James Charles is not thrilled with the celebrity
shout out site, Cameo.
Over the weekend, he took to Twitter to slam
the app and accused them of trying to profit
off of the Coronavirus.
What’s up y’all?
It’s Emile Ennis Jr. here with Clevver News
and it looks like James Charles is involved
with some more online drama, but this time
it’s not with another influencer, it’s
with an entire website.
On Saturday, he tweeted, lashing out at the
app Cameo.
For those who don’t know, Cameo is a platform
where celebrities can communicate with their
fans by making them a video.
For a variety of fees spanning from $10 to
$1000 depending on the celebrity, fans can
purchase a personalized video message from
their favorite celeb.
They’ve got athletes, reality stars, musicians,
actors, YouTubers, and more.
It’s a perfect graduation present or birthday
gift for a superfan friend.
The videos look a little something like this
one from Jerry who was on the Netflix show,
Cheer.
Seems all fine and dandy right?
Well, not exactly.
James posted a screenshot of an email he allegedly
received from Cameo in a since deleted tweet.
The email said quote, “Hey James, Hope you’re
home and staying safe amid all the craziness
happening in the world!
I don’t know if your events have been affected
by the pandemic, but we’ve seen a growing
number of talent joining Cameo to stay connected
with fans from the safety of their homes,
while also having an additional revenue stream
as things get postponed.”
And James was not happy with the fact that
the company was trying to capitalize off this
global pandemic.
He took to Twitter to share his thoughts.
James wrote quote, “Hi @BookCameo I’ve
asked you privately to stop emailing me and
now I’m going to do it publicly!
I interact with my fans for free every day
because it’s my job and I love them!
Your website that charges for that is pathetic
and so is your email pitch to profit off a
deadly virus.”
I want to know what you guys think of this.
Are you with James on this one?
Do you think they were trying to make money
off the coronavirus?
Or do you think that Cameo was just doing
their job and reaching out?
Get that conversation started down in the
comments below.
And some fans agreed with James.
One person took to Twitter and said quote,
“I love how they word it like they’re
sooooo great helping influencers have a second
stream of income like they aren’t profiting
majorly off it or anything lol plus the whole
idea behind cameo is gross and conceded”
And James actually replied to this fan saying
quote, “The whole website concept is disgusting
and I’ve avoided discussing it because I
don’t want to shade any of the influencers
that do choose to use it but this email sent
me over the edge”
But others disagreed with James completely.
One person wrote quote, “I’m so confused
why is @BookCameo disgusting?
Fans are guaranteed personal shoutouts from
their favorite creators.
Everything is shutting down so fans can’t
go to their favorite sports game or any meet
and greets because they are canceling so this
might be a good thing!”
And another said quote, “Yes the emails
are of poor taste and they shouldn’t be
bothering you if you’ve asked them to stop.
But how is paying for a personalized video
from an influencer disgusting when you yourself
charge for meet and greets?
What’s the difference”
And they make some good points!
I’m really curious to know what you guys
think of all this!
But James wasn’t only calling out Cameo
this weekend, he was working on a pretty exciting
project that drops this Friday.
He did the queen of Tik Tok, Charli D'Amelio’s,
makeup!
And Charli star shared a preview of their
collab on her Instagram story on Saturday.
On the story she wrote quote, “video coming
friday… @jamescharles.”
And fans can’t wait!
One person wrote quote, “anyone else excited
for the Charli DAmelio and James Charles collab?
cuz it's currently the only thing getting
me through this quarantined week...
Friday plz come sooner.”
And another added that quote, “OMG James
did Charli's makeup you guys!!!
She's already so beautiful but with James's
makeup skills she's going to look NEXT LEVEL”
And we agree!
We can’t wait to watch their collab this
Friday.
I’m sure we will be getting plenty of Tik
Tok content from them too!
But I want to know what you guys think.
Are you looking forward to seeing James do
Charli’s makeup?
And who else would you love to see James collab
with?
Let me know down in the comments below.
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Thanks so much for watching, I’m Emile Ennis
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