He spent less than a year in the U.S. Congress, but it was enough for this son of Brazilian immigrants to make history in American politics and become the subject of an HBO film.
According to Deadline, HBO has acquired the rights to the new book by author Mark Chiusano about the politician expelled from the House of Representatives following the release of an Ethics Committee report pointing to various possible controversies involving, above all, the funding of the Republican’s electoral campaign.
Chiusano’s book, “The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos,” was published last week.
Former producer of “Veep” and “Succession” Franck Rich and Mike Makowsky, writer and producer of HBO’s award-winning film “Bad Education,” will be the executive producers of Santos’s film project, with Chiusano serving as a consulting producer, according to Deadline.
The film, still untitled but already in development, will focus on Santos’s meteoric rise, who won New York’s 3rd Congressional District in last November’s midterm elections. Santos became a nationally known name after compelling reports that he fabricated much of his biography, followed by criminal charges of financial fraud. He is set to go to trial next year.
George Santos is selling videos on Cameo
After being expelled from Congress, George Santos began selling videos of himself on Cameo, a site where celebrities record messages for fans for a fee.
In Santos’s case, that fee is $150, and he is reportedly willing to record videos on a variety of topics: birthdays, holidays, giving motivational speeches, among others.
He initially set the price for each video at $75 but quickly raised it to $150 just hours after launching his Cameo profile.
Santos’s profile on the site describes him as “Ex-‘Icon’ of Congress” and highlights that he is “The New York City member expelled from Congress.”
No videos have been publicly posted on his profile so far, but a former staffer confirmed to Business Insider that the account belongs to Santos. The former congressman also included a link to the site in his profile on X.
Source: The Hill and Business Insider