It’s been a rough several days for social media star James Charles. The CoverGirl model/makeup artist has lost over 2.5 million YouTube subscribers after fellow YouTuber Tati Westbrook severed their friendship by making some pretty shocking claims about him.
The whole thing seems to have started over vitamins. Apparently, both influencers were promoting competing brands of hair growing supplements on their Instagram stories. This led to some catty back and forth. Then things took an ugly turn last Friday when Westbrook posted a YouTube video accusing Charles of making inappropriate sexual advances towards straight men.
In a video titled “Bye Sister,” Westbrook alleges that Charles regularly tried “tricking” straight guys into participating in gay sex acts. Either that or he threatened to destroy their reputations if they don’t go along with his sexual whims.
“You know, it’s really disgusting to manipulate someone’s sexuality,” she scolds in the video, which has garnered almost 40 million views in less than a week, “especially when they are still emerging into adulthood and don’t have everything quite figured out.”
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“You are using your fame, your power, your money to play with people’s emotions. You’re threatening to ruin them. You’re threatening to embarrass them. And you’re doing that to have them behave sexually in your favor, even if they’re straight.”
“And you know what?” she says. “That behavior’s not okay.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoVZg4KjRxU
Since the controversy, Charles has seen his subscriber count plummet from 16 million to 13.5 million in just a matter of days, with a significant drop happening shortly after Westbrook posted her video. And those numbers only continue to fall.
In response, he issued a teary-eyed video apologizing profusely to Westbrook for the whole vitamin drama and saying he never meant to hurt her by promoting a rival brand.
As for his relationship with straight men, he said: “I’ve been involved in a lot of very unique and strange situations that have left people confused or upset, and I learned the hard way about ways I can interact with boys I’m interested in.”
“This is a conversation that I know a lot of people are uncomfortable with, and it’s something I should have been far more careful with, bringing into the public eye.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ws6nxMk6I0
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g-sing
this boy child needs to become irrelevant. cancel him.
ingyaom
I don’t know WTF I just read – vitamins? Straight boys?
patricklee5150
That was my reaction…exactly.
Brian
I’m trying to picture the scenario where a straight guy feels so threatened by this queeny beauty blogger, that he thinks he has no choice other than to have sex with him. I am coming up empty.
Granny Spoth
This is the most overblown ‘scandal’ ever.
Basically, a ‘bi-curious’ guy decided to use him, and then declared himself a victim of manipulation.
But DM evidence provided by James Charles proved that the bi-curious guy was the one asking for a relationship when it was convenient, before dumping him abruptly, declaring ‘I’m straight’.
Ok, dude, whatever.
patricklee5150
You and me both.
Gary Q VV
Clap! Clap! Clap! James, that was an amazing performance. You’re the quintessential kid who came into a lot of money and went berserk. Cry us a river, but don’t expect most of us to fall for your pitch.
Bromancer7
Why is a 37 year old woman attacking a teenage boy? Maybe Twati needs to find people her own age to be vacuous with.
Vince
Oh noes. Another Metoo sad story. Lol Sorry but if you’re afraid of this this very effeminate twink you don’t even get to call yourself a man. You’re just a big puss.
patricklee5150
Excellent point!
Rock-N-RollHS
lol. Is this post a joke? Maybe the headline should be “Confused str8 guy has post bj regrets.”
patricklee5150
Now that sounds more realistic to me. I think many of us have been there. Yiu know where some guy tricks with another guy… Then afterwards is like “I’m not queer and if you tell anyone… I’ll kick your ass”. Just saying…it happens.
redzebra1
No blowjob was involved, so no point in that
gr8britton
I was wondering if I could care less about this kween, his gal pal, and their draaaama… And I realized, nope.. I couldn’t care any less than I already do…
CurtisIsTheOne
The ONLY thing missing from this huge psychodrama is a tearful video pleading “Leave Britney Alone”.
patricklee5150
I love it! That was the first image that popped in my head…that Leeeeave Britney Alooone” video. LOL
Bytemenow
Any so-called straight guy that has sex with another male, effeminate or not, is bi, bi-curious, or gay, period. Am I attracted to some straight men? Of course. What gay man isn’t? Gay men who pursue straight men are putting their personal safety and lives at risk.
I don’t care about this dbag. I saw one of his commercials and thought, “Oh cool”. Apparently, he’s not mature enough to be able to handle his business. He was given a major opportunity, and now it seems he wants throw it away with both hands.
