Elon Musk's baby mama says she's broke and starting a podcast to survive
To make ends meet, the former conservative commentator has launched a podcast on X — the San Francisco-based social media platform owned by Musk — in hopes of covering rent for her $15,000-a-month New York City apartment.
'Well, after a year of unplanned career suicide, many questionable life choices and a gap in my LinkedIn profile that cannot be legally explained, I've decided to start a podcast,' she said in the debut episode of 'Bad Advice with Ashley St. Clair' on Monday, Aug. 18. 'Not because anybody asked, but because statistically speaking, it was either join this or join a (multi-level marketing scheme). So here we are.'
St. Clair revealed in February that she had given birth to Musk's son, Romulus, in September 2024. A paternity test reviewed by the Wall Street Journal reportedly confirmed Musk is the father, making Romulus his 13th known child. The disclosure triggered a custody battle and a dispute over financial support.
bad advice ep. 1
brought to u by @Polymarket pic.twitter.com/fm0EUf67uQ
— Ashley St. Clair (@stclairashley) August 18, 2025
According to St. Clair, Musk once offered her $15 million and monthly payments in exchange for keeping the child's birth private. She declined the offer and later accused him of slashing her child support by more than half.
Musk has said he gave her $2.5 million and was paying $500,000 annually, though her lawyer said payments fell from $100,000 a month to as low as $20,000.
'I'm getting evicted and Polymarket offered me $10,000 to do an ad read,' St. Clair said on the podcast, referring to the American cryptocurrency-based prediction market, headquartered in Manhattan. 'So with that, the roof over my head has been brought to you by Polymarket.'
The podcast also veered into darker humor. St. Clair joked about the recent assault of 19-year-old Musk aide Edward Coristine, known as 'Big Balls.' She compared his injuries, such as a bloody nose, to those she sustained 'after I told my toddler he couldn't watch 'Paw Patrol.''
'He was with his girlfriend, or lady partner — whatever the Musk orbit calls their non-committal fluid breeding vessel contenders these days,' St. Clair said of the assault that prompted President Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard in Washington, DC. 'He got his ass beat so bad, some are calling it reparations. I'm not, of course. I would never do that. But what I don't understand is why you didn't just let them take the car?'
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