"Cameo allows fans to pay celebrities to make personalised video messages, with the Reform party leader offering his services from 78.45. In a 27-second video posted online by John Smith, who requested the clip, Farage called the former Lostprophets singer, who was killed in prison last year, a good man, a really good guy who loved his children. He pretended to know Watkins, whose victims included a baby boy, and said he was very much in contact with me."
"Getting the video was simplicity itself, I just asked him to do a video on behalf of a late friend called Ian Watkins and his family, he said. I am concerned that he could not see through my frankly paper-thin deception and his willingness to do anything for money without even a rudimentary check. If he would do this for a small amount of money, what would he do for paymasters with deeper pockets?"
Cameo permits fans to pay celebrities for personalised video messages, with the Reform party leader offering services from 78.45. In a 27-second paid clip requested by John Smith, Farage praised Ian Watkins, called him a good man who loved his children, and pretended to be in contact. Ian Watkins was a former Lostprophets singer and convicted child sexual abuser who died in prison; his victims included a baby boy. Smith paid 98 and said he had not expected Farage to film the request, criticizing Farage's apparent willingness to accept money without rudimentary checks and questioning his motives. The incident follows a 2021 prank in which Farage inadvertently issued support to the IRA.
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