Tiger King’s Carole Baskin earned £16k on first day of fan messaging site
Tiger King star Carole Baskin caused a stir when she joined paid personalised messaging service Cameo earlier this year, but now it seems it has paid off
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Animal rights activist Carole Baskin is said to have earned £16,000 in her first day on a fan messaging site.
The Tiger King star, 59, has now upped her fee for a message on service Cameo by £108.
The Big Cat Rescue CEO previously asked for £140 for a 30-second shout-out, before increasing the cost to £165 and then to £248.
It is believed that she has now accumulated more than £100,000 from the service, according to the Daily Star.
One fan reacted to Carole’s message by commenting: “This was more than I could hope for! I had to give it to my husband early, and it totally made his day.”
However, it has not all been a success story, as a comedian paid to trick her into leaving a message for Rolf Harris, who was convicted of indecent assaults on four teenage girls between 1968 and 1986.
In the clip, she said: “Hi Rolf Harris, all your kids wanted to get together and tell you that you have really touched them and that they love all that you have done for them.”
She also added: “I hear there’s a lot of great stories about you and your best friend Jimmy Savile. Can’t wait to hear those.”
Jimmy Savile was a British television personality who died in 2011 before numerous accusations of sexual abuse were levelled at him.
In response to being informed of the prank played on her, Carole told Mirror Online: “I am amazed at the lengths (and expense) people will go to in order to trash my reputation.
“Of course, I have never heard of Rolf Harris, and would not have done the Cameo had I known.”
“The signature line in my email reads, ‘I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made – Franklin D. Roosevelt’, and I think that tells you all you need to know about the kind of people who abuse me in their efforts to make others hate me.”
Carole can next be seen on this year’s season of Dancing with the Stars and she has already been spotted heading into training – dressed in leopard print from head-to-toe, naturally.
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness is available now on Netlfix.
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