{"id":294996,"date":"2026-07-13T23:19:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T23:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/294996\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T23:19:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T23:19:21","slug":"bryce-harper-goes-after-fanduel-after-cameo-video-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/294996\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryce Harper goes after FanDuel after Cameo video controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bryce Harper has broken his silence on his involvement in a controversial FanDuel video<\/a>, as he accused the online sportsbook of deceiving him to take advantage of an addicted gambler.<\/p>\n

As uncovered by the Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a>, Harper recorded a video for VIP client Terry Thompson, who gambled $18.5 million with FanDuel and wound up foreclosing on his home after taking out second and third mortgages on his home to cover losses. <\/p>\n

Thompson also sold an ownership stake in a company that he owned for two decades as a result.<\/p>\n

He is now suing FanDuel and DraftKings.<\/p>\n

Harper\u2019s personalized message for Thompson raised major questions, but the Phillies star claimed on his Instagram story Monday that he did not know the video\u2019s intent when he recorded it.<\/p>\n

\"BryceBryce Harper said he did not know the video he recorded for Thompson was a gambling promotion Philadelphia Inquirer<\/p>\n

\u201cI joined Cameo to engage with fans through paid personalized videos. What happened here went beyond anything I knew about or approved,\u201d he began.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn November 2024, someone identifying themselves only as \u2018Bryttanni\u2019 submitted an order through Cameo for a personal \u2018holiday video for Terry.\u2019 Cameo had a separate category for business video requests, and at the time, I did not know this video would be used for commercial purposes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe request included a short script. I read it in good faith. FanDuel then put its own logo on the video and used it as a gambling promotion. I did not know FanDuel would do this, I did not consent to it, and FanDuel had no right to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harper also posted a screenshot of the Cameo request from Thompson\u2019s VIP host, Brytttani, which included the script that he ultimately read in the video.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey Terry, what\u2019s up, brother, your host Bryttanni from FanDuel wanted to make sure your Thanksgiving was extra special,\u201d Harper said in the video.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just wanted to hop on here and wish your family a wonderful Thanksgiving. Tell [redacted name to protect the identity of minor] I said \u2018Hello.\u2019 I appreciate all of the support through the years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PhiladelphiaHarper said on Monday that he has \u201cno affiliation with FanDuel whatsoever.\u201d Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Harper added that he also was unaware of Thompson\u2019s gambling addiction, and has \u201cno affiliation with FanDuel whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thompson told the Inquirer that he was addicted to micro-betting, and FanDuel<\/a> gave him lavish perks such as Super Bowl tickets.<\/p>\n

However, he ultimately lost nearly $2 million, and police were reportedly called to check on him at his home after he lost his final $10,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bryce Harper has broken his silence on his involvement in a controversial FanDuel video, as he accused the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[6112,57627,20,20316,9,11,10,5389,319,6115],"class_list":["post-294996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-betting","tag-bryce-harper","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-betting","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-sports","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}