Royals' Whit Merrifield recalls 'cowardly' Cameo request: 'I really threw the guy under the bus'
Merrifield said his strangest Came request came from someone wanting him to dump their girlfriend
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Breakups are never any fun but hiring a professional athlete to do it on your behalf? Now that’s just cold.
Kansas City Royals second baseman Whit Merrifield revealed on KCSP radio Monday that he recently received a request on Cameo – an app that allows fans to request personalized videos from their favorite celebrities – to dump someone.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"I had some guy send me one and he had me break up with his girlfriend on Cameo," he said. "It was kind of fun for me because I really threw the guy under the bus."
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He continued: "I thought it was a really cowardly thing for him to do, so I took advantage of him paying me to make him look like a D-bag. I told her she could do way better. So that's probably the weirdest one I've gotten."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}That's probably not how that guy planned it out in his head but it shouldn’t come as a total surprise – Merrifield loves a good laugh.
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Just last week Merrifield made a surprise appearance during teammate Brady Singer’s post-game press conference, dumping a bottle of water down his back.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Why are you back there?" Singer said, laughing. "I saw somebody moving back there."