I’ve tried and failed for nearly two months to keep my papers and my X supply distinct of Elon Musk’s latest child mama play. But alas, I have eventually fallen victim to the tangled net and can no longer stay silent about the effects the wealthiest man in the world and self-proclaimed traditional influence Ashley St. Clair have brought on their reportedly shared child.
The most recent advancement that caught my eye was a tape of St. Clair selling her Tesla. The electric car was apparently one of several lavish amenities, including a “glitzy Manhattan sheet” and a” safety detail”, that He gifted her during their months-long affair.
In the clip, St. Clair explains to a questioning photographer that she is getting rid of her journey to “make up for the 60 percentage split that Elon made to our baby support”. Within days, Musk responded to the video claiming that while he was uncertain of St. Clair’s boy’s parentage, he was” no against finding out” — even without a court order.
” Despite not knowing for sure, I have given Ashley$ 2.5M and am sending her$ 500k/year”, Musk continued.
St. Clair, who has not posted on X since she dropped the baby bomb on Feb. 14th, did not publicly conflict Musk’s speech.
A meaty$ 2.5 million plus$ 500, 000 a month isn’t a poor job for a wronged woman raising a child in a luxury apartments. Not actually a relatively never-ending movement of Benjamins, however, can change the position of a father in his brother’s life.
The easier way Musk and St. Clair could have spared the earth their social media child support spit is if they had just procreated within the bounds of marriage. When a man and woman who vowed to love and cherish each other” for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health … till death us do piece” in front of God and man have a kid, they don’t have to worry about tracking each other down to ensure paternity or substitute each other , to make up for the boy’s loss of a parent’s presence.
The best predictor for a child’s financial, physical, emotional, educational, and social health and success is whether he was born to and raised by his married biological parents. Children who grow up without their married biological mother and father, on the other hand, have clear , physical, emotional, and educational disadvantages.
Boys specifically, like St. Clair’s son and several of Musk’s 13 other children, who spend key developmental years in fatherless homes, are  , less likely , to , graduate and more prone to criminal acts and violence.
The wedding of marriage and parenthood is not beneficial for kids alone. Married men and women who have kids are the , most likely demographic , to report being “very happy” with their lives. Unmarried mothers like St. Clair, however, are the least likely to be very happy.
Had Musk and St. Clair simply kept it in their pants unless they were committed to marriage, not only would the world be spared a front seat to their relationship problems, but they and their alleged kid would be better off.
Instead, X and corporate media outlets are once again lit up with a play-by-play of the rift and the child, who is not even one year old, is now the victim of an ugly, publicized battle to buy Musk out of fatherhood and buy St. Clair social media love.
Marriage, not money, not Teslas, not swanky living quarters, and certainly not media attention, is what Musk and St. Clair’s child needed most from them. On that front, and many others, it seems from the public fallout, they failed him.
Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on X @jordanboydtx.
