Ashley St. Clair Challenges Elon Musk in New Documentary

Elon Musk's relationship with Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of his children, has become a central subject in Alex Gibney's documentary "Musk," which opened in select theaters on Friday, October 9, 2026. St. Clair discusses their relationship, the birth of their child in 2024, and her claim that Musk offered her a substantial payment to sign a nondisclosure agreement.

Musk disputes her account of the proposed agreement. The documentary also examines his reported desire to have a large family, while St. Clair's public profile reflects a shift from conservative political commentary toward reconsideration of her previous views.

St. Clair rose to prominence through conservative commentary on X, where she attracted more than one million followers. She also wrote for the satirical news outlet The Babylon Bee and appeared on Fox News.

Her book "Elephants Are Not Birds" was published as a Christian children's book addressing identity, according to its publisher, Brave Books. In January 2026, St. Clair announced on X that she was removing her name as the book's author as she reconsidered her political views.

St. Clair said she first connected with Musk on X in 2023, after he followed her and contacted her through direct messages. She later described their relationship in an interview with The New York Times.

"We were in contact every day. But also I was never like, 'I'm the chosen one,'" St. Clair said.

She characterized the relationship as more emotionally intimate than romantic. During a vacation in St. Bart's, she recalled that Musk encouraged her to have more children, although she already had a child from a previous relationship.

"You should have 10 kids! Let's have a kid. My only limited resource is time," St. Clair recalled Musk telling her.

St. Clair publicly disclosed the birth of their child in a February 2025 report by the New York Post. Musk addressed the child publicly the following month, saying he was uncertain whether he was the father while describing financial support he had provided.

"I have given Ashley $2.5M and am sending her $500k/year," Musk wrote on X.

In Gibney's documentary, St. Clair alleges that the relationship deteriorated after she gave birth. She says she was offered $15 million upfront and $100,000 per month for 21 years in exchange for signing an NDA, a proposal she says she rejected.

After the documentary's world premiere in September, Musk challenged her account of the agreement in a post on X.

"was never offered that and has a history of making false claims," Musk wrote about St. Clair.

St. Clair also recounts private conversations that she says illustrate Musk's interest in having many children. In one instance, she recalled being in bed with him while he listened to a podcast about Kublai Khan, the descendant of Genghis Khan who had at least 47 children, according to the documentary's account.

She also described receiving a message from Musk about his desire to have a large number of children before a potential civil conflict.

"legion of children before the civil war," St. Clair recalled Musk writing.

Musk has separately criticized Gibney's film, questioning the credibility and motivations of the people featured in it.

"Gibney just assembled a hit list of people who either have an axe to grind or don't even know me (but still have an axe to grind). He has ZERO integrity. Horrible human," Musk wrote on X.

The documentary "Musk" runs for nearly four hours and includes accounts from people discussing the technology executive's personal life and public controversies. Musk has disputed St. Clair's claims about the alleged nondisclosure agreement.