The original poster was completely against not these consolidated “paid guests”, but the plethora of new influencers who are flooding the market with quotes for a reel: whilst these old-timers are content with sucking up to a Chef, having a paid dinner by an agency, or receiving a free product when there is a launch campaign, the new ones are communication sluts and offer their services for money, not gifts.
And this, oh boy, this is in his eyes so so much worse.