Ashley St. Clair Says She’s Facing Eviction, Calls Past Year ‘Career Suicide’ After Parenting Drama with Elon Musk

Ashley St. Clair is opening up about her ongoing custody battle with Elon Musk.

The influencer and author, 26, released the first episode of her podcast Bad Advice on Musk’s X on Monday, Aug. 18.

“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,” St. Clair said at the start of the episode.

St. Clair explained that part of her motivation for launching the podcast was financial: she is “getting evicted.” She said, “Polymarket offered me $10,000 to do an ad read. So with that, the roof over my head has been brought to you by Polymarket.”

“Not because anybody asked, but because statistically speaking, it was either join this or join a (multi-level marketing scheme),” she added, referencing her financial struggles amid her custody battle with Musk.

She also criticized other media personalities, claiming her podcast would be “unlike your Ben Shapiros or Megyn Kellys.”

“I’m not starting this because I think my big-brain thoughts and my podcast mic are the greatest gift to humanity,” St. Clair said. “I actually think I have the worst ideas, so consider everything out of my mouth a cautionary tale.”

Musk has yet to comment on her podcast or eviction allegations. PEOPLE has reached out to attorneys for both St. Clair and Musk for comment.

St. Clair and Musk first connected on X and began their relationship while working together in San Francisco, she told the New York Post in February 2025. On Feb. 14, she announced on X that she and Musk share a son, R.S.C., whose first name was later confirmed to be Romulus in April.

“Five months ago, I welcomed a new baby into the world. Elon Musk is the father,” St. Clair wrote. “I have not previously disclosed this to protect our child’s privacy and safety, but in recent days it has become clear that tabloid media intends to do so, regardless of the harm it will cause.”

She added, “I intend to allow our child to grow in a normal and safe environment.”

St. Clair is now suing for sole custody of their son. In March, Musk, 53, denied St. Clair’s claims that he “financially retaliated” against their child. Despite “not knowing for sure” if the child is his, he said he has provided child support and “given Ashley $2.5M and am sending her $500k/year.”

St. Clair responded to Musk’s tweet, saying he “refused” a paternity test. “Elon, we asked you to confirm paternity through a test before our child (who you named) was even born.”

She continued, “And you weren’t sending me money, you were sending support for your child that you thought was necessary… until you withdrew most of it to maintain control and punish me for disobedience. But you’re really only punishing your son.”

Musk is also the father of 13 other children with three other women.