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Ashley St. Clair Says Elon Musk Wanted a Legion of Children Before Civil War
Ashley St. Clair says Musk texted about needing a legion of children before civil war She rejected a $40 million confidentiality offer to stay silent
Whether the key allegation is “breeders” or the civil-war baby plan.
6 of 8 outlets skipped it: musk allegedly called mothers “breeders” and said “breeders are interchangeable”.
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E! News
“Justine alleges, per AFP news agency which reviewed the film, that Elon refers to the mothers of his14 children as “breeders.”Read the original ↗
The Guardian
“wanted to have a child with her because he needed to have “a legion of children before the civil war””Read the original ↗
E! News foregrounds “breeders” allegations, while the Guardian-led coverage emphasises civil-war population and X-fuelled division.
Venice Premiere Fallout
Ashley St. Clair, the 28-year-old mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, said at the Venice Film Festival premiere of Alex Gibney’s documentary “Musk” that Musk allegedly told her he wanted “a legion of children before the civil war.”
“"I was offered the opportunity not to speak for $40 million,"”
NBC New York reported that St. Clair said she was “offered the opportunity not to speak for $40 million,” and she tied her decision to participate in the film to setting an example for her kids.
In the same Venice premiere context, St. Clair said Musk has a “complicated relationship” with reality and the truth, while Musk responded on X by saying St. Clair “was never offered that and has a history of making false claims.”
The documentary’s premiere also placed Gibney’s account in the spotlight, with NBC New York quoting Gibney saying, “Ultimately he didn’t want to talk to me,” before describing how he “start[ed] digging into the facts.”
Stoking Flames on X
St. Clair told reporters that Musk’s use of X cannot be ignored, saying, “Whatever it is, what he’s doing with this platform on X cannot be ignored, because he is stoking flames that don’t exist in the real world.”
She added that she believes Musk is “causing deliberate division that may be catastrophic if it’s not regulated or tamed, or if we don’t do our part in putting it down,” according to the reporting that quoted her at the Venice premiere.
The Guardian framed the same warning as a warning that Musk is sowing “deliberate division” via X that will be catastrophic unless regulated.T
In response to the documentary and the allegations, Musk publicly rejected the project as a “hit piece that misses,” and he wrote that it “makes the fatal sin of being boring for 4 hours.”
Money, NDA, and Rebuttal
Multiple outlets tied St. Clair’s Venice comments to an alleged confidentiality offer, with The Guardian reporting that Musk’s team offered her a $40m lump-sum payment and a monthly stipend of $100,000 in return for signing a non-disclosure agreement.T
“a $40m lump-sum payment and a monthly stipend of $100,000”
St. Clair said she refused the deal, and NBC New York reported that she decided to take part because she wanted to set the example that “you should never take being materially comfortable over speaking the truth.”
Musk denied the claim, and NBC New York quoted his X response saying St. Clair “was never offered that and has a history of making false claims.”
The Guardian also described how the documentary’s portrait of Musk’s influence connects to his platform, noting that since acquiring the site formerly known as Twitter in 2022, Musk has used it to amplify his personal political views.T