From Snoop Dogg to Barry from EastEnders: The bizarre rise of the celeb video message

From Snoop Dogg to Barry from EastEnders: The bizarre rise of the celeb video message

By Alexi Duggins

Cameo appearance: (from left) Mandy Moore, Natasha Bedingfield, Taylor Swift impersonator Christina Shaw, Snoop Dogg, Shaun Williamson and YouTuber Jesus Christ ( Cameo/Celeb VM )

What’s the best way to say “I love you” to the most special people in your life? Get Barry from EastEnders to do it? Have Big Keith from The Office compose a poem? Maybe pay a fake Taylor Swift to sing “Shake It Off” to your nan?

Celebrity video messaging sites have an A-lister – or a Z-lister – for every occasion and have been popular for a while but since lockdown began, their rise into everyday consciousness has been as meteoric as Barnard Castle-based attempts to insult the public’s intelligence.

Bookings at US site Cameo, whose roster varies from Snoop Dogg to Love Island’s Josh Kempton, have shot up sevenfold, piling on 63,000 extra customers a week since January.

Ten times as many people want the services of Paul Chuckle, Winston from Ghostbusters and Rebecca Adlington, according to video messaging service Celeb VM.

Full Story: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/celebrity-voice-messages-snoop-dogg-paul-chuckle-barry-eastenders-a9538936.html