Japanese pop superstar Ayumi Hamasaki has firmly denied social media-fuelled speculation that she secretly had a child with tech billionaire Elon Musk, dismissing the rumour as unfounded and humorous, but potentially damaging for her family.
The wild theory began circulating online after conservative commentator and influencer Ashley St. Clair, who recently had Musk’s 13th child, told The New York Times that he had fathered a child with a Japanese pop star. The vague description quickly sent fans into detective mode, with many pointing fingers at Hamasaki due to her fame and private family life.
“I’ve been keeping an eye on this, and I guess it’s time for me to speak up,” Hamasaki said on her Instagram Story, according to Tokyo Weekender. “Elon Musk is not the father of [either of] my children.”
Hamasaki, 46, is Japan’s top-selling solo artist, with over 50 million albums sold. Though she has two sons, born in 2019 and 20, 1 she has never disclosed the identity of their fathers, a choice she has consistently defended as a means to protect her children’s privacy.
According to The Wall Street Journal, text messages between Musk and St. Clair revealed the Tesla and SpaceX CEO had told her in 2023 that Japanese officials had asked him to be a sperm donor for a high-profile woman in Japan.
Musk’s message reportedly read: “They want me to be a sperm donor. No romance or anything, just sperm.”
“He made it seem like it was just his altruism,” St. Clair told the Times, describing Musk’s belief that high-IQ individuals should reproduce to help stave off what he sees as a collapse of civilisation. She added, “He genuinely believed these people should just have children.”
The ambiguity of the reference and Musk’s known enthusiasm for fatherhood created fertile ground for online speculation, fuelled further by his statements encouraging procreation to save humanity.
But Hamasaki dismissed the gossip with humour and clarity: “Even my mom laughed when she heard the rumours, saying, ‘This seems kind of Ayu-like,’” she wrote, referencing her nickname. “If I were someone else, I’d probably be saying, ‘Ayu is the pop star [St. Clair] was talking about, right?’ But it’s just not true.”
Still, she shifted to a more serious tone, explaining that unfounded rumours could one day affect her sons. “When my kids are old enough to start Googling things, I don’t want them to run into the rumours and think they’re true,” she said. “So I’m firmly denying them.”
Meanwhile, Musk’s ever-expanding family continues to make headlines. The billionaire, now confirmed to have at least 14 children with four women, first became a father with Canadian author Justine Wilson. Their first son, Nevada Alexander, tragically died of SIDS at 10 weeks old, followed by twins Griffin and Vivian in 2004 and triplets Kai, Saxon, and Damian in 2006.
Vivian has since legally changed her name and gender, publicly distancing herself from her father in 2022.
Musk later had three children with Canadian musician Grimes: X Æ A-Xii (2020), Exa Dark Sideræl (2021, via surrogate), and a third child, Techno Mechanicus, reportedly born in 2024. Grimes recently expressed frustration after their son X appeared at the White House without her consent, saying, “He should not be in public like this.”
In 2021, Musk quietly fathered twins with Shivon Zilis, an executive at his Neuralink company. The births became public only after court filings emerged in 2022. Since then, Zilis has reportedly had two more children with Musk, including a son named Seldon Lycurgus born in February 2025.
As for St. Clair, she announced Musk was the father of her child in February this year, months after giving birth. Her revelation came only after she suspected tabloids would expose the child’s identity.
“I have not previously disclosed this to protect our child’s privacy and safety,” she wrote on X.. “But it has become clear that tabloid media intends to do so, regardless of the harm it will cause.”
In a now-deleted post, St. Clair also expressed frustration with Musk, stating he had ignored her private communications. “When are you going to reply to us instead of publicly responding to smears?” she wrote.
Though Musk has not directly commented on the Hamasaki rumours, the incident underscores the volatile intersection of celebrity, tech magnates, and internet culture, where baseless speculation can instantly become viral myth.
For Hamasaki, however, the matter is settled. The Empress of J-Pop wants the world—and more importantly, her children—to know the truth.
Published by m10news.com | By Sola Adeniji| Category: Entertainment / Asia|11 June 2025
