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Lifestyle vlogger and entrepreneur Camille Co expressed her utter frustration after she saw a post of a newspaper publication on Facebook that might have caused the public to think that she was connected to the "nepo babies" issue.

According to merriam-webster.com, a nepo baby is a person who gains success or opportunities through familial connections.

For several days, Camille has been educating netizens that she is not related to a certain content creator who is in the middle of a big controversy involving her family with multi-billion flood control projects in the Department of Public Works and Highways.

As of 10:51 am of September 3 (Wednesday), the publication has issued a 'clarification' and corrected their information about her.

In a series of posts via Instagram Story this Wednesday morning, Camille admitted that being linked to the politically-linked Co has been draining and profoundly affected her personal life.

“It may have seemed funny at first, but these past few days have been so stressful. I've been dragged into this mess so unfairly- not just with the mistaken identity but also asking me to be accountable for people I have zero control over.”

“I have been in this industry for 15 years. FIFTEEN LONG YEARS to build my career and get to where I am now. FIFTEEN YEARS of building my reputation. I didn't know anyone in this industry. I started from zero. Never clinged to anyone for fame or clout despite various opportunities to do so. Never tried to climb the social ladder. Never even click baited by you. Because I'm that adverse to fakery and infamy.”

“Lord knows how anxious I get when I see my posts becoming viral because this means they'll soon reach people I don't normally reach - people outside my target demographic who honestly scares me.”

Camille stressed to the public, “I just want to go back to working like how I used to because content creation is my bread and butter. This is what I do for my family… This is how I pay for our house, food, staff, my kids' education, everything. This is my livelihood.”

Meanwhile, she also has this to say for those individuals who advised her to just change her surname.

“And to those telling me to change my last name na lang to my husband's, I know you mean well but why? Why will I allow these people to take away my name that I worked so hard to build and protect? I refuse to let them take my name from me,” Camille noted.

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