During the
January 6 Insurrection in 2021, Spehar created a short video addressed to then-Vice President
Mike Pence while crouched under a desk.[4][6] The video took off, and Spehar continued to make videos focusing on explaining current events simply.[4]
After UnderTheDeskNews gained popularity, Spehar was hired to oversee the
Los Angeles Times' TikTok account for six months.[1][6] They also signed with Lemonada Media to produce V Interesting, a weekly podcast which expanded Spehar's news coverage, which launched in 2022.[1][2][7]
Spehar attended
VidCon in June 2022.[4] The following month, they received a New York Commendation Award for their journalistic efforts.[8] In September 2022 Spehar appeared on the
Today Show.[9] By October 2022, Spehar's TikTok had 2.7 million followers.[10][11] That same month, Spehar was one of several TikTok
influencers to be invited to attend briefings at the White House on the
Inflation Reduction Act and on encouraging voter turnout for the
2022 Midterm Elections.[10][11]Barack Obama worked with the invitees to create videos encouraging voter turnout.[12][13] In November 2022 Spehar covered the
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on their and
NBC's TikTok accounts.[14]
In March 2023 Spehar attended the congressional hearing on the
RESTRICT Act, during which they sat directly behind
Shou Zi Chew, the CEO of TikTok. Spehar criticized the proposed act both on their TikTok account and in-person at a press conference hosted by Rep.
Jamaal Bowman the day before the hearing.[15][16][17][18]
In late March Spehar appeared as a guest of
Mercury Stardust's 30-hour livestream, which in total raised more than $2 million for transgender healthcare.[19]