Justin Bieber Offered This Drag Queen Just $500 to Be in His New Video

Miss Fame, the stunning drag queen and makeup mogul who appeared on season 7 of RuPaul's Drag Race, has accused Justin Bieber's team of tokenizing her talent after offering her only $500 to appear in his new music video.

“$500 wouldn’t cover a flight from NY to LA & not offering to pay for hair & styling means you expect that all to be included," she wrote on her Instagram story, explaining the situation. “If you want to involve LGBTQIA+ Artist in a JB music video, I suggest respectable compensation/rate for their (mine) time & talent."

Fame flat out rejected the idea of doing anything for exposure without proper compensation, especially considering Bieber's accumulated net worth of $265 million.

"I can’t pay my rent off of the ‘honour’ or ‘experience.’ Respectfully declining the offer," she wrote. “Respect people and celebrate what they contribute. If you request my services, pay my rate. I have bills to pay. This is directed at all brands, houses, industries that are attempting to look good for the gay dollar bot not actually investing in us.... You do not have permission to tokenise my talent, my queerness is not a trend."

According to PinkNews, Bieber's team has responded and said the "Sorry" singer was not involved with the casting process or the pay rate. The director of the music video, who identifies as part of the LGBTQ+ community, envisioned casting Miss Fame but apparently couldn't envision her proper pay rate. All talent was offered the same amount of money for the shoot.

Is it too late now to say sorry?