Ashley St. Clair Says Elon Musk Causes ‘Deliberate Division’
Vulture • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Ashley St. Clair declined a $40 million NDA payout and a $100,000 monthly stipend from Elon Musk, choosing instead to speak out in Alex Gibney’s upcoming documentary, Musk.
- At the Venice Film Festival premiere, St. Clair criticized Musk’s X platform for exacerbating political division, warning it creates real-world harmful effects and deliberate societal division.
- Musk acquired Twitter in 2022, rebranding it as X, which led to a significant departure of celebrities and critics from the platform.
- St. Clair, a former conservative MAGA influencer, met Musk in 2023, gave birth to his 13th child in 2024, and filed for full custody in 2025.
- She publicly apologized for her past transphobic views, expressing guilt for promoting hate speech and hopes her current efforts to speak out will help counteract harm.
