Ashley St. Clair, mother of Elon Musk’s one-year-old son Romulus, has revealed she is facing financial difficulties while launching her new podcast.
The 26-year-old conservative commentator, currently in a custody dispute with Musk, said she is struggling to manage expenses despite reported support from the Tesla CEO.
In the debut episode of her podcast Bad Advice, Ashley joked about her situation: “After a year of unplanned career missteps, questionable life choices, and an unexplainable gap on my LinkedIn, I’ve decided to start a podcast. Also, I’m getting evicted, and Polymarket offered me $10,000 for an ad read. So, the roof over my head is brought to you by Polymarket.”
Child Support Dispute
Ashley previously claimed Musk offered $15 million upfront and $100,000 per month in child support if she kept Romulus’s birth secret. She rejected the offer, saying it didn’t provide adequate protections for the child, and instead filed for custody and financial support through the courts. Her legal team alleges Musk later reduced monthly payments from $100,000 to $40,000 and then $20,000.
Musk has disputed these claims, stating, “I don’t know if the child is mine or not. Despite not knowing for sure, I have given Ashley $2.5M and am sending her $500k/year.” A paternity test later confirmed with 99.9999% probability that Musk is Romulus’s father, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Romulus, Musk’s 13th child, was born in September 2024. Ashley went public about the child on Valentine’s Day 2025 after learning the tabloid press planned to reveal the news. Musk and Ashley first connected in May 2023 via social media, later meeting during an interview between Musk and Seth Dillon of Babylon Bee, where Ashley worked.
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