The door to Congress may have closed but a very lucrative door opened for George Santos. Almost immediately, Santos joined Cameo and started making personalized video messages, successfully charging $75 – $500 per video. According to Santos, he surpassed his congressional salary of $174,000 in just a few days.
George Santos is not the first in the political world to be on Cameo. Rudy Guiliani, Sarah Palin, and Senator John Fetterman (who used Cameo to buy a video featuring Snooki trolling Dr. Oz, and also hired George Santos to troll “Gold Bar” Menendez). The CEO of Cameo, Steven Galanis, commented on Santos and his massive success so far, charging anywhere from $75 – $500 for videos.
“The response has been amazing, and he’s getting even more popular as the days go on,” CEO Steven Galanis said. With a valuation of $1 Billion and 50,000 talents selling the Cameo videos, Santos has defied the odds with this success. George Santos joining Cameo has been one of the most successful launches of a new Cameo creator.
What is Cameo?
According to their website, “Cameo is the leading marketplace connecting fans directly with tens of thousands of pop culture personalities through customized video messages, live video calls, and direct messages. Founded in March 2017 by Steven Galanis, Devon Townsend, and Martin Blencowe, Cameo’s mission is to enable the most personalized and authentic fan connections on earth.”
Here are some of the celebrities you can find on Cameo.
Cameo and the personalities making the videos make it clear that their videos are not their points of view, making it pretty fair game for anything. Suggestions for messages include birthday, pep talks, roast, advice, or whatever as long as the Cameo star is down to do it.
“Obviously there’s a monetary benefit–I’m not here doing it for charity–but the other aspect is to remind these [a*******] who think they’re holier-than-thou that they will be forgotten in history and I will live forever period…”
-George Santos in an interview with the Daily Beast
As terrible of a congressman Santos was, this Post-Congressman Santos is someone who many wouldn’t mind watching as a reality show guilty pleasure. Even with all the impending charges to fight, George Santos’s political aspirations aren’t going away any time soon. There is no telling when this trainwreck will end so until then, Santos will be working on his next project: avoiding jail time.
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“What could we do to get you to go away?”
Ex-Congressman Santos let his guard down for an interview with Ziwe, a comedian who asks the questions we want to hear in a way that makes it entertaining. Check out the interview below.
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