Gaetz joins Cameo after withdrawing from the government’s nomination
2 mins read

Gaetz joins Cameo after withdrawing from the government’s nomination

Matt Gaetz will have a pretty notable gap in his resume, but he’s finding new ways to fill his days. The enterprising former congressman from Florida is now selling personal video messages on Cameo for several hundred dollars each.

Donald Trump’s first choice to lead the Department of Justice began his side hustle this week, asking $250 per video. It jumped within an hour to more than $500 for a roughly 60-second clip.

In an interview last Friday, Gaetz announced he had no intention of returning to Congress. The longtime representative from the Florida Panhandle told podcast host Charlie Kirk that “eight years is enough.”

“I will still be in the fight, but it will be from a new seat. I am not going to join the 119th Congress,” Gaetz said. “I have some other goals in life that I am eager to achieve .”

Gaetz summed up his time in Congress — and its quick end — in a pithy biography of Cameo.

“I served in Congress. Trump nominated me to be Attorney General of the United States (it didn’t work). Once I fired the Speaker of Parliament,” he wrote.

Gaetz gave up his seat in Congress earlier this month after the incoming president Trump tagged him to serve as Chancellor of the Exchequer. The short-lived nomination was overshadowed by a unpublished report from the House Ethics Committee. The report describes the results of a multi-year investigation into Gaetz’s alleged sexual abuse.

In the days since his resignation, Republicans in Congress have moved to block the release in the Gaetz report. Gaetz’s trajectory from Congress to Cameo mirrors that of former New York Rep. George Santos, whose own House ethics investigation led to his set aside and Cameo star status last year. Santos Gaetz called nomination “phenomenal” last week.