More Stars Are Joining the Personalized Video Site Cameo

Everybody has to generate income, and Hollywood stars are not any exception. Amid the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, many individuals working in the leisure trade have discovered themselves struggling to make ends meet. While the strike has positively been hardest on the actors and writers who had been already struggling beforehand, it is hit everybody concerned in numerous methods. Hopefully, the placing actors and writers will finally attain an settlement with studios that enables them to be pretty compensated for his or her work, however as the strike drags on, some Hollywood actors are attempting out a unique method to getting cash.

Several stars are signing up or reactivating their accounts on the web site Cameo, which permits celebrities and creators of every kind to promote customized movies of themselves for wherever from $1 to $1,500. The web site has seen a rise of 137 p.c since the begin of the strike, Cameo CEO Steven Galanis instructed CNN, an inflow that was solely rivaled at the begin of the pandemic. “You just assume that they’re making all this money, they’re rich and famous, but the vast majority of them just aren’t,” Galanis instructed the outlet. “Something like Cameo is certainly the better way for many of them to bridge the gap.” Reps for Cameo didn’t instantly reply to POPSUGAR’s request for remark.

While the strike prohibits actors from taking part in most promotional actions, SAG-AFTRA’s pointers stipulate that Cameo earnings will be utilized to members’ pension and well being advantages, making it truthful sport amid the strike. Not everyone seems to be on there due to the strike, in fact; it is also only a solution to make some additional change or to lift some cash for an vital trigger. The web site boasts quite a lot of actors, athletes, and extra who all supply followers the alternative to obtain customized shout-outs, tributes, and pep talks from them.

Ahead, try a few of the most recognizable faces on Cameo and be taught extra about what they’re providing.