Ashley St. Clair

According to the WSJ, St. Clair said she first crossed paths with Musk after he interacted with her posts on X before inviting her to visit the platform’s San Francisco headquarters.

“No one’s going to believe me, but I swear he was so much more normal before I got pregnant,” the social media star told her almost 215,000 followers on TikTok. “His demeanor was normal. I know I’m going to get roasted for this, but in private, he was funny.”

When she was pulled into what she calls the “Elon orbit,” she was working as a MAGA influencer and raising a child as a single mother.

“The chances of me getting married and the white picket fence and the white dress, I believed that was out the window for me because I was already ‘stained’ as a single mom,” she said in the clip. “But I wanted nothing more than to be a mom. I wanted more kids.”

St. Clair said that one of the biggest draws of Musk was his openness about parenthood and his belief that people should continue having children despite economic uncertainty.

“So, when Elon was like, ‘You should have kids, my only limited resource is time,’ of course, it is appealing to do what I always wanted, to be a mom, and not have to worry about the s*** going on in this economy,” she said in the May 15 TikTok clip.

“I don’t think that’s a crazy position to take, I don’t think that’s crazy reasoning.”

She also pushed back against online criticism suggesting she pursued Musk because of his wealth or status.

“Never was I like, ‘Ooh I’m going to make it big, this is my ticket to a Birkin. No, it’s more like, my kids are always going to be taken care of,” she explained.

“If marrying for money had been my goal, I would have done so a long time ago.”

‘Pick a name’

In the clip shared on TikTok, St. Clair claimed Musk made a shocking comment immediately after they first slept together.

“Pick a name,” he allegedly told her about selecting a name for their future child.

Months later, St. Clair joined Musk on his private jet for a New Year’s trip to St. Barts, a moment she described as surreal after their relationship had shifted from online conversations to something far more personal.