 2026, calling it "a hit piece that misses."

According to E! News, the outlet contacted Tesla's public relations team for comment but received no response. WIRED also reported that Musk had not immediately responded to a request for comment concerning allegations about his relationships.