Looksmaxxer Clavicular is hospitalized with a probable overdose in Miami.
Clavicular, an internet personality and “looksmaxxer,” has been hospitalized in Miami after suffering a suspected overdose during a show on Australian streaming platform Kick.
The 20-year-old influencer was caught on camera scratching his eyes and clutching his hands behind his head while streaming from a Miami nightclub with fellow looksmaxxer “Androgenic,” who is Australian.
Clavicular, real name Braden Peters, is the face of a movement dedicated to improving one’s physical appearance using unconventional techniques such as microdosing methamphetamines, using steroids and testosterone, and breaking facial bones with a hammer or other tools. Peters is accused of engaging in some, but not all, of the practices listed.
His hospitalization was initially reported by TMZ, which received audio of an emergency services callout in which a dispatcher claims that a “20-year-old male overdose” has occurred, and was later confirmed by CBS News.
Users have since shared recordings of Peters’ recent conduct on social media, where he has millions of followers, as well as footage that appears to show him being taken out of the nightclub and downstairs.
Tama Leaver, a Curtin University professor of internet studies, said Peters was at the intersection of several movements that contributed to his rapid ascent to stardom. Leaver stated Peters epitomized the “manosphere” as a result of American sociological and political upheaval, as well as influencer culture.
“I think there’s a good proportion of his audience that are just bemused … and another proportion that take it absolutely seriously,” he stated. Leaver stated that Peters’ example might be “incredibly damaging” to those individuals.
While others argue that boys in their early teens should never be exposed to the type of information produced by Clavicular, Leaver stated that the teen social media ban was not a cure-all.
Clavicular, an internet personality and “looksmaxxer,” has been hospitalized in Miami after suffering a suspected overdose during a show on Australian streaming platform Kick.
The 20-year-old influencer was caught on camera scratching his eyes and clutching his hands behind his head while streaming from a Miami nightclub with fellow looksmaxxer “Androgenic,” who is Australian.
Clavicular, real name Braden Peters, is the face of a movement dedicated to improving one’s physical appearance using unconventional techniques such as microdosing methamphetamines, using steroids and testosterone, and breaking facial bones with a hammer or other tools. Peters is accused of engaging in some, but not all, of the practices listed.
His hospitalization was initially reported by TMZ, which received audio of an emergency services callout in which a dispatcher claims that a “20-year-old male overdose” has occurred, and was later confirmed by CBS News.
In the webcast, Androgenic asked Peters “how f—ed up are you?”
Users have since shared recordings of Peters’ recent conduct on social media, where he has millions of followers, as well as footage that appears to show him being taken out of the nightclub and downstairs.
Clavicular, actual name Braden Eric Peters, is the face of “looksmaxxing.”
Tama Leaver, a Curtin University professor of internet studies, said Peters was at the intersection of several movements that contributed to his rapid ascent to stardom. Leaver stated Peters epitomized the “manosphere” as a result of American sociological and political upheaval, as well as influencer culture.
“I think there’s a good proportion of his audience that are just bemused … and another proportion that take it absolutely seriously,” he stated. Leaver stated that Peters’ example might be “incredibly damaging” to those individuals.
While others argue that boys in their early teens should never be exposed to the type of information produced by Clavi.
Clavicular was profiled in The Atlantic. The movement has achieved mainstream media saturation, and even if you don’t use social media, it’s being discussed and normalized,” he said.
Peters made headlines earlier this week when he walked out of an interview with 60 Minutes Australia (which is owned by Nine), following a series of questions from correspondent Adam Hegarty about his relationship with incels and fellow influencer Andrew Tate, who is facing serious criminal charges.
Two weeks previously, Peters was arrested in Florida on violence charges after allegedly inciting a fight between two women and then sharing a video of it on social media. Sources close to the influencer told TMZ that he did not start the altercation and accused the complainant of wanting celebrity by association. Peters was subsequently released on a $US1000 bond, and the case is still pending in court.
Kick, co-founded by crypto casino billionaire Edward Craven, is the world’s second-largest live-streaming platform. It has increased in popularity and become recognized for its gambling, violent, and sexually suggestive content, as its more established competitor, Amazon-owned Twitch, has tightened restrictions on such issues.
Last year, Raphael Graven, 46, died during a Kick webcast after seeming to be struck, choked, shocked, suffocated, and fired with a paintball pistol. He’d been doing humiliating chores and stunts for over a week as part of a violent marathon webcast.