Celebrities Will Say Almost Anything on Cameo For The Right Price
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2019
- It sounds like an episode of "Black Mirror": Celebrities recording videos saying almost anything asked of them, on-demand. But plenty of famous and not-so-famous names are doing it, for a price, as part of the talent roster of the Cameo app.
"We've seen gender announcements, engagement announcements, all types of different things,” Cameo CEO Steven Galanis told VICE News. There's about 18,000 "talents" to choose from to record your own personalized announcement, from no-name "influencers" who command as little as a dollar a video, to celebrities like Charlie Sheen and Brett Favre, who charge around $500 and up.
Founded in 2016 by three college friends, Cameo now has an estimated $300 million valuation. As the requests come in, celebrities fulfill them, and Cameo takes a cut.
But sometimes the requests can be dubious, like the time in December 2018 when Favre was asked to recite what turned about to be coded anti-Semitic propaganda. Cameo told VICE News they've since developed tech to prevent such requests, and that Favre is now an investor.
But still, why would anyone subject themselves to the whims of fans who might not always have the noblest of intentions? when requesting a video from someone like, say, Gilbert Gottfried?
“Fame is a weird thing: It gets to be kind of a drug,” Gottfriend told VICE News. “
“About half of what it takes to have a successful career is just reminding people you’re still here.”
And then there's the money: Since Gottfried joined Cameo, in December, he's done about 1,600 recordings, and we estimated he's earned almost a quarter of a million dollars in those nine months. Cameo takes 25 percent.
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There's about 18,000 "talents" to choose from to record your own personalized announcement, from no-name "influencers" who command as little as a dollar a video, to celebrities like Charlie Sheen and Brett Favre, who charge around $500 and up.
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Do a VICE interview with Gilbert Gottfried, I wanna hear more of his inner thoughts
I wish they wouldn't put losers from youtube and tiktok on there. Who gives a damn about those no-name people? Some of the celebrities charge outrageous prices too. For example, Scott Stapp, the frontman for the defunked has-been band Creed charges $500. Two of the Wayans brothers are on there and they each charge $1,000. Are you shitting me? I will say that a lot of the people on there are very reasonable with their prices.
So everyone is a prostitute in some way
Nekminute sort of virtual oral prostitutes
According to you apparently everyone who has a job is a prostitute. Ok
Clx Ma we’re all corporate prostitutes in this global economy controlled by big business
It’s the way of the world. Dignity has a price for most of our species, so much so that we distrust those in power that are honest
That's what work is.
Who paid $550 to talk to Charlie Sheen? Lol
@@phillylove7290 *the origin of aids
That’s for his medication
@Jimmy can you be a little bit more specific, transphobe? You're referring to Caitlynn Jenner in a post about Charlie Sheen?? You don't have many friends..do you?
@@davidbenjamin9400 For real who would be crazy enough pay 2500 for a boy in girl clothes.
They record a 30 second message for you, you don't get to chat with them.
These are the kinds of ideas I hear about and think "F*ck why did I not think of that?"
dude that was my first reaction to this
Yeah but you need a good chunk of start up cash for this kind of thing
It's hard for them to get to this point because they would need connections to the celebrities.
@Bruhhh i think that app or service rather already exists
can we get a discord going for people like this? LMAO
I wanna pay Gilbert Gottfried to talk to customer service for me about my cable bill on the phone
Damn it man I spit the water out off my mouth 😂
facts
I wanna pay him to say Markiplier is a better let’s player than Pewdiepie because he loves to drink milk.
Hahaha you’ll probably end up with a free phone or banned from that provider for life.
This literally made me laugh hard 😂
"Hi, this is Gilbert Gotfried. Hey Jeffrey Epstein, I heard what you did, and that isn't very poggers."
They take 25% DAMM, I wish I thought about this
Not even bumpy took 20 percent.
Blue dog shit
While you are wishing why not wish for inventing amazon shoot the moon!
Probably going to be copied for less %
@@brettfaver5871 😂😂😂
This seems cool for a comedic message - some of those that Gilbert Gottfried was talking about - but to pay a celebrity for them to pretend they're someone's friend is just cringy
Cameo the TikTok for Celebs
Lmao yes
... And it is not even free of charge 😂😂😂
best idea ever ....and it has actual celebs....
