Journalists, politicians, and celebrities have always rubbed elbows at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner, but now a controversial influencer and a gay hookup app are being added to the festivities.
Instead of a single night where a comedian roasts the current administration, the WHCD has expanded to an entire weekend of invite-only events, including one hosted by Grindr.
But possibly the most head-scratching addition to the guest list is the controversial influencer Clavicular, who has been in the news recently not only for his extreme makeover techniques, but for a suspected overdose during a livestream and almost immediately leaving the hospital to open a new nightclub.
Clavicular, whose real name is Braden Peters, rose to fame as the face of “looksmaxxing,” an online subculture devoted to going to extreme measures to maximize attractiveness, including using a hammer to create microfractures in the hopes of increasing jaw size and taking methamphetamines for weight loss.
Calvicular was invited to Substack’s “New Media Party,” which the company says will bring together “an ideologically diverse mix of Substack writers, journalists, politicos, elected officials, and the thinkers and tastemakers shaping today’s cultural conversation.”
It’s unclear which of these categories Substack thinks Clavicular falls into.
The night after a video clip of his suspected overdose went viral — an experience the polarizing influencer called “brutal” in a post on X — he attended the grand opening of his new venture, Bacara Club, on April 15 and admitted that his father didn’t attend the event even though a “life support mask” had just been used to save his life.
“I wanted my dad to come because he was here, but he didn’t come,” Clavicular said during a livestream of the opening night festivities.
Clavicular also shared with his fans on Kick that he “can’t IRL stream” anymore because he’s quitting the “substances” he was using to help him get through the extended livestreams he had been doing.
“I have to figure out a new method,” he said. "Either practice mogging sober or just find a new form of content. I don’t know. It’s f—king done for.”
This comes just days after Clavicular insulted the host of 60 Minutes Australia and walked out of the interview when he was asked about his connection to incel (involuntary celibate) culture.
The influencer has been going viral consistently all year, including for his multiple interactions with trans women and for livestreaming a fight between two women that led to his arrest on charges of misdemeanor battery and criminal conspiracy to commit battery, the BBC reports.
