Tom Cruise’s Lookalike Has Been Discontinued instagram To ‘pretend to be someone’, to destroy his business in the process.
Jerome LeBlanc, 33, of Quebec, Canada, who lives in San Diego, california An app was removed from the social media platform for breaking the ‘community guideline’, which prohibits people from impersonating others.
The Instagram rule states: ‘Creating an account to impersonate someone is against Community Guidelines and may result in your account being deleted.’
The app further advises: ‘Don’t pretend to be a real person or brand. This includes: speaking in Sound Or portraying yourself as a person, brand or organization. Misrepresenting your relationship with the individual, brand or organization.’
Jerome LeBlanc, 33, built his Tom Cruise-like business in 10 years, but has now been taken off Instagram
LeBlanc impersonates the real Tom Cruise and his character Maverick from the 1986 film Top Gun
LeBlanc, who is blessed with good looks, appears uncharacteristically like the real Tom Cruise, was able to work as a Top Gun actor and build his Instagram following over the course of six years.
After making over 30,000 followers, his sudden removal from Instagram led to a sharp drop in business.
LeBlanc tells DailyMail.com, ‘For a self-employed person like me it was a huge blow to lose an account that gave me so much business.
LeBlanc was first banned from the platform in June 2021. He appealed and was later reinstated before being closed for a good number of weeks.
Instagram twice shut down LeBlanc for ‘impersonating’ and violating the app’s community guidelines. He is pictured during a meet and greet with fans in 2020
LeBlanc often appears in person at military-themed events
‘I tried appealing to disable my account – explaining that I’m impersonating a fictional character, but no luck. “I was pretending to be someone, and my name doesn’t match the account,” he said. Of course I was not pretending to be someone, I was impersonating a fictional character.’
LeBlanc set about making available an Instagram document that it hopes will make the Facebook-owned company reconsider. LeBlanc provided them with information including a business license showing ownership of a similar business, but the decision was a firm ‘no’.
‘I started appealing three times a day for weeks. In the end, I got a different response, they said that I need either a lawyer or someone on my behalf to prove my legitimacy. So I hired a lawyer. After thousands of dollars in damages during the process, and thousands spent on a lawyer trying to retrieve my account. He never even answered my lawyer,’ LeBlanc explained.
LeBlanc is now forced to switch to TikTok to generate business. That 2021. is featured in
LeBlanc says he doesn’t believe the real Tom Cruise pictured above is responsible for him being removed from Instagram, while others have suggested he may well be
‘This has greatly impacted my business as my Instagram was primarily based in San Diego. where do i live Also, to put an end to it… All this is happening during a pandemic, where we need to maintain physical distancing.
Before going online, LeBlanc began impersonating Cruise’s character Maverick from Top Gun at age 23 on Hollywood Blvd in Los Angeles, where he poses with tourists.
In recent times, when not appearing in person at parties or large events such as San Diego Comic Con for a fee of thousands, LeBlanc would generate income by creating personalized videos for those who requested them for about $80 per time. did.
Despite speaking French as a first language, LeBlanc trained himself to perfect the quintessential Tom Cruise laugh, the Syracuse-born superstar’s trademark.
Now married with two children, her impersonation role is her full-time job.
LeBlanc has been forced to restart since Instagram shut down and is now replaced TIC Toc And cameo.
LeBlanc began impersonating Cruise’s character Maverick from Top Gun at the age of 23 on Hollywood Blvd., pictured above in Los Angeles, where he poses with tourists.
He has rapidly managed to garner a loyal fan following of over 530,000 followers on TikTok. Nevertheless, he is still disappointed with how he was treated by Instagram.
‘My career was mainly ‘meet and greet’ and appearances, and because of this platform I survived the whole epidemic of making videos for people and never getting unemployment. I am extremely disappointed that such a large platform will not have a customer service system with real people giving feedback.
LeBlanc says he doesn’t believe the real actor is behind his suspension, but he has word that Cruz may be properly There has been some impact behind the scenes.
‘In November I tried to appeal again but the email address bounced, so’o I have definitely been barred from the appeals process at this point.’
Despite six months of despair, LeBlanc remains humble. ,I am so grateful to have a career that is not only fun for me, but fun for others as well. The energy exchange this job creates is absolutely fantastic.’
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