Anything Goes : Tweeting your celebrity clientele.... Tacky? by Jessi Pagel

It's definately a rock and a hard place. I've been there. But I just cannot do it. I won't ask for photos either. I guess I would rather get attention from my work being good, rather than boast and name drop on twitter for attention anf followers. Maybe I don't wanna play in the sandbox with them. Lol.

I think it depends on the situation to some degree. In some cases it may be good for both the celeb and the person tweeting. I am cautious to make too much of a general statement about it. Part of celebrity stuff is the element of being 'star struck'. Plenty of people would tweet that they waited a table with some celeb or other. I think it depends also on what exactly is tweeted. I would think a lot of celebs may appreciate the mention if done right. Celebs mention each other all the time on tv - I was having dinner with ______, or I did a show with ______ and...

My statement was coming from someone bragging about doing a celebs makeup while walking out of the gig. With hastag "celebritystylist" directly after. If she was a celebrity stylist. She wouldn't be tweeting any of it. Especially when it's for a man. Some men like to stay quiet about that. Just my random thought. Maybe I shouldn't have started the topic. Being a makeup artist is a very different job from alot of other crew jobs. We hear and see things we aren't supposed to discuss. But then again, we live in a TMZ driven world. And there's my answer. (Shrugs)

I think it is a very valid inquiry and I appreciate you bringing it up, for the record. Also knowing it was a make-up artist for a male, I can appreciate that that could be different than a writer working with a certain actor or whatever, which I see little bits talked about or tweeted about, mostly talked about on podcasts, since I am not much of a tweet follower. Anyhow, don't feel judged from my view for bringing it up. I can be open sometimes when others are not and closed sometimes when others would be more open. I haven't been in that situation too much, so I may have to make a mistake here or there, hopefully nothing too major, if ever in such a situation.

Thanks David. I didn't feel judged. But having a better mental/verbal filter might be nice. Lol. Practice makes perfect. ;-)

I guess I am prone to think that concerns/issues are good to discuss in such settings to think through things a bit further. So I certainly don't mind you bringing the thought process to the community in some form and having us all think a bit more consciously about things. I don't always have the best filters either. :)

Jessi, that's a really interesting one. I tend to think, like David suggested, that if the celebrity has cleared it, there's no harm at all. But I would always be hesitant to do so without checking. I have heard stories from acting pals where people have nearly lost TV gigs because one of their friends tweeted about them on a show before it was announced. All social media are wonderful, if used carefully (and professionally) and in a fun, non harmful way.

It's the vibe it gives off that determines the tack. If celeb client public listings are about transparency and giving newcomers to the business a chance to see who's who in the zoo - that's good. If the business is obviously basking in some reflected glory to promote themselves instead of their client base, then that moves into the tacky side.

In that particular case, it's building expertise. It wasn't 'zomg, I'm on the same set as blah' - it's 'see the makeup in this interview/photograph? I did it!" I don't see any problem there.