This $1 Million Ad Gives ‘Toxic’ Reality Star A Whole New Meaning

“I did not come here to make friends,” the reality TV star says. “I came here to cause chest pain, nausea and vomiting.”

She redefines how a dating show contestant can be tasteless ― and odorless. Her name is Carbon Monoxide.

“But you can call me C. Mo,” she introduces herself in a Bravo-style title card. “As in see mo’ life-threatening health problems.”

She’s just one of the noxious cast members on “ found that ventilation helps, reviewers concluded the best way to minimize exposure to dangerous pollutants was to switch to an electric stove. Nearly 70% of American homes already use electric appliances for cooking, federal statistics show. But less than 5% of electric ranges sold in the U.S. use the induction technology touted by chefs as preferable to gas.

Cooking with gas generates roughly 0.1% of total U.S. emissions each year, according to an analysis of federal data by the University of California, Davis.

But gas stoves leak roughly 1% of the gas they use as unburned methane, a powerful heat-trapping gas. At this rate, yearly leaks from all natural gas stoves in the U.S. take an equivalent toll on the climate as the annual carbon dioxide emissions from 500,000 passenger vehicles, according to a recent peer-reviewed study from researchers at Stanford University and the laboratory PSE Healthy Energy. Gas used for heating, meanwhile, generates between six and 16 times as much planet-heating pollution, and the same pipeline network that feeds furnaces supplies stovetops.

Advocates looking for ways to make slashing planet-heating emissions a more visceral concern have played up gas appliances’ toxic air pollutants as a way to increase public support for regulations restricting fossil fuel use.

Following the launch of the Halloween-themed ad in October and this latest video, Gas Leaks aims to release another viral-worthy clip in April, with plans to publish at least a handful more before the end of the year.

“We hope that people will take away a little more education and methane literacy,” Hadgis said. “Nitrogen [dioxide], carbon monoxide, formaldehyde ― by bringing them to life, we hope that this will stay with people and help them retain what’s actually toxic about gas in your home.”