James Charles slams Cameo for email \u201cprofiting\u201d from Coronavirus James Charles, YouTubeYouTube star and makeup mogul James Charles has hit out at celebrity shoutout service Cameo, who purportedly sent him an email that he claims is trying to \u201cprofit\u201d from hysteria surrounding the Novel Coronavirus. Cameo is a relatively new service taking over the online space, allowing fans to pay celebrities in exchange for a custom shout-out from their favorite stars. Advertising such celebs as actress Debra Messing, the NBA\u2019s Aaron Gordon, and even YouTubers like Chris Turner, it seems that Cameo boasts a large arsenal of huge names \u2014 but they aren\u2019t enlisting the services of one social media influencer, in particular. In a Tweet on March 14, Charles shared an alleged email from the celebrity service, who urged the star to sign up on their site as a means to take advantage of the current social isolation due to the Coronavirus pandemic. \u201cI don\u2019t know if your events have been affected by the pandemic, but we\u2019ve 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,\u201d the purported email reads. Charles wasted no time calling out the platform, claiming that the company is trying to take advantage of a serious situation and even calling the message \u201cpathetic.\u201d \u201cI interact with my fans for free every day because it\u2019s my job and I love them!\u201d he wrote. \u201cYour website that charges for this is pathetic, and so is your email pitch to profit off of a deadly virus!\u201d That\u2019s not all: Charles followed up his now-deleted post with another Tweet, where he admitted that he originally wanted to avoid offending other personalities who use the service, but was sent \u201cover the edge\u201d by the company\u2019s divisive email. The whole website concept is disgusting and I\u2019ve avoided discussing it because I don\u2019t want to shade any of the influencers that do choose to use it but this email sent me over the edge \u2014 James Charles (@jamescharles) March 14, 2020 While he isn\u2019t alone in his thinking, his post has incited a slew of conversation regarding the ethics of stars charging for a shoutout from fans \u2014 especially during a time of mass panic as the Coronavirus continues to develop, prompting social isolation, travel bans, and shortages of basic items like hand sanitizer and toilet paper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
James Charles slams Cameo for email \u201cprofiting\u201d from Coronavirus James Charles, YouTubeYouTube star and makeup mogul James Charles has hit out at celebrity shoutout service Cameo, who purportedly sent him an email that he claims is trying to \u201cprofit\u201d from hysteria surrounding the Novel Coronavirus. Cameo is a relatively new service taking over the online […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51804\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}