Ashley St. Clair Spurned $40M NDA for Gibney's 'Musk' Documentary

Ashley St. Clair, a former conservative influencer and mother of one of Elon Musk's children, rejected a $40 million non-disclosure agreement (NDA, a contract barring disclosure) to appear in "Musk," Alex Gibney's nearly four-hour documentary on the world's first trillionaire.

Gibney, the Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker whose credits include "Going Clear," first met St. Clair in December 2025. Their interview runs in his new film this fall.

What does St. Clair add to the film?

St. Clair gave birth to one of Musk's children in 2024, when she also had another child from a previous relationship. She sat near Musk during the 2024 presidential campaign, Gibney said.

"Beyond Musk's baby obsession, Ashley had a front-row seat during the 2024 campaign and was able to tell me things I didn't know about Musk's motivations," Gibney told the New York Times by email.

Why did she speak out?

St. Clair frames her participation as a refusal to let wealth purchase silence. TMZ first reported her rejection of the NDA. She told the Times in September that the issue runs deeper than one billionaire.

"This is about a deeper rot in our society, where we've equated capital with morality," she said. "There's a level of societal and individual trust that we give to people if they have money."

She also tired of being treated as a personality decoder. "People treat me like I'm some Elon psychoanalyst," she said. "It's annoying and laborious."

What does Musk say?

Musk denied the $40 million offer through X (the social media platform he owns), writing: "She was never offered that and has a history of making false claims."

He also attacked Gibney's film on the same platform: "Gibney just assembled a hit list of people who either have an axe to grind or don't even know me." He did not respond to direct requests for comment from the Times.

What does this change for the documentary?

St. Clair's on-camera account gives the film an insider who watched Musk's private and political life firsthand. It also turns the project into a contest between a director who works through long-form interviews and a subject who can answer back instantly on his own platform.

The film now arrives with both a witness and a denial baked into its release.