Ashley St. Clair, conservative influencer and alleged baby mama to Elon Musk’s 13th (or 14th, who’s counting?) child, perched on her bed on Monday night, sporting dark shades like she’s auditioning for a Matrix reboot to read a script written for her podcast Bad Advice.

Because nothing screams "authentic hot take" like squinting at a script while wearing sunglasses.

With a smirk and a side of dark humor, she confessed to “unplanned career suicide” and claimed she’s so broke she’s facing eviction from her $15,000-a-month Manhattan pad.

But fear not. A $10,000 ad read from Polymarket, the crypto betting platform, is keeping a roof over her head.

Or was, until the internet collectively groaned, and she yanked the podcast faster than you can say “X backlash.”

The Podcast That Never Was

St. Clair kicked off the first episode of Bad Advice on Musk’s X platform with a self-deprecating zinger: "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.”

She wasn’t wrong about the career suicide part. The 30-minute episode, meant to blend political commentary, pop culture quips, and anti-woke wit, instead became a lightning rod for ridicule.

X users pounced, calling it everything from “cringe” to “a cry for help.”

By mid-week, the episode was gone, deleted like a bad Tinder match, leaving only screenshots and memes in its wake.

St. Clair’s big reveal? She’s broke, facing eviction, and relying on a $10,000 Polymarket ad to cover rent.

"The roof over my head has been brought to you by Polymarket," she quipped, a line that’s now immortalized in internet infamy.

But the real kicker was her delivery: reading from a script while hiding behind sunglasses.

The X pile-on was merciless, with users mocking her for everything from her "scripted authenticity" to her claim of financial ruin despite alleged millions from Musk.

Who Is Ashley St. Clair?

So, who is this 26-year-old (or 31, or 32, depending on which outlet you trust) firebrand?

St. Clair rose to prominence as a conservative influencer, wielding sharp-tongued commentary and a knack for viral memes.

A Florida native raised partly in Colorado, she cut her teeth in New York’s right-wing media scene, working for The Babylon Bee, the satirical outlet known for skewering progressive pieties.

She also penned a children’s book, Elephants Are Not Birds, published by BRAVE Books, a Christian conservative outfit, which cemented her as a darling of the anti-woke crowd.

But before becoming a "MAGA influencer", St. Clair had a spicier online persona: "Sex Laptop."

Prior to the rhinoplasty, botox, lip fillers, and touting traditional values, she was known for NSFW posts, a far cry from her current role as a conservative commentator.

That past came back to haunt her when X users, including fellow influencer Isabella Moody, resurfaced old messages allegedly showing St. Clair joking about “needing Musk’s rocket babies” as far back as 2020.

Moody called it evidence of a “baby trap” plot, a claim St. Clair dismissed as a smear.

St. Clair parted ways with Turning Point USA in 2019 after a controversy over her political commentary, and her public feuds—like the one with Moody—haven’t helped her case.

Still, with over 1.1 million X followers and a penchant for shaming Elon Musk for allegedly turning his back on her and their child, her every move continues to garner massive publicity.

The Musk Mess: Custody, Cash, and Chaos

At the heart of St. Clair’s saga is her ongoing custody battle with Elon Musk, the billionaire tech titan and father of, at least, 14 children.

On February 14, 2025, St. Clair dropped a bombshell on X: she’d given birth to Musk’s son, Romulus, in September 2024.

"I have not previously disclosed this to protect our child’s privacy and safety,"” she wrote, claiming tabloid leaks forced her hand.

A LabCorp paternity test reportedly later confirmed Musk’s fatherhood with 99.9999% certainty, though he’s yet to publicly acknowledge Romulus as his own.

The drama escalated from there.

St. Clair claims Musk offered her $15 million upfront and $100,000 a month to keep Romulus’s birth a secret.

She refused, telling Musk’s aide Jared Birchall, "I don’t want my son to feel like he’s a secret."

Her lawyers say Musk retaliated by slashing support payments from $100,000 to $40,000, then to $20,000 a month.

Musk, meanwhile, insists he’s paid $2.5 million upfront and $500,000 annually, despite initially questioning paternity.

"I don’t know if the child is mine or not, but am not against finding out,” he tweeted in April, adding, "No court order is needed."

St. Clair fired back: "You refused a paternity test before our child (who you named) was even born… You’re really only punishing your son."

Court filings paint a messy picture. St. Clair, suing for sole custody in New York Supreme Court, claims Musk has met Romulus only three times, including a 30-minute visit in November 2024. She alleges he’s been unresponsive to her attempts to resolve custody and support privately, with texts showing Musk joking about "knocking her up again" and building a "legion" of kids.

Musk’s camp, led by attorney Alyssa Rower, has stayed mum, leaving the billionaire to swing chainsaws at CPAC and ignore the controversy on X.

Eviction, Tesla Sales, and Financial Faceplants

Despite Musk’s alleged millions, St. Clair claims she’s flat broke.

In March, she was spotted handing over the keys to her $100,000 Tesla, telling reporters she needed to "make up for the 60 percent cut that Elon made to our son’s child support."

Now, she’s allegedly facing eviction from her luxury Manhattan apartment, which Musk reportedly funded at $40,000 a month before their falling-out.

Her Bad Advice podcast was a Hail Mary to cover rent, with that $10,000 Polymarket ad as her lifeline.

"It was either this or join an MLM," she joked, though the internet wasn’t laughing.

The backlash on X was brutal. Users called her out for crying poverty while living in a high-end apartment, with some digging up her “Sex Laptop” past to question her credibility.

Others mocked her scripted delivery, with one X post quipping, "Ashley’s out here reading her Bad Advice script like it’s a hostage video."

The deletion of the podcast only fueled the fire, with memes speculating she’d pivot to selling essential oils or “Musk-themed NFTs.”

The Bigger Picture: A Cautionary Tale

St. Clair’s saga is peak 2025: a mix of celebrity drama, social media pile-ons, and a custody battle with a billionaire who’s too busy tweeting about AI and bureaucracy to comment.

Her Bad Advice podcast, meant to be a lifeline, became a punchline, proving that even the most viral influencers can’t outrun X’s wrath.

Whether she’ll bounce back or join the MLM dark side remains to be seen, but one thing’s clear: in the court of public opinion, she’s already been served