Dark life of looksmaxxing influencer Clavicular from 'Hitler video' to suspected overdose

Dark life of looksmaxxing influencer Clavicular from 'Hitler video' to suspected overdoseClavicular, real name Braden Peters, is one of the internet's most controversial figures. Now, as fans fear for his wellbeing after a suspected overdose, we look at the dark world he found fame in...3amCally Brooks Features Writer16:32, 15 Apr 2026Updated 16:35, 15 Apr 2026View 5 ImagesThe influencer has admitted himself that he's gone down a dark path(Image: clavicular0/Instagram )In a dark corner of the internet where self-improvement blurs into extreme obsession, few figures are as controversial as Clavicular.To his 760,000 TikTok followers, he was once the poster boy for "looksmaxxing" - a hyper-online subculture that promotes extreme and often dangerous methods of improving physical apearance.Young men are being taught by figures like Clavicular - real name Braden Peters - that there are 'tools' at their disposal for severe self-optimisation. But it's not just exercise of face masks. Extreme steroid use, surgery and even taking a hammer to your jaw or cheekbones are all tactics promoted by looksmaxxers - to chisel their physique like Greek gods.READ MORE: Clavicular hospitalised: Dark moment live stream cuts off after suspected overdoseREAD MORE: Boy thrown from Tate Modern 7 years on - agony, disability and still in hospitalThe influencer has bragged about taking so much testosterone that he is now 'infertile', and once nearly cried when he discovered his burger had cheese on it as he was terrified of a cortisol spike.After gaining looksmaxxing fame, Peters burst through the subculture into mainstream media when he cosied up to manopshere leader Andrew Tate. He also landed a modelling role at New York fashion week.But his life appears to have taken a darker turn as the star was hospitalised this week after a suspected overdose. Here, we look at his biggest controversies...View 5 ImagesClavicular stormed out of the inte...