Camille Co issues statement after mistaken identity at event: 'I refuse to let them take my name from me'

Camille Co, a fashion blogger turned lifestyle content creator, took to social media to once again clarify that she is not in any way connected to the viral Co family currently making headlines.

In a post on X Wednesday, the lifestyle content creator released another lengthy statement clearing her identity.

"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," Camille said, as she emphasized how much she has worked to establish her name in the industry.

"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," she said.

"I like working diligently and quietly in my own way," she said. "I just want to go back to working like how I used to because content creation is my bread and butter."

"Nanakawan na nga ako ng tax katulad niyo. Pati identity ko ninanakaw din," she added, clearly fed up.

In her statement, Camille responded to those suggesting she change her last name to her husband's, Joni Koro, saying "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," she added.

Her statement comes at a heels of Camille reacting to a now-deleted post by a media outlet containing a video of her taken at the Preview Ball on Tuesday night and alluding that she is a "nepo baby."

"You have falsely identified me as one of the nepo babies involved in flood control," she wrote.

"This is factually incorrect, damaging to my reputation and harmful to me and my family's safety," she added. 

She demanded the media outlet to take down their posts about her, which the organization did. 

In late August, Camille clarified that she is not the trending Claudine Co, who was recently bashed for flaunting her lavish lifestyle and has since deleted her social media presence.

Claudine is the daughter of Christopher Co, who, according to its 2019 Articles of Incorporation, is listed as one of the owners of Hi-Tone Construction & Development Corporation.

Hi-Tone is one of the 15 contractors that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. earlier revealed to have received 20% of the total P545 billion budget for flood control projects.

Earlier, the President has tasked the Department of Budget and Management and the Department of Public Works and Highways to conduct a sweeping review of the DPWH proposed budget under the 2026 National Expenditure Program.

"I have instructed DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon to fully review the budget of the DPWH and make the necessary corrections for the NEP 2026. We owe the Filipino people transparency and efficiency," Marcos said in a press release. 

For people who still don’t get why I have to keep clarifying my name. Hindi ko rin to ginusto. pic.twitter.com/X7RTtc8pQv

— Camille Co (@itscamilleco) September 3, 2025

— Hermes Joy Tunac/LA, GMA Integrated News