{"id":785392,"date":"2026-07-26T11:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T11:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/785392\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T11:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T11:38:13","slug":"viral-trend-is-a-red-warning-sign-for-young-men-tpusa-spokesman-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/785392\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral trend is a ‘red warning sign’ for young men, TPUSA spokesman warns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Turning Point USA\u00a0spokesperson Andrew Kolvet called the viral \u201clooksmaxxing\u201d trend<\/a> a \u201cwarning sign\u201d Tuesday, arguing that it reflects a growing mentorship vacuum among young men searching for guidance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is all a giant red warning sign,\u201d Kolvet told \u201cThe Will Cain Show.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYoung men are going to be looking for mentors\u2026 [they] are looking for voices that will make sense of the chaos, that will help them navigate a very tumultuous social scene. They need help\u2026 and this is what Clavicular<\/a> is offering them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kolvet\u2019s remarks came after Will Cain asked about Clavicular, a\u00a0rapidly growing influencer\u00a0known for promoting \u201clooksmaxxing\u201d<\/a> \u2014 an online self-improvement trend focused on maximizing physical appearance through fitness, grooming and facial aesthetics.<\/p>\n

In one practice known as \u201cbone smashing,\u201d Clavicular acknowledged using a hammer to create microfractures in his jaw with the goal of promoting regrowth but emphasized that he does not recommend others try it without consulting a doctor.<\/p>\n

Turning Point USA\u00a0spokesperson Andrew Kolvet called the viral \u201clooksmaxxing\u201d trend a \u201cwarning sign\u201d Tuesday, arguing that it reflects a growing mentorship vacuum among young men searching for guidance. REUTERS<\/p>\n

Kolvet\u2019s remarks came after Will Cain asked about Clavicular, a\u00a0rapidly growing influencer\u00a0known for promoting \u201clooksmaxxing.\u201d AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Although Kolvet praised\u00a0Clavicular\u00a0as \u201cvery entertaining\u201d and \u201cvery charismatic,\u201d he urged young men to prioritize other values.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of \u2018looksmaxxing,\u2019 we need to be encouraging young people to be \u2018charactermaxxing,’\u201d Kolvet said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey need to be working on their faith life, on their social life and the things that actually have eternal purpose and value, so that\u2019s my big critique here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clavicular explained the goal behind the growing trend on the\u00a0\u201cHang Out with Sean Hannity\u201d\u00a0podcast.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of \u2018looksmaxxing,\u2019 we need to be encouraging young people to be \u2018charactermaxxing,’\u201d Kolvet said. FOX News<\/p>\n

\u201cLooksmaxxing is the most well-rounded form of self-improvement, just almost taking it to its logical conclusion,\u201d Clavicular said.<\/p>\n

The influencer argued that\u00a0attractive physical appearance\u00a0improves \u201cevery single micro interaction in your life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou really need to prioritize looking better and starting to look max,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Clavicular explained the goal behind the growing trend on the\u00a0\u201cHang Out with Sean Hannity\u201d\u00a0podcast. FOX News<\/p>\n

Kolvet, however, said the answer to success lies in ensuring young men have positive mentors before they look elsewhere for guidance.<\/p>\n

Addressing older viewers directly, Kolvet urged them to take an active role in mentoring younger men and said many are searching for help navigating an increasingly chaotic social landscape.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t stress it enough, please, please, please find young men that you can mentor. And that is the big breakthrough for so many young men\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Turning Point USA\u00a0spokesperson Andrew Kolvet called the viral \u201clooksmaxxing\u201d trend a \u201cwarning sign\u201d Tuesday, arguing that it reflects…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":785393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[81653,97,10815,2102,2812,91302],"class_list":["post-785392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-celebrity-trends","tag-health","tag-media","tag-men","tag-self","tag-turning-point-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}