@@brittanybonnie1478 For the most part. Sadly, the site is flooded with "celebs" who are no-name "musicians" or just losers on youtube and tiktok.
I paid for Eric coston to say rollerblading is better than skateboarding and he didn’t do it
💀
Lmao
Koston....
Probably because you spelled his name wrong
Dj Sickbeatz probably cause I told him to say rollerblading is better than skateboarding
Gilbert Gottfried was definitely the best on the site,purely because of the fact he would make sure you got your money worth by saying whatever you send him,unlike most cameos who have limits. His videos were definitely some of the funniest on Cold Ones
imagine your neighbor paying caitlyn jenner to tell you to stop playing porn at 3 am
I’m trying to hold in my laugh rn
This apps is created specially for Morgan Freeman, Sam Elliot and Amitabh Bachan..
I agree as if you have that voice, you are bankable..
And Gilbert don’t forget gilbert
morgan freeman is literally the first person i was looking for lmao, having him narrate something for my channel would be awesome lmao
Amitabh Bachchan has a net worth of $400 million. It's not worth his time.
@@SatyajeetGaur Check out his Twitter TL 😂😂 , You'd be surprised .
Imagine if Samuel Jackson was on Cameo. It'll break the Internet and my pockets. Lol
He is on Masterclass
Speaking of humbling... you took the hyphen out of Ice-T's name... that'll show him.
Underrated.
All the Gilbert's together sounded like the seagulls screaming mine, mine, mine. Lol
Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!
So many people angry about this app.
It’s not like anyone is forcing you to use it.
But if someone wants to get a shout out from their favorite celeb.
What’s so bad about that?
How is it any different than going to comic con and paying hundreds of dollars for selfies and autographs with celebs?
@Rocketman Some of them are sincere and do care about their fans.
I bought one from horror director
Adam Green. He was really cool.
He didn’t just just say hi and bye.
He actually told me some cool behind the scenes stuff about my favorite movie of his.
Nice guy.
I agree. It's another performance for the celebrity and the fan is like the movie or TV producer paying them to play a part. It's a win for both in my opinion.
Why does someone have to force you to do something for you to be able to be angry about it? it's perfectly ok to disagree with things even if they don't remotely affect you.
I guess it's different because when you meet them in person in say a con, and you ask them to wish you a happy birthday or give your parent a shout out, they might do it for free, not all of them but some might. But here, you have to pay for literally get wished a good day.
putting a monetary value on a conversation just unsettles me and i can’t shake that off
obligated to talk? it’s not even talking, you’re paying to see somebody hollowly dance around on your screen. if you have an aspiration to do that, does that not make you an idiot yourself?
its Facebook if you payed with hard cash
@forsenCD it's called fan service, they do it to you know keep their fans...
Ever looked at meet and greet?
Because it makes people buy their stuff, which in return gets them hired.
I personally don't care about celebrities at all, so whatever.
It's basically what the geisha did, isn't it?
It's a performance.
gilbert is always in character...its amazing...
It must be humbling to read a script written by us common folk
Gilbert is the MAN, and a living LEGEND😁👍
😔
@@topgtom R.I.P.🙏
The Gilbert Godfrey collage sounded like a bunch of zombie seagulls
Charlie Sheen aint worth $550 at all
He's still WINNING!
Ikr
I'd pay $600 to smoke crack with him.
aids,bro
I'll pay 700 to do a line of cocaine with him
Please do a VICE interview with Gilbert Gottfried, he’d give a great take on what gets “famous” people down, and give an extrapolative insight into why they do what they do
I second this!!
@@triple7marc too late 😥
Wow, so this is depressing af.
And of course Charlie Sheen shows up
You are using the word "celebrity " very lose
She said "micro celebs" lol
@@newbutthunt who's they
@@Bob-hi2xh
The cult that wears the small hats. The ones that hate anyone that isn't ✡.
@@newbutthunt the Shriners??
The guy said it well, you might see them as a b or c list celebrity, but they might be someone's all time favour
Who the hell are paying these people to do this? Lmfao
This is somehow old in Japan. Personalized Idol videos and letters are common.
