Maybe he’s born with it? Ossoff’s makeup-ad meltdown gets a hilarious sequel

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Sen. Jon Ossoff demanded that an AI-generated attack ad mocking his campaign’s makeup spending be taken down.
Republican challenger Mike Collins’ team responded Tuesday with a brand-new cartoon ad putting Ossoff right back in the beauty chair.
The underlying campaign filings show Ossoff’s campaign paid $2,887.33 for “makeup services” this year.

Jon Ossoff wanted the makeup ad gone.

Mike Collins apparently heard: Make another one.

The Georgia Senate race took another turn toward political comedy Tuesday when Collins’ campaign released a new cartoon attack ad mocking Ossoff’s campaign spending on makeup — and his demand that an earlier ad targeting that spending be removed.

The original spot came from the Republican-aligned Senate Leadership Fund.

It used AI-generated images depicting Ossoff receiving salon treatments while a narrator mocked the Democratic senator as a “pretty boy” and told him to “put down the mascara and join the real world.”

Ossoff wasn’t amused.

“The ad should come down immediately,” Ossoff said earlier this month, objecting specifically to its use of artificial intelligence.

Ossoff called the ad “deceptive” and warned that AI-generated political advertising represented a “slippery slope toward the destruction of truth in political debate.”

The underlying makeup spending, however, is real.

Ossoff threw a fit and tried to get an ad he didn’t like taken off television – so we made him another one.

No amount of concealer can cover up Ossoff’s ugly record, and no amount of complaining is going to stop Georgians from seeing it. https://t.co/VJJX1v8b5d pic.twitter.com/SRs0E1Yq2t

— Mike Collins War Room (@TeamOverhaulGA) September 15, 2026

Federal campaign filings show Ossoff’s campaign paid Atlanta makeup artist Stephanie Ponder $2,887.33 for “makeup services” this year.

That was enough material for Collins’ campaign to decide Ossoff needed a sequel.

“Ossoff threw a fit and tried to get an ad he didn’t like taken off television — so we made him another one,” the Mike Collins War Room announced Tuesday.

The new cartoon spot again puts Ossoff through the beauty routine, complete with hair foils and under-eye patches.

“No amount of concealer can cover up Ossoff’s ugly record,” Collins’ campaign declared, “and no amount of complaining is going to stop Georgians from seeing it.”

The makeup attacks began after reporting on Ossoff’s campaign expenditures showed his spending exceeded that reported this year by some of Washington’s most prominent female politicians.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Ossoff’s $2,887 makeup tab topped Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s reported $1,837.93 and Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s $320.

There is nothing inherently unusual about politicians wearing makeup for television appearances. Professionals in the industry told the AJC that makeup can be a practical necessity under high-definition cameras and harsh studio lighting.

But this is a Senate campaign.

And once your opponent has turned your beauty budget into an attack ad, demanding that the attack ad disappear carries a certain risk.

Namely, getting another attack ad.

MY QUICK TAKE

Political rule No. 347: When your opponent is making fun of your makeup budget, do not hold a press conference demanding that everyone stop looking at the makeup ad.