Bryce Harper says FanDuel had “no right” to slap its logo on a Cameo video he made that was sent to a gambling addict in 2024.
The Phillies first baseman said he did not know the video would be used as part of FanDuel’s VIP bettor program, and that he was unaware the man receiving the video—who has since sued the sportsbook—had a gambling problem at the time.
The comments, made on Harper’s Instagram account, represent his first public acknowledgment of the video, which went viral last week after it was published by The Inquirer. Harper’s side of the story lines up with much of what Front Office Sports reported on Friday: Sources told Front Office Sports he has no professional relationship with FanDuel, that the video was made on video-sharing platform Cameo, that he didn’t know it would be used as part of the VIP program, and that it was purchased as a personal video with no commercial use rights, as opposed to a business video, which costs more money and comes with commercial use rights.
“I joined Cameo to engage with fans through paid personalized videos,” Harper wrote on his Instagram story. “What happened here went beyond anything I knew about or approved.”
According to Harper, in November 2024 he received an order from someone who identified themselves only by their first name for a “holiday video for Terry.”
