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A report aired on The Project featuring a mother confronting the man she believes is responsible for her son’s death has divided viewers.
While some found the segment – which dealt with extreme body modification, BDSM relationships, and potential abuse – to be “compelling”, others were disturbed by what they considered “inappropriate” or “exploitative”.
Tuesday’s episode followed Lynda Chapman, who has been looking for answers after her 28-year-old son Jack died in the US, where he lived, under unusual circumstances three weeks ago.
Jack had been in a master-submissive relationship with Dylan Hafertepen. He was just one of several “pups” and had taken his last name.
“It was devotion, it was like some sort of clan, family, like a cult. And to prove their devotion to him they had to change their bodies,” Lynda said.
Reporter Hamish Macdonald explained that Jack had transformed his body through bodybuilding in the years since he began a relationship with Dylan, but that he had also been using silicone to enlarge his testicles.
Jack died of what is called silicone injection syndrome, where illegally injected silicone liquid reaches the tiny blood vessels in the lungs and causes inflammation.
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