James Charles bounces back to YouTube milestone in wake of drama with Tati Westbrook James Charles, YouTube \/ FreepikPopular beauty YouTuber James Charles took a major hit in subscribers following the release of Tati Westbrook\u2019s viral \u201cBye Sister\u201d video in early May \u2013 but he isn\u2019t down for the count, just yet. Tati\u2019s original video included a slew of damaging claims against Charles, accusing him of using his fame to \u201cmanipulate\u201d the sexuality of straight men and promoting her direct competitor, \u2018SugarBearHair,\u2019 without fair warning. Charles\u2019 reputation wasn\u2019t the only thing damaged by Tati\u2019s video, either; he likewise saw a massive dip in subscribers shortly after reaching his 15 million milestone, dropping nearly three million subs in the aftermath of the drama. Despite the severity of Tati\u2019s allegations, Charles debunked each and every claim in a response video titled \u201cNo More Lies,\u201d showing screenshots of texts as proof to back up his arguments \u2013 as well as older videos promoting Tati\u2019s \u2018Halo Beauty\u2019 vitamin brand, even though she\u2019d claimed that he\u2019d never really touted the product in spite of their friendship. Since then, Charles has seen an impressive upswing in subscribers, with many fans feeling that he had effectively \u201cexposed\u201d Tati for lying in her original video on the topic. Charles now sits at just over 15 million subscribers as of May 22, marking a major comeback from a debacle that nearly destroyed his career \u2013 which even saw the likes of YouTube king Felix \u2018PewDiePie\u2019 Kjellberg being unsure of his chances of success, claiming that the scandal \u201ccould be the end\u201d for Charles. In wake of the issue, both Tati and makeup mogul Jeffree Star have backed down from their initial stance on the subject, with Star removing several Tweets and issuing a video apologizing to both Charles and his younger brother for his claims. Read More: Corinna Kopf hits back at allegations of being involved in Tfue\u2019s FaZe Clan contract drama – \u201cI don\u2019t want to play the games anymore,\u201d Star said of the drama. \u201c\u2026I am not going to fuel this fire bigger so everyone can get more entertainment. Because, behind the scenes, this isn\u2019t funny. These are our real lives.\u201d Tati has since announced that she will no longer comment on the matter, after taking a \u201cdigital break\u201d following Charles\u2019 well-received explanation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
James Charles bounces back to YouTube milestone in wake of drama with Tati Westbrook James Charles, YouTube \/ FreepikPopular beauty YouTuber James Charles took a major hit in subscribers following the release of Tati Westbrook\u2019s viral \u201cBye Sister\u201d video in early May \u2013 but he isn\u2019t down for the count, just yet. Tati\u2019s original video […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}