James Charles breaks silence on grooming allegations: \u201cI wanted to kill myself\u201d Instagram: jamescharlesIn 2021, James Charles was accused of grooming and having inappropriate conversations with minors. Now, the makeup guru has spoken out on the controversy and is looking for a relaunch. James Charles has come a long way since rising to fame in 2016 and becoming the first male spokesperson for CoverGirl. In his time on the internet, the makeup artist has found himself with plenty of controversies under his belt. Most notable was when Charles was accused of grooming in 2021, with multiple minors coming forward to claim the influencer had engaged in inappropriate conversations with them. This resulted in massive backlash and Charles ultimately being canceled. More than two years later and Charles is looking to relaunch himself and his brand, speaking to Cosmopolitan about the scandal. 2021 saw the makeup mogel fall from grace with accusations alleging Charles messaged minors despite knowing their age. \u201c[Charles] started making the conversation very sexual, and it made me really uncomfortable,\u201d one of the minors said before showing screenshots of the interaction. \u201cI was getting really uncomfortable so I told him my age, I told him I\u2019m 16. Meanwhile, he\u2019s 21, he\u2019s a grown man.\u201d But Charles has remained adamant that he was not aware he was speaking to minors, telling Cosmopolitan, \u201cI\u2019ve never been more disgusted in my life than when I found out that that kid was 16 years old. I was mortified, absolutely mortified.\u201d Admitting that he \u201cabsolutely did fuck up\u201d by not confirming the age of those he spoke to, Charles stated the allegations had a serious effect on his mental health. \u201cI can\u2019t even begin to explain to you how bad that week of my life was,\u201d Charles said. \u201cI was crying myself to sleep every single night. I was sitting there in bed staring at my phone. I wanted to kill myself. I wasn\u2019t talking to anybody.\u201d He also does not believe the interactions should be classified as grooming, claiming \u201cthat word is a very popular buzzword right now, especially in politics and stuff. But the actual meaning of it has been so misconstrued.\u201d Charles lost multiple business ventures due to the allegations \u2014 with an estimated loss of income in the millions \u2014 and his younger brother cut ties over the controversy. Now he is looking to relaunch his career with a new makeup line, Painted, after taking the time to \u201cdo a lot of thinking\u201d. \u201cLike, Okay, babe, this is your fault,\u201d Charles said he told himself. \u201cNo, you\u2019re not a pedophile. No, you\u2019re not a fucking groomer. No, you\u2019re not a predator. But you made a big mistake.\u201d Painted is set to launch in the summer of 2023, leaving it yet to be determined how the internet will respond to the makeup artist\u2019s new line once it\u2019s out in the public domain. For all the latest entertainment news, be sure to check out our page here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
James Charles breaks silence on grooming allegations: \u201cI wanted to kill myself\u201d Instagram: jamescharlesIn 2021, James Charles was accused of grooming and having inappropriate conversations with minors. Now, the makeup guru has spoken out on the controversy and is looking for a relaunch. James Charles has come a long way since rising to fame in […]<\/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-51747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51747","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=51747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}