The brand trip is a right of passage for influencers. It’s a mark of legitimacy that a sponsor wants to invite them on an all-expenses-paid vacation, often with luxurious freebies and activities. Trips can also spur hard feelings from uninvited influencers, trigger criticism from the public, and project a certain frivolousness.

Usually it is fast fashion companies or beauty brands flying out influencers with the goal of flooding social media with sponsored content. This time, it was a major AI company.

Over the weekend, several influencers began posting about OpenAI’s “first ever brand trip,” which appears to have taken place outside of N …

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Influencer allegedly killed by husband after accusing him of pedophilia on TikTok, police say

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“Maybe being publicly mocked and criticized by this administration is actually like the greatest compliment of all,” said Dylan Mulvaney in a TikTok post on Sunday. “Because it puts me in the company of some of the most brilliant, empathetic people in our world today.”

Mulvaney, once a social media star and one of the most recognizable transgender people in the United States, has maintained a low profile over the past few years since an advertising debacle featuring the influencer tanked the stock of a major beer company.

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But Mulvaney was thrust back into the spotlight after Trump’s WHCA Dinner joke comparing the transgender influencer to Collins, a longtime media foe of the 45th and 47th president.

“I thought Kaitlan Collins had really made it big with a major new sponsorship, but then I informed her that it wasn’t her on the Bud Light can, it was Dylan Mulvaney,” he said, referencing the beer brand’s failed marketing campaign.

In 2023, Bud Light partnered with Mulvaney for a March Madness promotion. On Instagram, Mulvaney posted a video featuring a Bud Light can with their face on it, sparking intense backlash, a prolonged boycott and a more than $27 billion loss in market cap for Anheuser-Busch.

“To the president, thank you for reminding me that I am more powerful than I even knew,” Mulvaney said in the Sunday video. “And to quote my favorite recording artist, Shea Diamond, ‘I am America.’”

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Trump took his time roasting Collins in his hour-and-four-minute remarks at the WHCA Dinner on Friday.

Besides comparing her to a biological male who transitioned to female in a TikTok series where they would chronicle every day of ‘becoming a girl,’ Trump also took a swipe at her apparently steely demeanor.

“I want to personally congratulate CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on receiving her award. It was all about me. It’s a fake. She shouldn’t get the award. It was a fake, but I didn’t mind. I said, ‘Kaitlan, congratulations.’ But it was fake. There’s no question about it,” Trump said.

Collins received the WHCA Award for Excellence in Presidential News Coverage Under Deadline Pressure for broadcast due to her reporting on the contentious Oval Office meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Trump in February 2025.

“But she’s a young, attractive woman,” Trump went on, adding, “She never smiles. I said, ‘Kaitlan, do you ever smile? Smile. You have a nice position. You’re at CNN — fake news. You should be a happy person. So smile, Kaitlan. Just smile.'”

Collins appeared to respond to Trump’s jokes at her expense in an Instagram post over the weekend featuring a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt.

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent,” the quote said.

CNN’s public relations team also posted a statement on X after Trump’s remarks about one of their biggest stars.

“We stand by our journalists and the integrity and fair mindedness with which the CNN team reports the news,” the statement, attributed to Chairman and CEO Mark Thompson, said.

“Honest, accurate journalism may sometimes irritate politicians, but our right to report and present that reporting to the public without government interference is fully protected by the U.S. Constitution. CNN will continue to exercise this right.”

Gilson, who had recently filed a protective order against her husband, 48-year-old Jeremiah “Shawn” Duffey, posted the TikTok video on July 11. It was captioned, “Preparing for when Netflix drops a documentary about my soon to be ex husband who I just found out is a pedophile.” The video was still visible on her account as of Saturday.

Thirteen days after she posted that video, police reportedly responded to a domestic call on July 24 at 41-year-old Gilson’s home. When officers arrived, they found Gilson and Duffey dead from apparent gunshot wounds, according to local outlet KTUL.

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KTUL cited an extended family member who identified the pair as the dead bodies in the home and said that Jeremiah, who went by Shawn, allegedly broke into the home, killed Sara and then himself. Police confirmed the couple’s identities, according to local outlet KRMG, but did not say if it was a murder-suicide.

