In what should surprise absolutely no one, Byron C. Clark, telemarketer-turned-activist and the self-published author of the fiction novel Fear, has taken to Bluesky Social to cheerlead for yet another character assassination campaign against figures like Winston Peters, Rhys Williams, Sean Plunket, Vlad Barbalich, Cam Slater and the broader NZ First movement. This time, he is proudly championing a hit-piece penned by Andrea Vance and Charlie Mitchell.
But Clark did not stop there. In an astonishing display of moral confusion, he decided to defend the now-infamous actions of Samuel Hudson, dismissing them with the casual euphemism of “sex work.” Yes, the same Samuel Hudson who, based on widespread allegations and viral audio, appears to have filmed himself masturbating in public onto Big Mac burgers and ‘pleasuring’ himself in the anus with a carrot. Some of these videos alledgley had others audible in the background. Clark’s response? A flippant shrug.
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"Also, while it's ghoulish of Rhys Williams and his ilk to go after this young journalist for also doing sex work, I'm sure anyone who's tried to make a living off journalism in recent years is less morally outraged and more thinking 'I get it,'" Clark wrote.
Let’s be clear. Public masturbation is illegal. This is not a conversation about economic hardship or journalism's declining revenue streams. This is about basic decency and the rule of law. No, Byron, you cannot just film yourself ejaculating into a Big Mac, in public and call it “sex work” because someone might have paid you for it. That is not progressive. That is grotesque.
Parents across the country are rightly appalled. A person presenting himself as a journalist, while allegedly lying about his donations, running a fringe news website, and now facing a police investigation, is being publicly defended by someone who positions himself as a moral compass for the left. An audio clip making the rounds on X allegedly captures Hudson whispering, "This feels illegal." That is because it is. Two police complaints have already been filed.
