Elon Musk publicly cracked X-rated jokes on X with right-wing influencer Ashley St. Clair more than a year before she outed herself as being the mother of his 13th child. In one risqué exchange in June 2023,

The Tesla founder and the children’s book author’s naughty messages to one another began in 2023 when they were rumored to have first met.

The conservative influencer said she made the announcement to prevent the baby's existence from being revealed by "tabloid media."