@PapaGeorg10 just because you don't know them doesn't mean they don't exist
@PapaGeorg10 And why are they not celebrities?
japan has done pretty much everything before anyone else
I love that Gilbert Gottfried has a poster of Groucho Marx in his living room!
If Cameo was around 20 years ago the Different Strokes cast would still be alive.
Dana Plato died in 1999 after overdosing on painkillers, and had had problems with drugs and alcohols since the 80s. Gary Coleman had serious health problems independent of the show. I understand your logic, but it doesn't seem to apply in these two cases.
Politicians have been doing this for ages
You won the comment intellect award.. well said ha
I love the line “We literally run the gamut from priest to pornstar” so much.
Elle Reeve seems to make herself comfortable everywhere she does an interview 😂
I would love to clean her toes with my tongue
She’s great
She is so beautiful to me
@@DaNiggha what the duck
@@DaNiggha I find this too funny for me to be concerned
@4:47 woah, Gilbert Gottfried used his normal voice.
His name is Iago
😂
Look up his real voice on Howard stern. You would be blown away, because this ain't it... this ain't even close.
@Joshua you ever see the videos when Gilbert was on Norm McDonald's UA-cam show? Classic!
Gilbert Gottfried is an American treasure he is the best of the best of the best point blank.
RIP
😥
“90% of a career is reminding people you are still alive.”
Love the concept, but disappointed at how low-grade the videos are. Some of them don't put any effort in at all.
That's the point from what I've seen. It's like buying a "genuine" (lol) moment from them.
This service is weird.
What a waste of money
Integrity, not here.
I have a sad story of meeting the voice actor of my favorite anime, I was SUPER excited in line, 100's of people waiting to meet him, and I went up as one of first and explained my tattoo based on the anime and they guy looked like he could care less "oh cool." His buddy in the back was just smiling literally throwing the money fan's pay to see him in a trash bag. It was super depressing after and made me feel really off. Alot of anime cons like that, it's depressing seeing B-list actors waiting there for someone to approach there empty booth.
I hope you learned out of that.
Being a fan is utterly pointless.
Your first clue should have been 'hundreds of people waiting...'
Being slowly consumed by fans can't be much fun, either.
@@moonharp Yeah one of the things about being famous is that, as a human being, you can't possibly interact "properly" with every fan. If someone like Will Smith or Jim Carrey stopped on the street to talk to fans, they'd be standing there forever, answering the same questions over and over. Not to mention the more obsessive fans parodied in "The King of Comedy."
May i ask what anime it was?
Well, that sucks. Sorry people have to go through shitty moments at cons.
Idk if it's just me but I tend to like B-list actors, both live action and voice ones, more so than the popular ones who have thousands of fans in line.
Let's start a GoFundMe to get as many celebrities as possible to claim "Epstein didn't kill himself."
i feel like half of them would be dumb enough to say it without thinking
lmao look up 'gilbert gotfried poggers' ludwig (a twitch streamer) got u covered
Black Mirror isn't fiction, it's trolling.
I dont like this black mirror episode
😂
R.I.P Gilbert Gottfried 😂😂
Is Danny devito on their? I’d pay an obscene amount
he’s too famous
@@stew8684 Danny is too famous to be on Cameo. He got that bank flowing without doing anything.
I think the best use for this is C-B list celebs that you personally like that you'd love to ask a question about. IE take smaller shows or sci-fi shows. Like I have tons of questions I'd love to ask about shows like Star Trek and Stargate, questions about the process, how much gets ad-libbed, what was it like on set, what was the funniest story, if you weren't cancelled, what would you of liked to see happen with your character? Things that either don't have time to get answered, aren't appropriate for TV interviews (Ie swearing, specific subjects considered not family friendly) or similar.
It's not that different from paying to go to comic con and seeing a panel, or otherwise paying to try to meet the celebrity to ask something. At least this way you can have a higher chance of getting your question answered directly, with out the person being bogged down or in "convention" mode. And the person in question knows exactly what they are getting into. Better than being accosted in person when you're trying to just live life.
