Musk Announces Full Custody Bid Over St. Clair's Child Trans Community Support

Watch how quickly the mask slips in the arena of conservative celebrity.

Ashley St. Clair rose to prominence peddling a children's book that fiercely defended biological reality against the cultural onslaught of gender confusion.

Her 2021 work, Elephants Are Not Birds, told the story of Kevin the Elephant who learns he cannot become a bird no matter what society insists— a clear, unapologetic rebuke to transgender ideology pushed on kids.

That book launched her into the spotlight among families desperate for sanity in a world gone mad.

Yet on the eve of dramatic personal drama, St. Clair performed a stunning public reversal.

"I feel immense guilt for my role. And even more guilt that things I have said in the past may have caused my son’s sister more pain. Idrk how to make amends for many of these things but I have been trying incredibly hard privately to learn + advocate for those within the trans community that I’ve hurt," she stated in a January 11, 2026 X post.

She added that she hesitated to speak publicly, fearing her words would be dismissed as insincere or motivated by being "scorned."

This apology—directed in part at Elon Musk's son who has undergone transgender surgery and changed his name to Vivian, whom Musk has publicly described as "dead" due to her transition—prompted immediate backlash from the billionaire father of St. Clair's 16-month-old son Romulus.

"I will be filing for full custody today, given her statements implying she might transition a one-year-old boy," Musk announced on X on January 12, 2026.

St. Clair has made no explicit statement about transitioning their child. Yet the timing and wording of her sudden, tearful apology scream calculation to jab straight at Musk’s deepest wound.

The pair's contentious history dates to February 14, 2025, when she publicly confirmed Musk as Romulus's father via DNA test, following allegations of conception during a New Year's trip.

She later sought sole custody in New York court amid disputes over financial support, including Musk's reported $2.5 million upfront payment.

Musk provided aid despite initial doubts about paternity, though St. Clair accused him of reducing it in retaliation.

No court confirmation of Musk's new full-custody filing has surfaced yet.

Their feud has also involved St. Clair criticizing Musk's Grok AI after users sexualized an image of her as a teenager.

This saga exposes the rot at the heart of influencer culture.

You can sell your sexuality online under a moniker like "sexlaptop," then rebrand as a gun-toting Trump supporter and be hailed as a hero in conservative media.

St. Clair's story is emblematic of a deeper American sickness: superficiality, skin-deep convictions, and the soft bigotry of low expectations that elevates flash over substance.

Even the faces of these influencers often prove inauthentic.

Scroll back a few years in St. Clair's photos, and the transformation is striking—new nose, fuller lips, a completely different look.

How many young women in this space alter their appearances to fit the brand of the moment?

In the end, values that flip overnight for clout or custody are no values at all. The conservative movement deserves better than grifters who chase fame at any cost.