Nigel Farage stops doing Cameos after being duped one too many times

Nigel Farage has quit the personalised video platform Cameo after it was revealed he filmed content for a far-right group.

A video released by the Guardian appears to show the Reform leader endorsing a show titled the ‘Road Rage Terror Tour’, which was hosted by prominent figures in an organisation called Diagolon.

The Clacton MP also filmed a string of other controversial messages, including with the far-right slogan ‘if in doubt, kick them out’.

Farage’s page on the website was ‘unavailable’ on Thursday morning after reports surfaced about his Cameo videos the day before.

A source told the Guardian he had paused his use of the platform over security concerns.

When asked later today if he would continue to make Cameo videos, Farage replied: ‘I will decline to comment on that.

Farage was hosting Reform’s 2026 Scottish Conference in Glasgow today (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP via Getty Images)

‘I don’t approve of things being published in national newspapers that have been illegally obtained.’

The Guardian denied they had illegally obtained the 4,300 Cameo videos Farage had filmed on the platform.

One of these appears to show Farage endorsing a show called the ‘Road Rage Terror Tour’.

The event was hosted by figures in the organisation called Diagolon, which then-Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described the group as a ‘white nationalist violent organisation’.

In the footage, Farage is shown saying: ‘You never know, you might walk out saying Road Rage Terror Tour is the best thing that ever happened.’

Another Cameo video revealed by the Guardian was a clip featuring ‘vulgar sexual references’ which the Guardian said was recorded on the day of the late Queen’s funeral.

Farage allegedly charged £155 for another Cameo for a man, who he was told had received a 16-month sentence for his involvement in a far-right riot.

The Reform leader recorded a message for him saying: ‘I’m with you….I’m genuinely sorry. You’re not alone, but that’s Cold Comfort Farm. It’s absolutely rotten. All I can say is keep your head up, keep believing in the right things, keep acting in the right way, and in the end, do you know something, Ben, in the end, good triumphs over evil.’

Farage first joined Cameo, a site which allows fans to request short video messages from celebrities, at the beginning of March 2021.

The Guardian has unearthed a strong of controversial videos posted by Farage (Picture: The Guardian)

Prices for his videos start at just over £70, and his register of interests shows he made tens of thousands of pounds on the platform last year.

Users requesting a clip typically leave a short message explaining who it is for and information they would like them to include.

These often involve in-jokes that are left unexplained, and a Reform spokesperson said the videos ‘should not be treated as political statements or campaign activity’.

They added: ‘Mr Farage has recorded many thousands of videos for genuine supporters to celebrate weddings, congratulate friends or send novelty messages.

‘At that scale, the occasional mistake can occur.

‘He uses the platform in good faith and without knowledge of the individuals involved beyond what is written for him in the prompt.’

Asked in an ITN broadcast interview in Scotland if he had any regrets about what he had said in any of the Cameo videos, Farage responded: ‘This is ludicrous. This argument is ludicrous. If I have a shoe shop and I sell you a pair of shoes, and it turns out the person that bought the pair of shoes is a former convicted murderer, is that the fault of the person selling shoes?’

He also told a Guardian reporter who asked about his use of Cameo: ‘You are a loser.’

The Reform leader has been in trouble for his Cameo appearances before.

Earlier this year, he was tricked into recording a video that appeared to be a tribute to the paedophile Ian Watkins, who was killed in prison last year.

It cost £98 for John Smith to commission the Reform UK leader to film the clip.

In response, Farage told Metro: ‘Thank him for the money. There are lots of Ian Watkins. Tell him to send more. I did alter his request.’

In 2021, a video emerged showing the then-Reform president raising a drink and using the pro IRA slogan ‘up the Ra’.

He later told the MailOnline: ”If I saw ‘up the RA’ I would have looked at that as something very innocent, and wouldn’t have even known there was an implication to it.’

Meanwhile, Reform MP Lee Anderson is facing allegations he may have broken parliamentary rules by filming a Cameo in his office.

The MPs’ code of conduct prohibits the use of Parliament for commercial activities.

A Reform spokesman said Anderson did not make money from his Cameo videos, and instead donated any proceeds to charity.

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