But Stone is part of a handful of convicted political criminals who have leveraged their notoriety into Cameo glory -- recording quick birthday messages and motivational shout-outs for potentially considerable sums. Stone, who charges $75 for each Cameo video, was set to spend 40 months in prison before Trump commuted his sentence in July. Steven Galanis, the CEO and co-founder of Cameo , told CNN that the platform is "ubiquitous" and as a result, he will "let anybody on." And, you know, I've heard that Rod Blagojevich is like paying his rent now with Cameo, which is pretty awesome," Galanis said. "I hear that Cameo has a lot of celebrities, thousands and thousands and thousands.

Source: CNN August 22, 2020 15:00 UTC