Elon Musk’s ‘altruism’ questioned as bombshell claim reveals he had a child with a Japanese pop star

Turns out, while he was publicly fretting about demographic winter, he was privately operating what amounts to a one-man sperm bank. Talk about putting your money where your mouth is—or in this case, putting your DNA wherever someone might accept it. I’ve seen startup founders ionate about scaling, but this takes it to an entirely new level. The secrecy allegedly continued even during Trump’s election victory celebration at Mar-a-Lago, where both were present but reportedly had to pretend not to know each other.

According to explosive allegations published in a recent New York Times investigation, Musk’s reproductive resume now reportedly includes a child with an unnamed Japanese pop star. This bombshell claim comes from Ashley St. Clair, who alleges she herself shares a son named Romulus with the tech mogul. St. Clair claims Musk candidly informed her about children he had “fathered around the world” and declared his willingness to provide his sperm to “anyone who wanted to have a child.”

The relationship between St. Clair and Musk remained hidden until recently. According to St. Clair’s , while she was in labor delivering their son last September, Musk was sending disappearing messages via Signal, insisting on keeping their relationship and his paternity confidential.

According to documents obtained by the Times, Musk allegedly offered St. Clair a cool $15 million upfront plus $100,000 monthly payments until their son turned 21—all in exchange for her silence. That’s approximately the GDP of a small island nation just to keep quiet. For a man who regularly criticizes “woke” culture for silencing people, he seems remarkably invested in purchasing some silence himself. Irony, thy name is Elon. St. Clair, however, isn’t interested in the billionaire’s hush money. She went public with the paternity claims in February and initiated legal action seeking child and sole custody. If all allegations prove true, Musk’s reproductive portfolio now includes at least 14 known children—a number that rivals some sports teams in size.