Did Vine Star Jerome Jarre Just Walk Out on $1 Million Ad Deal?

Tells world he's done selling out

It's like Michael Jordan retiring before ever actually signing with the Bulls. Jerome Jarre, a huge social video star, can't take it anymore and is leaving the ad game, just before he made his first million, too.

Jarre has been a personality on Vine for a couple years, making six-second videos that actually delight a lot of people. Now, he says he's done making videos for profit. Whether that's true remains to be seen, but he did post a going-away video on YouTube, promoted on Snapchat, which shows him telling his ad agency he is done.

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