Police insisted there was no threat to the public at this time, according to KRMG.

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Authorities also said that the 911 call came from a juvenile in the house, the local media outlets reported.

Duffey had been ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from Gilson as part of her June 10 protective order against him.

On the same day she filed her protective order, another woman filed for a separate protective order against Duffey after he was allegedly spotted “kissing and fondling” her 15-year-old daughter, who played on the youth basketball team Duffey coached, according to The Oklahoman.

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Duffey had allegedly been sending the girl inappropriate messages and had given her money “to keep her quiet,” the outlet reported.

After the coach was allegedly spotted with the girl, a report had been filed to the Owasso Police Department.

Gilson had also filed two previous protective orders against Duffey, though both were dismissed after Gilson failed to appear at the hearings, People reported.

Gilson and Duffey had reportedly shared children of their own.

Fox News Digital contacted the Owasso Police Department for confirmation and further details.

The 20-year-old internet personality, whose real name is Braden Peters, sat down with Fox News host Sean Hannity for the July 21 episode of “Hang Out with Sean Hannity.” When asked about his content strategy and his views on women, Clavicular defended his “looksmaxxing” movement and accusations that it promotes “incel culture.”

“People will often try to associate looksmaxxing with incel culture and being super resentful of women, when it’s actually the antithesis of that, right?” he said. “Looksmaxxing is trying to escape inceldom, if anything, so for that link to try to be made makes no sense to me whatsoever.”

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“Looksmaxxing” is a strict health regimen that is meant to perfect one’s appearance, and includes practices such as taking stimulants and bone smashing, which Clavicular describes as striking your facial bones with a hammer in an effort to stimulate bone growth.

The streamer also mused about how incel culture may be affecting the dating scene and connections between men and women.

“Every time I talk about hypergamy and why the dating market is hard, I’ll talk about how maybe women on dating apps will go for the top profiles and this and that,” he said. “But then I’ll also say right after, you know, can you really blame them with the generation of men that’s out there for them? So I think it’s a problem on both sides. It’s not just women, it’s not just men — it is holistic.”

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Clavicular was previously pressed about whether he identifies as an incel during a tense sit-down interview with “60 Minutes Australia” correspondent Adam Hegarty in April. He lashed out at the reporter and criticized the question.

“I mean, how could you ask me that question as a follow-up after you asked me about my relationships to women?” he replied. “I mean, that’s quite literally the worst sequence of questions I think I’ve ever heard.” 

Hegarty repeatedly pressed Clavicular about his alleged ties to the incel community and his connection to fellow internet personality Andrew Tate, but he denied any links to the group.

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“I’m not linked to that group in any way,” he countered. “Looksmaxxing is self-improvement, right? So it’s about potentially even ascending out of that category. So that would be kind of one of the goals — to dissociate from being an incel and overcome that. So that doesn’t make sense.”

Clavicular ended the interview abruptly, storming off the set.

Conversely, Hannity left Clavicular with some encouraging words after their wide-ranging conversation, wishing him “all the success in the world” and advising him to be “careful.”

The controversial viral star was arrested in March on a battery charge after police alleged he instigated a fight between two women and posted the video to social media. The incident sparked additional concerns about his treatment of women, especially on his livestreams.

Fox News’ Nora Moriarty contributed to this story.

The 20-year-old internet personality, whose real name is Braden Peters, sat down with Fox News host Sean Hannity for the July 21 episode of “Hang Out with Sean Hannity.” When asked about his content strategy and his views on women, Clavicular defended his “looksmaxxing” movement and accusations that it promotes “incel culture.”

“People will often try to associate looksmaxxing with incel culture and being super resentful of women, when it’s actually the antithesis of that, right?” he said. “Looksmaxxing is trying to escape inceldom, if anything, so for that link to try to be made makes no sense to me whatsoever.”

CONTROVERSIAL STREAMER CLAVICULAR EXPLAINS VIRAL ‘LOOKSMAXXING’ TREND AS GEN Z ADOPTS EXTREME REGIMEN

“Looksmaxxing” is a strict health regimen that is meant to perfect one’s appearance, and includes practices such as taking stimulants and bone smashing, which Clavicular describes as striking your facial bones with a hammer in an effort to stimulate bone growth.

