Ashley St. Clair
American political commentator (born 1998)
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Ashley St. Clair (born July 31, 1998) is an American right-wing influencer, author, and political commentator.[1][2] She became known as an outspoken proponent of right-wing ideologies including anti-transgender activism, though she expressed remorse for the latter in 2026. She had a child with Elon Musk in 2024.
Ashley St. Clair | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 31, 1998 Florida |
| Occupations | influencer, author, political commentator |
| Children | 2 |
Early life and political commentary
Ashley St. Clair was born on July 31, 1998, in Florida but was subsequently raised in Colorado. She is Jewish.[3][4] She became an outspoken proponent of right-wing ideologies and made appearances on Fox News to talk about declining birth rates.[5] Among her works is being a longtime writer for the right-wing satirical news site The Babylon Bee, and serving as a brand ambassador for Turning Point USA.
She has amassed over one million followers on Twitter, and has been an endorser of President Donald Trump.[4] St. Clair also wrote the children's book Elephants Are Not Birds, which she once billed as an unapologetic rebuke of transgender acceptance and which was published by the Christian conservative publishing house BRAVE Books. The book follows Kevin the Elephant as he "learns that even though he can sing, he is not a bird, even if Culture insists that he is".[4][5][2]
Relationship with Elon Musk
St. Clair first met Twitter owner Elon Musk on the site in 2023 and subsequently began exchanging direct messages with him.[4][5] She gave birth to Musk's son in 2024.[6] According to St. Clair, Musk was not on the child's birth certificate and had been unresponsive to her subsequent messages despite previously acknowledging paternity in writing. Reportedly, Musk met him on September 21, 2024, and spent two hours with him, followed by one hour the next day, then met their son for the last time on November 30, 2024, for only 30 minutes, and continued texting St. Clair thereafter.[4]
On Valentine's Day 2025, St. Clair publicly acknowledged the child's existence and Musk's paternity; on March 31, she was filmed selling her Tesla, which she said was because her child support payments had been cut by 60% as punishment by Musk for her "disobedience".[4] Following this, St. Clair sought full custody over their son and had been locked in a battle with Musk since August 2025, which she described as "unplanned career suicide" and "a gap in my LinkedIn profile that can't be legally explained". St. Clair subsequently started a podcast to avoid an imminent eviction.[7]
Following this, St. Clair became a target for abuse from supporters of Musk. After the rollout of Twitter's Grok image-editing feature, St. Clair reported being deluged with images of herself that had been AI-edited to show her naked and in sexual positions, including some based on photos when she was underage, and which she said both Musk and Twitter refused to do anything to counteract.[1][8] She subsequently filed suit in New York State against xAI for punitive and compensatory damages.[9][10]
Political shift
| Ashley St. Clair (@stclairashley) tweeted: |
I feel immense guilt for my role. And even more guilt that things I have said in the past may have caused my son’s sister more pain. Idrk how to make amends for many of these things but I have been trying incredibly hard privately to learn + advocate for those within the trans community that I’ve hurt. I also haven’t said much on this bc I have gone back and forth over whether my voice would be helpful on the issue since it will be framed as disingenuous or just turning bc I’m “scorned.” Even this reply will become right wing hysteria but yeah I am sorry. Let me know how I can help
11 Jan 2026[11]
In January 2026, St. Clair expressed strong remorse for her previous anti-trans activism in a response to criticism by Junlper, saying "I feel immense guilt for my role", in particular for pain caused to her child's half-sister, Vivian Wilson, and that she has been "trying incredibly hard privately to learn + advocate for those within the trans community that I’ve hurt", but that she didn't really know how to make amends.[12][2] Following this apology, Musk filed for full custody of their son on the stated grounds that her apology implied she might try to "transition a one-year old boy", despite St. Clair at no point saying anything of the sort.[7][13][14]