I don't think that paying such a high price would generally be worth it, but for those out there with smaller favorites from movies and TV who want to ask a question that would otherwise absolutely be missed, well, it's pretty cool.
That all said, parasocial relationships and celebrity culture are their own kind of can of worms, but to ask questions about a show or the process or hypotheticals about a character from the actors perspective, that's pretty cool to me. That's less worship about the actor themselves and more asking questions about their job.
This is weird. I don't like it. But such is capitalism.
I feel like this is like glorified streaming. Demanding money for "real time interaction" but what are they really talking to you for if not for themselves?
Some Cameo's you can book a private or group call to talk to the celeb rather than having a message made. These are the ones that are far closer to interaction. Some people are also cool talking about basically anything.
Gottfried low-key looks like Hamoud Habibi if he immigrated to new york.
Staying poor to make someone rich, richer..... we love to do this in America 😍
Especially in these pandemic times... 😍
Yup. It’s the sheeple’s way.
this is completely avoidable and is on you if you buy it. out of all the things you couldve said, cameo shouldnt be one of them.
It’s called having fun seeing celebrities say stupid things
@@chanhjohnnguyen1867 its called being a sad sucker who spends 100s of dollars that he or she earned working like a slave for some elite and spending it to get some well known human to say something.
Lol gilbert Gottfried!! I never expected him to be on there lol
3:30 - 3:39 : what? If anything, this sort of service elevates celebrities even higher.
As if if celebmania wasn't bad enough.
This is the final months of a D grade celebrity or TV personality.. they can't pay for the loans because money isn't coming in like 2005.. so the credit is going downhill and to keep looking successful they resort to selling their time to literally anyone with paper money for them.. almost as bad as watching hard drug users repeat their using drugs.. sad to watch the desperation from not only the people on film but people paying so much for an uncaring message
Idk, Gilbert Gottfried making 250k in 9 months is a little bit better than him developing a heroin addiction
@@ghostphoto1789 best comment all day
Great comment!
@@ghostphoto1789 gilbert is really smart. This actually brilliant.
@Bill Blass It's publicity too. I've ordered a few from cult celebs that charge cheap, it's like a virtual comic con. Charlie Sheen, however is not worth $550. F*** that. Also, Caitlyn Jenner for $2500, even more f*** that.
People paying for Cameos is sad.
Something really depressing about this.
A bunch of has beens long after their prime making videos like these to gain that once they had yea it really depressing
Jesus is LORD
@@dexasor I wouldn’t really call gilbert gottfried a has been
is this the same app that Google released? They have the same names, but no mention of paying celebrities.
Someone would have to be a complete fool, to pay to talk to these people, because of their so-called celebrity status. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, when I saw the website. Heavens, the VANITY!
You would do better going to the Dollar Store and buying your loved one a gift, than paying one of these people to communicate with them. It's equally as CRASS! 🤔🙄😴
Exactly not like they have enough money
I mean, meet and greets, concerts and pretty much everything else where you pay in ANY form (buying a movie, going to the theater and some could argue even just paying attention) are really no different.
If you want to argue that celebrity culture is probably not great, I whole heartedly agree with you.
It's such a disgusting cash-grab service that not even the A-List celebrities wanted to be part of it.
EVERY time I see Gilbert Gottfried I think of that time Howard Stern played a message of him using his real voice.
Kinda similar to people paying to meet celebs at con's
man that open office looks awful.. like dreadful work environment
Open offices are TERRIBLE!
That's people in general. They will do and say just about anything for money
Finally, somebody’s going to tell me they love me
This is pathetic.
I think I’ll work some overtime and try to get STEVEN Seagal to threaten my martial arts club collectively with violence
Hes looking for richie!
Expensive. Ohhh got an idea. Why don’t I give a monologue for them to do in that video lol like an acting gig lol😂😂
25% cut? excuse what????
So when is Cameo v2.0 coming out so I can get me some 1-on-1 Gilbert goodness?
Cool never seen this app or heard of it
Good. It should stay that way.
How long are the video messages? Or does it vary on the person?
Usually like 20 or 30 seconds give or take
Oh, man I wish this was longer. Totally interesting
I Like the video. This business is a win win for all.