As for Tati Westbrook, before this story, I had no idea who she is or was, and I still don’t. At her age, she seems to have too much time on her hands to be involved with such drama.
As it stands, I wouldn’t give a damn if either or both of them died today or tomorrow.
redzebra1
So they are no straight men in gay porn????? Or straight actors in gay roles? Ahhhh…..right
jlew64
What a non-story… I really wonder why I still subscribe to Queerty.
Bob Scardino
The good thing about Queerty is you can almost always skip the article and be amused by the comments. More to the point:
Who are these people and why should I care?
batesmotel
haha, glad I’m not the only one that thought that. A story like this is put up with the words fame and star, and everyone in the comments are like, “Who is this guy?”
patricklee5150
I always enjoy the comments on here far more than the articles. I love my gay brothers/sisters so much. We are so much more clever than the average American. I might be a bit biased, but it’s still true.
ShiningSex
You can’t make an alleged straight guy have sex with you. They’re not straight.
Sexual advances is different. These two are NOT the same thing. Get it right queen.
Again, if a guy is going to let you suck him, HE’S NOT STRAIGHT!!!!
batesmotel
Exactly.
DuMaurier
Even in prison? Or an English boarding school?
lmdoane55
#drama! I’ll cry tomorrow….or not ???
bvick1636
I wish I subscribed to Tati Westbrook so I could drop her. She is an aging bitch who is so unsure of herself she has to use this weak dirty politic to try & find success with her company. I hope it back fires on her. But, unfortunately, only the bad guys win in this crazy world.
ElPillo
Both are sad excuses for human; and very puzzled at people who follow them. Huh?! Why?
bonbon
Who’s surprised that such a thing would need to use coercion to get laid? Not me.
batesmotel
I didn’t even make it through the first sentence when the phrase, “social media star” was used. LOL. Never ever heard of this guy and I’ll bet a billion bucks 99% of the planet hasn’t either. Stop each person on the street and ask them if they’ve heard of him and they’ll all shake their head, “No.” Stop using the words “fame” and “star” to link it to people that most have never heard of. Take that social media account of his down and he’s a nobody.
redzebra1
That’s garbage, someone isn’t a ‘nobody’ just because you haven’t heard of them. He’s got more than 10 million subscribers on YT so far and just a few days ago was on Sunrise on Australian TV.
jerry70
Charles… i know you are young and not so knowledgeable but its time to get a grip on life. Thats all this is…. a life lesson.. you will come out of this and remember this. Enjoy your life but don’t brag about yourself or what you do or who you do things with on social media.
nm4047
the poor petal, he’s lost his youtube followers, does that mean he has to get a real job now.
Wicked Dickie
As for his relationship with straight men, he said: “I’ve been involved in a lot of very unique and strange situations that have left people confused or upset, and I learned the hard way about ways I can interact with boys I’m interested in.” “This is a conversation that I know a lot of people are uncomfortable with, and it’s something I should have been far more careful with, bringing into the public eye.” So he is admitting to soliciting men for sexual gratification using coercive means. What a douche.
Polaro
Wake up, honey.
redzebra1
No that’s not an admission. And for a number of them, THEY contacted him. kay,? They were soliticiting
michel_banen
Huh ? What ? A blogger ? Influencer ? Mmm, okay, yeah, sure…. next.
dinard38
So……..not that I care, but to me this sounded like this Tati chick is trying to take out her competitor. I’m sure that’s part of the reason. But then I came across a buzzfeed article about this stupid feud. Looks like Tati was telling the truth. In the article, several guys posted screenshots of conversations with James showing how he flirted with them even after they told him that they are straight. Some of them had girlfriends and James was aware of that, but it didn’t stop him.
I do take issue with Tati and others trying to make this a MeToo issue. It ain’t. It’s just some immature teenager who needs to grow up and stop chasing after straight guys. I guess he’s one of those queens that think they can turn a straight boy. Ha!!!
Bryguyf69
Flirting is fine. I’m straight and my gay friends (and co-workers) flirt with me all the time. It’s flattering and fun. Where it becomes not okay is when trickery or extortion is involved.
swellster
What is an Instagram influencer? What are the qualifications for the job? I didn’t even know this was a thing until Lori Loughlin got arrested and her daughter was listed as an Influencer.
redzebra1
It’s been a ‘thing’ for a decade or so. You need at least 5k followers on Instagram, or Twitter, etc. Some might demand higher minimum of 10k.