Earlier than the now former Rep. George Santos will get along with Ziwe for that interview he promised her, he sat down with CBS New York to clear the air on just a few topics—particularly, corruption in Congress, the “very critical” federal prices he’s going through, and, most significantly, how a lot cash he’s making on Cameo lately.
“I can let you know that by the tip of this week—that’s really factual—I’ll have made extra money in seven days than I’d have made [in] a whole 12 months in Congress,” the expelled congressman instructed The Level host Marcia Kramer in an interview phase that aired on Sunday.
Countering that the congressional wage is $174,000 a 12 months, Kramer requested Santos to verify his earlier assertion. “So that you’re saying that, in per week, you’ll make that wage?” she requested.
“Sure, ma’am,” Santos stated.
“I suppose you’ve a whole lot of authorized payments of pay,” Kramer deadpanned.
A Sunday report from Web page Six appeared to again up Santos’ far-fetched declare. A supply who attended a Republican bash at Seaside Café in New York Metropolis on Saturday night time instructed the tabloid that Santos had been boasting to different get together visitors that “he took 140 orders yesterday at $599 per order,” on Cameo. Per Web page Six’s number-crunching, that clocks in at $83,860 in someday.
“Now,” the supply cautioned, “it’s George telling folks this, so…”
With that grain of salt taken, Santos additionally instructed Kramer that the thought to begin a Cameo account was initially given to him by a former staffer for Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-NY).
“He reached out and says, ‘George, you’ve such a big character, folks love you,’” Santos recounted. “You must simply open a Cameo. I’m like, what’s a Cameo? So I regarded into it.”
Upon becoming a member of the platform, the place celebrities, athletes, and 15-minutes-of-famers hawk customized movies for a charge, Santos started promoting his recorded messages for $75 a pop. As of Sunday night time, the worth was formally fastened on his web page—which identifies him as a “Former congressional ‘Icon’!” with a nail-painting emoji—at $500 per video.
“Haters are gonna hate,” Santos stated in his first Cameo clip to go viral on-line. “And you probably have haters, meaning you’re doing one thing proper, lady!”
Santos instructed Semafor earlier this week that he made extra from Cameo than his annual congressional earnings within the first 48 hours after becoming a member of the app. “Clearly there’s a financial profit—I’m not right here doing it for charity—however the different side is to remind these assholes who assume they’re holier-than-thou that they are going to be forgotten in historical past and I’ll dwell endlessly, interval,” Santos stated.
Screenshots and Cameo CEO Steven Galanis confirmed as a lot to the outlet, with the manager calling Santos “an absolute whale.”
“Sarah Jessica Parker, Bon Jovi—he’s placing numbers up like that,” Galanis added.
Semafor was additionally the primary to report {that a} McCarthy staffer had instructed Santos begin a Cameo account.
Santos additionally instructed Kramer on Sunday that he stays unashamed of the period now quick receding in his rearview mirror.
“I really feel like the whole lot I stood for—I’m so pleased with the legacy I depart behind, even with the brief 11-month time period that I served,” he stated. “I really feel like each vote I took I can stand by and I can defend, and I’m pleased with that. However regrets, lots. Like, there’s all the time regrets, proper.”
The previous lawmaker acknowledged that he has “an extended highway to redemption forward,” however remained defiantly optimistic about his probabilities of getting again within the American public’s good graces.
“I feel America is a really forgiving nation,” he stated, “and I’m going to work laborious for that forgiveness.”
Discover more from PressNewsAgency
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.