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Elon Musk's baby mother Ashley St Clair says it's 'karmic' that Shivon Zilis 'got played' after what she did to Grimes

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Ghosh, P. (2026, October 3). Elon Musk's baby mother Ashley St Clair says it's 'karmic' that Shivon Zilis 'got played' after what she did to Grimes. Times of India. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/elon-musks-baby-mother-ashley-st-clair-says-its-karmic-that-shivon-zilis-got-played-because-of-what-she-did-to-grimes/articleshow/134662932.cms

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Times of India · collected 2026-10-03 · by Poulomi Ghosh

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Ashley St Clair, who previously dated Elon Musk and is the mother of his child, commented on Shivon Zilis's recent announcement of her breakup with Musk through Instagram stories. St Clair described Zilis’s situation as "karmic," noting that Zilis had betrayed Grimes when both were secretly involved with Musk during Grimes's pregnancy in 2018. St Clair expressed sympathy for Zilis while criticizing the dynamics between Musk and his partners, particularly regarding their children being used emotionally to connect with him.
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Ashley St Clair, mother of one of Elon Musk's children, commented on Shivon Zilis' social media announcement of her breakup with Musk. St Clair expressed mixed feelings about the situation, describing it as "karmic." She noted that Musk had cut off communication with both women but treated them differently; while he called Zilis his partner and they share four children, he distanced himself from St Clair. Reading between the lines of Zilis' post, St Clair perceived it as an attempt to regain contact with Musk through public means since further communications happen only via attorneys. She criticized the idea that children should serve as emotional support for their parents, stating that parents should provide comfort instead.

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This article reads unscored and hedges 3% of its claims. Each row says how that neighbour differs.
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Hedges 1 of 31 claims Outlet record 59/100
“While both articles discuss Elon Musk's relationship with Shivon Zilis, Article A focuses on Zilis' social media post about her breakup with Musk, while Article B covers Ashley St Clair's reaction to that announcement.”
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Hedges 2 of 16 claims Outlet record 64/100
“While both articles discuss Shivon Zilis' announcement about her breakup with Elon Musk, Article A focuses on Ashley St Clair's reaction to this news, whereas Article B is primarily about Zilis' own statements regarding the end of their relationship.”
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Ashley said she felt bad reading Shivon's post because Shivon seemed to be groveling and the post read like a "trauma bond" but she said she understood immediately that Shivon had no other way to communicate with Elon as further communications only happen through attorneys.
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🔮 Ashley expressed mixed emotions after going through Zilis' statement of being abandoned by Musk in a week and noted that it was kind of 'karmic', though she is a girl's girl and would be there for Shivon if she reached out to her, she said in her Instagram stories.

Claims (30 extracted, 1 hedged)

Conservative influencer Ashley St Clair who mothered a child with Elon Musk before being cut off from his life reacted to Shivon Zilis' announcement of a sudden break up. asserted
who → mother → break
Ashley expressed mixed emotions after going through Zilis' statement of being abandoned by Musk in a week and noted that it was kind of 'karmic', though she is a girl's girl and would be there for Shivon if she reached out to her, she said in her Instagram stories. asserted
she → express → stories
Zilis and Ashley, however, were not the same to Elon, as he called Shivon his partner for a long time and they share four children, the oldest one being born in 2021. asserted
one → call → 2021
Reading between the lines of Shivon's social media post, Ashley said it was obvious that Elon Musk had cut her off like he generally does and so the announcement was Shivon's only way to reach Elon Musk. asserted
announcement → read → Musk
Ashley said it struck as pretty odd that Shivon wrote that she and their children were Elon Musk's respite, as this should not happen. asserted
this → say → ?
"Children should not be emotional comfort for damaged men," Ashley said. asserted
Ashley → damage → men
Ashley said she felt bad reading Shivon's post because Shivon seemed to be groveling and the post read like a "trauma bond" but she said she understood immediately that Shivon had no other way to communicate with Elon as further communications only happen through attorneys. asserted
communications → say → attorneys
Ashley said her understanding of the situation was that it did not happen in a week; there had been moves to separate and disentangle her from his life for a month. asserted
it → say → month
But Shivon claimed to be blindsided. asserted
Shivon → claim → ?
Ashley said it was kind of karmic because Shivon pretended to be Grimes' friend but went behind her back to make secret children with Elon. asserted
Shivon → say → Elon
Ashley said Grimes was blindsided by Shivon when her surrogate was giving birth to her and Elon Musk's child while in the same hospital, Shivon was also giving birth to her and Elon's child. asserted
Shivon → say → her
It's a complex web of overlapping relationships. asserted
It → overlap → relationships
They married in 2000. asserted
They → marry → 2000
The couple had six children, although their first son, Nevada Alexander, died of sudden infant death syndrome at 10 weeks old in 2002. asserted
son → have → 2002
They had twins Griffin and Vivian in 2004 and triplets Kai, Saxon and Damian in 2006. asserted
They → have → 2006
The marriage ended in 2008. asserted
marriage → end → 2008
Soon after their divorce, Musk began dating British actress Talulah Riley. asserted
Musk → begin → Riley
They married in 2010 in Scotland. asserted
They → marry → Scotland
The relationship ended in divorce in 2012, but the two reconciled and remarried in 2013. asserted
two → end → 2013
Musk filed for divorce again in December 2014 but withdrew the filing. asserted
Musk → file → filing
Riley subsequently filed for divorce in 2016. asserted
Riley → file → 2016
After Riley, Musk and actor Amber Heard became romantically involved after Heard's marriage to Johnny Depp ended. asserted
marriage → become → Depp
Musk and Canadian musician Grimes publicly revealed their relationship in 2018. asserted
Musk → reveal → 2018
They had three children together. asserted
They → have → children
Their first child, X Æ A-Xii, was born in May 2020. uncertain
child → bear → May
Their second child, Exa Dark Sideræl, was born via surrogate in December 2021. asserted
child → bear → December
A third child, Techno Mechanicus, was later reported to have been born in 2022. asserted
child → report → 2022
It overlapped with Musk's relationship with Shivon Zilis as Musk and Zilis welcomed twins, Strider and Azure in November 2021. asserted
Musk → overlap → November
In 2024 and 2025, they had their third and fourth -- Arcadia and Seldon Lycurgus. asserted
they → have → third
This again overlapped with Musk's relationship with Ashley as Ashley announced in February 2025 that she had a child with Musk. asserted
she → overlap → Musk
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