Musk’s Mystery Baby Mama Steps into Spotlight With Him at Inauguration Dinner

Elon Musk has fueled dating rumors after appearing at a black-tie event alongside Shivon Zilis, who is the mother to three of his bustling 12-strong brood.

Musk was spotted chatting with new best friend Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sanchez, as well as Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, at a pre-inauguration donor party Sunday in Washington D.C. But the jury is out on whether Musk was an extra wheel, as he was flanked by Zilis, who is an executive at his company Neuralink.

Of course, the pair could just be tight-knit colleagues, or even just good friends, but the fact that the Canadian has had three children with the father-of-12 might add fuel to the dating rumors. Daily Mail reported that the 39-year-old was snapped “gazing lovingly” at her boss, noting that she usually supports him “from the sidelines.”

But Zilis was front and center at the event, chatting amiably with the group of elites who appeared to laugh at her jokes and listen intently to what she had to say. It comes after Bloomberg reported that Musk secretly had a third child with the exec last year.

Not much is known about Zilis, who has only made rare public appearances.

The pair already have twins that Zilis gave birth to in 2021, just a few weeks before pop star Grimes had her second child with the Tesla CEO.

The twins were reportedly conceived through in vitro fertilization. Musk has now fathered at least 12 children. The 53-year-old billionaire has previously argued that the world is experiencing an “underpopulation crisis” and joked that he was trying to fix that.

For her part, Zilis is very fond of Musk. “He really wants smart people to have kids, so he encouraged me to do this,” she told the billionaire’s biographer Walter Isaacson, stating that he offered to step in when she was looking for a sperm donor. “I can’t possibly think of genes I would prefer for my children.”

Their twins, Strider and Azure, were born in 2021, while their son, Techno “Tau” Mechanicus, was born via surrogate last year.