The streamer also mused about how incel culture may be affecting the dating scene and connections between men and women.

“Every time I talk about hypergamy and why the dating market is hard, I’ll talk about how maybe women on dating apps will go for the top profiles and this and that,” he said. “But then I’ll also say right after, you know, can you really blame them with the generation of men that’s out there for them? So I think it’s a problem on both sides. It’s not just women, it’s not just men — it is holistic.”

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Clavicular was previously pressed about whether he identifies as an incel during a tense sit-down interview with “60 Minutes Australia” correspondent Adam Hegarty in April. He lashed out at the reporter and criticized the question.

“I mean, how could you ask me that question as a follow-up after you asked me about my relationships to women?” he replied. “I mean, that’s quite literally the worst sequence of questions I think I’ve ever heard.” 

Hegarty repeatedly pressed Clavicular about his alleged ties to the incel community and his connection to fellow internet personality Andrew Tate, but he denied any links to the group.

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“I’m not linked to that group in any way,” he countered. “Looksmaxxing is self-improvement, right? So it’s about potentially even ascending out of that category. So that would be kind of one of the goals — to dissociate from being an incel and overcome that. So that doesn’t make sense.”

Clavicular ended the interview abruptly, storming off the set.

Conversely, Hannity left Clavicular with some encouraging words after their wide-ranging conversation, wishing him “all the success in the world” and advising him to be “careful.”

The controversial viral star was arrested in March on a battery charge after police alleged he instigated a fight between two women and posted the video to social media. The incident sparked additional concerns about his treatment of women, especially on his livestreams.

Fox News’ Nora Moriarty contributed to this story.

Video obtained by Viral Press shows a black tar-like substance splattered across numerous appliances in the kitchen, plus overflowing piles of grimy trash and excessively stained couches.

In the video, gray and yellow paint can be seen streaked across the walls and ceiling of the high-end home in Samut Prakan. The home was once valued at around $658,000 (22 million baht), the Bangkok Post reported. 

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The kitchen was shown littered with pots, tools and bowls, the video indicated — plus a kettle, blender and other equipment were covered in the grimy black substance. 

In addition to piles of garbage, a cardboard box was filled with bottles, cans and additional trash.

In a shocking development, the 32-year-old influencer drowned after jumping in a lake, according to the Bangkok Post.

Police in Samut Prakan province, about 16 miles south of Bangkok, were called Tuesday afternoon after receiving a report that a man was behaving erratically, the Bangkok Post and Thairath reported.

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A staff member at the residential village recorded video of Murphy before he went into a nearby lake, according to Khaosod English.

The fitness influencer allegedly argued with a security guard at the rental property, the Bangkok Post reported.

Witnesses told Khaosod English that Murphy swam for several minutes before he seemed to lose strength, adding that they did not try to enter the water because the lake was more than 10 meters — almost 33 feet — deep.

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Divers from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation searched for about 30 minutes before finding Murphy roughly 20 meters from shore.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Samut Prakan Provincial Police Headquarters and Tourist Police Bureau for comment.

Police told Thai media that an initial examination found no visible signs of assault. Murphy’s body was sent to Ramathibodi Chakri Naruebodindra Hospital for a post-mortem examination, they added.

Full autopsy and toxicology findings are pending, Khaosod English noted.

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Murphy and his girlfriend had been staying at the luxury villa under a three-month rental agreement, according to the Bangkok Post.

Bee told police the damage appeared to have happened overnight while she was asleep in another room, the Bangkok Post reported.

Murphy had more than 2.7 million followers across YouTube and Instagram, where he posted bodybuilding and fitness content.

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He said he was part of the looksmaxxing community — a male-dominated subculture associated with creator Clavicular — focused on fitness and improvements in physical appearance, sometimes through extreme measures.

His social media pages appear to have last been updated on July 3, when he posted a video of himself kicking around a soccer ball inside a luxury home. 

Murphy’s last YouTube post was six days before his death, according to reports.

The investigation is ongoing.

Kelly McGreal of Fox News Digital contributed reporting.