Is Peter Thiel the mysterious sugar daddy helping to bankroll notorious “looksmaxxer” Clavicular?

Is Peter Thiel fundmaxxing the nation’s most influential, incel-adjacent influencer? We don’t know. But the internet has suspicions.

According to online sleuths, Clavicular, the notorious looksmaxxer who breaks his own bones to achieve a so-called maximum masculine aesthetic, appears to have a secret benefactor. While Clavicular has been popular for a while–the 20-year-old streamer has nearly 1 million followers on TikTok and Kick–the loathsome character has gone mega-viral over the last week. Let’s recap…

The whirlwind started February 6, when Clavicular ran into his arch-nemesis, “ASU frat leader.” According to X accounts that seem to solely exist for the purpose of amplifying this inanity, Clavicular, whose real name is Braden Peters, was “brutally frame mogged” by said frat leader on Arizona State’s campus.

For the blissfully unaware, “frame mogging” is a souped-up version of the old fashioned stare down, when one alpha male attempts to subjugate a rival. Clavicular, with his shaggy hair and black button-down, didn’t stand a chance against the tank-wearing bro.

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Nearly 15 million rubberneckers (“rubbermoggers?”) have viewed the clip, surfacing Clavicular’s embarrassment on social media feeds around the world. The aforementioned frame-mogging coincided with a new profile on the Bulwark about Clavicular and his “roided-out hell.” The New York Times published its own feature about Clavicular on Friday.

“This is Clavicular explaining to me why I should have taken hair loss drugs in spite of potential sexual side effects,” remarked the Times journalist assigned to Peters in an attempt to translate his otherwise unintelligible lingo.

A tour de force of controversy, Clavicular was subsequently detained at a Scottsdale, Arizona bar on suspicion of entering with a fake ID and carrying prescription pills. He was released without charges, with prosecutors citing the unlikelihood of a conviction.

On X, Peters declared the incident was “straight up political persecution.”

With his sharp jawline and artificially chiseled frame, Peters is hard to miss at the bars. And that’s before he starts “jestermaxxing,” otherwise known as dancing.

Once again a free man, Clavicular strutted his looks Thursday on a fashion runway in New York. Walking for the dissident designer Elena Velez, he showed off a steely glare.

And that’s where Thiel, perhaps the steeliest gay of all, enters the distorted picture.

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Thiel’s ties to Clavicular

Theil first became publicly connected to Clavicular late last year, when Peters claimed the openly gay billionaire had invited him to one of his parties at his $11.5 million Hollywood Hills mansion.

Unsurprisingly, the moment was captured on video.

“Do you know who Peter Thiel is?” asked Clavicular.

If we didn’t know any better, Clavicular’s performed naiveté would be fool-maxxing. But throughout his streaming career, he’s claimed to enjoy generous funding from a mysterious benefactor named “P.”

Could “P” be short for Peter? Again, we don’t know, so we can’t confirm one way or the other. But according to Clavicular, over a three-month period, “P” supposedly funneled $500,000 into his accounts.

Silicon Valley’s original MAGA booster, Thiel funds alt-right reactionaries across all cultural spheres. He’s also tied to Velez, as the Washington Post outlines:

“[Velez] has aligned herself with the unsavory flavor of a tendentious downtown New York crowd, whose podcasters, media personalities and fashion- and art-adjacent figures rose to prominence under the aegis of ‘Dimes Square’—the over-explained neighborhood in Lower Manhattan known for its reactionary politics and associations with Peter Thiel.”

A Reddit thread further explains the possible subversive connections between Thiel, Clavicular, and Velez.

Afterparty aftershock

In a true “cortisol spiking” moment, Clavicular was invited to attend Velez’s afterparty Thursday night at the pretentious millennial-favorite nightspot, Le Bain. Someone on Reddit posted it’s an “open secret” that Thiel played a role in inviting Clavicular to the soirée. Again: whether or not this is true, we don’t know.

What we do know, however, is that Clavicular doesn’t appear to have made it to the party. He was denied entry, according to Semafor’s Max Tani. It seems that Le Bain, for all of its Instagram readiness, doesn’t allow streaming.

Out on the prowl, Clavicular attended another venue, where he was physically mobbed.

Why Thiel funding Clavicular makes total sense…

Thiel has a long and well-documented obsession with anti-aging. The 58-year-old billionaire has indicated he wants to live forever. But if he does happen to slip off the mortal coil, he’s said he wants his body to be cryogenically frozen, so his corpse can potentially be restored one day.

More recently, Thiel has become obsessed with the “Antichrist,” warning that humanity will decay if regulations are imposed on artificial intelligence.

In a jarring interview last summer with the New York Times‘ Ross Douthat, Thiel appeared unsure about wherever the human race should endure.

If the human race’s next big star is Clavicular, maybe we’re inclined to agree.

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