James Charles hits back at outrage over resurfaced Tony Lopez kissing video YouTube: James Charles \/ Instagram: @lopez__tonyYouTube star and makeup mogul James Charles has hit back at critics after a year-old video resurfaced, which showed him nearly kissing controversial TikToker Tony Lopez in what appears to be a joke between them. The TikTok-sphere is constantly aflame with news and criticism regarding platform star Tony Lopez, who is currently undergoing accusations of grooming minors. In August 2020, Tony sparked outrage online after a video claimed he had explicitly messaged an underage girl. While he quickly issued a formal apology, that wasn\u2019t the end of the allegations, by far. In January 2021, Lopez was sued by two minors for \u201csexual battery and emotional distress,\u201d with one of the accusations claiming that he had met with the minor \u2014 knowing she was underage \u2014 and \u201cengaged in unlawful sexual acts.\u201d This, unsurprisingly, has made Lopez the number one most-wanted personality on TikTok \u2014 and influencers who once collaborated with him are coming under fire for failing to publicly disavow him and take down any content featuring him. The outrage surrounding Lopez has come to a fever pitch after a video of he and James Charles made the rounds on social media. In the short clip, a playful James Charles appears to jokingly approach Lopez for a kiss, who turns away at the last moment to give the camera a shocked look. https:\/\/twitter.com\/defnoodles\/status\/1355952892797014017?s=20 Charles was called out by popular drama YouTuber Def Noodles, who uploaded the clip to Twitter. Needless to say, it doesn\u2019t seem like Charles is a fan of the callout, as he hit back at Noodles in a biting response, calling the page\u2019s owner a \u201cpathetic excuse of a drama channel.\u201d This was almost an entire year ago you are such a fucking pathetic excuse of a drama channel it is ABSURD \u2014 James Charles (@jamescharles) January 31, 2021 Charles\u2019 reply has been met with an avalanche of disapproval as commenters hit back at the beauty guru for not taking down his older videos with Lopez and, at the time of writing, not publicly speaking against him. Similarly, critics have gone after Nikita Dragun for the same thing, and are still awaiting an official statement on the subject as the outrage continues to grow against Lopez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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