So these guys just single handily made celebrity shout outs or cameos meaningless because anyone can just pay them to say whatever. Lol this is perfect. This is so perfect. Lol
yeah this is really funny haha. haha. this is really funny.
Your estimate on Gilbert Gottfried's earnings is off. 1,600 cameos x $150 each x 75% (the celebrity's take) is "only" $180,000, not "a quarter of a million." Just sayin'...
This is gross.
We live in a society where you have to pay to have human interaction... and i love it!
I probably only choose musicians from my favorite bands, cause their music touch me in a very special way like Stevie Nicks from Fleewood Mac, went to their concerts back in the 80's & she just blew me away with her voice & beauty😀🎸💖👌
I just found out Nova Online has a Cameo. That's how I ended up here. 😂😂😂
Holy shit what a great idea
rename video to "Gilbert Gottfried will say almost anything for the right price"
I really liked the ending of the British movie "If.....," and for some reason this just popped into my mind when watching this vid and thinking about these morally bankrupt individuals willing to sell their empty souls for however much they can get.
If you have seen cold ones you know how funny Gilbert Godfrey is and what he will say
Well , Brett farvre is from Mississippi 😅😂
This illustrates how stupid some people are, litterally paying some random person to notice you...
RedTPC it’s supposed to be for happy birthdays and stuff
Exactly. Paying $$$$$ for a celebrity to message you is kind of lame.
Why? If you have a favorite celebrity on it why not? Imagine being at mad people using their own money.
@@parkeranimations3671 I am not mad at them, I am calling them retarded
@@parkeranimations3671 Cause you are literally wasting your money in someone wishing you a happy birthday. Who tf thought you have to pay for that?
Like these people need more money? This is just shows the sad state of affairs of our society. We all want to be noticed at any cost.
This is too cheap for the celebrities, and too expensive for the fans, simultaneously.
It's a transaction! Not right to call it an interaction.
You are exactly right!!!
"We've got everyone from pornstar to priest."
Well... Pornstars sell themselves and Evangelicals would love to have a new platform to preach on... from their private Jet.
Celebrities Jobs are to be Famous... they get paid to he known by people(sort of). .. and now PAID to interact, no not even interact. "Say something the person wants them to say." Yup 100% transaction, especially if that person is going to he 'acting' while they say it.
Yeah it's not like you're doing an interview with them. You pay to have them talk to you in a video for a few minutes (maybe even less than that). They can't see your face or hear your voice so how is it considered an interaction?
@@GreenDay1981 Cameo is mostly intended for surprising people with birthday or any celebration, but other people used it as a platform for asking questions or whatever. It's capitalism, hell I wish I came up with the idea. 25% take!
@@TrioPack2222 I just wish it wasn't so packed with no-name people who have no relevance in the world. People I've never heard of and people with stupid internet names.
@@GreenDay1981 I agree. I ordered one from an actress that's not too big, but her price is reasonable. $30. I guess I helped her out by ordering 2. I enjoyed the response and I got what I wanted. It's like any other thing. If someone is selling, someone's buying. It sucks that Cameo became a platform for a lot of no names claiming to be celebrities.
He had me at priest to pornstar! Sounds like a reality tv show lol.
I think it’s a great idea to give a gift to someone who might be really fond of an athlete
My father-in-law loved his Brett Favre video!
That's not Gilbert's real voice, by the way. Look it up.. he talks like a normal dude when he's not in front of cameras. Even in the interview in this video, he's playing his character.
-throw glitter in the air- "Acting"
Nobody paying Vice to say anything lol.
So the world has legit lost its mind, thanks to the internet😰
Cameo is so old ... It's been almost two years that I know about it ...
He did slipknot too! When everyone was trying to find out who tortilla man is!
Ice T is worth 40 million though.....
The celebrity version of only fans. 😆
Type of Visa Card for site Cameo???🤔
Got a guy to say boobs 100 times with a straight face💀
Lol
Honestly, this is an interesting way for celebrities to leverage their popularity. It would be cool for some content creators to make high-production responses. Also, this may be a way to make business inquires. Pay to win lol.
"lookin kinda sus lately waltuh"
😂😂😂😂 damn they got em 4:00
So that young Turks guy made a tech company?