Ashley St. Clair, mother of Elon Musk’s one-year-old son Romulus, recently announced serious financial troubles during the first episode of her new podcast titled “Bad Advice.
” The 26-year-old, who is embroiled in a custody battle with the Tesla CEO, stated: “After a year of unplanned career suicide and questionable life choices, I’ve decided to start a podcast. Also, I’m getting evicted, and Polymarket offered me $10,000 to do an ad read.”
Musk allegedly offered St. Clair $15 million upfront and $100,000 monthly for child support in exchange for keeping their son Romulus’s birth a secret.
However, St. Clair declined the offer, feeling it lacked proper protections for their child, and instead took Musk to court. According to her lawyers, after she did so, Musk substantially reduced the monthly payments from $100,000 to $40,000, and later to $20,000.
Musk has claimed he gave Ashley $2.5 million and was sending her $500,000 annually for their son’s support, despite initially questioning the child’s paternity.
He tweeted: “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 indeed Romulus’s father, according to a lab report seen by the Wall Street Journal.
