Gonna have to remain house from faculty to observe this one.
When you’re like me, you grew up watching Maury Povich on days that you simply didn’t need to go to highschool. I’m undecided what that claims about my dad and mom, however nothing was higher than watching Maury reveal the outcomes of paternity exams to dysfunctional households and deadbeat dads.
These had been the times.
Maury sadly determined to hold it up again in 2022, however the 86-year outdated former discuss present host is outwardly prepared to return out of retirement for one final paternity check.
When you’re not acquainted with the drama surrounding Elon Musk and his 14th little one, it began a pair months in the past when 26-year outdated conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair made the stunning announcement that she had given delivery, and that the billionaire Tesla founder was the daddy.
Musk has 13 different kids with three different ladies, however the state of affairs received messy when St. Clair publicly declared yesterday that she was promoting her Tesla that Elon had given her to “make up for the 60% minimize that Elon made to our son’s little one assist.”
Now, it’s a bit handy that there simply occurred to be a digital camera there for the transaction, however who am I to guage a brand new mom or speculate on her motives. However Elon apparently didn’t agree along with her characterization of the problem, and took to X (which he in fact owns) to current his facet of the story:
“I don’t know if the kid is mine or not, however am not in opposition to discovering out. No court docket order is required. Regardless of not figuring out for positive, I’ve given Ashley $2.5M and am sending her $500k/12 months.”
Like I stated, I’m not one to guage any person else’s parenting, as a result of I’m not a father or mother myself, nevertheless it looks as if $3 million is a reasonably good chunk of change. I used to be an lawyer in a former life (nicely, I suppose I nonetheless am) and I’ve dealt with just a few custody instances, however I’ve by no means seen any person get half one million a 12 months in little one assist. Hell, I’ve seen dad and mom argue over $50 a month in little one assist. Looks as if $500k could be sufficient to afford to maintain your automobile, however once more, no judgment right here.
St. Clair responded to Elon’s declare that he didn’t know if the kid was his or not, alleging that he had refused to verify his paternity up to now however had even been the one who picked out the kid’s title.
Elon, we requested you to verify paternity by way of a check earlier than our little one (who you named) was even born. You refused.
And also you weren’t sending *me* cash, you had been sending assist to your little one that you simply thought was needed… till you withdrew most of it to take care of management and…
— Ashley St. Clair (@stclairashley) March 31, 2025
What a large number. Fortunately, there’s one one that may clear all of it up – and he’s apparently prepared to just do that.
Maury reposted Elon’s tweet, asking if he wished to settle the paternity difficulty as soon as and for all:
Wanna discover out? https://t.co/wnBrkic0aV
— The Maury Present (@TheMAURYShow) April 2, 2025
What an unbelievable time to be alive. You’ve got the richest males on the planet, who’s at present a high-level authorities official, arguing over paternity on a platform he owns, and the previous host of a trashy daytime discuss present providing to return out of retirement for a (hopefully) televised paternity check.
Let’s make it occur, Elon.
