James Charles responds to \u201cfrustrating\u201d Tinder allegations Makeup mogul James Charles made headlines in May after mentor Tati Westbrook accused him of using his fame to manipulate straight men \u2013 and it doesn\u2019t look like these accusations are dying down. While Charles made the comeback of a lifetime after exposing Tati\u2019s \u201cLies\u201d in a forty-minute long video. the speculation surrounding her allegations continues to follow the beauty guru into the winter months. In early December, critics accused the YouTuber of identifying as \u201cfemale\u201d on dating apps to lure in straight men \u2013 an allegation that has been noted across the net by Distractify. https:\/\/twitter.com\/ExclusiveTalker\/status\/1194355519185735680?s=20 In fact, a fellow YouTuber by the name of \u201cDustin Dailey\u201d appeared to reference the matter in a series of Tweets on December 4, where he aired his grievances concerning matching up with possible partners on Tinder. \u201cIf you identify as a gay man, do not set your Tinder settings to female for straight men to find you,\u201d he wrote, repeating the line. \u201cThat\u2019s all.\u201d if you identify as a gay man do not set your tinder settings to female for straight men to find you if you identify as a gay man do not set your tinder settings to female for straight men to find you that\u2019s all \u2014 Dustin Dailey (@ThreeDailey) December 4, 2019 While Dailey made no mention of Charles in his post, his comments seemed to put the beauty star on edge, who popped off in a long string of Tweets concerning the past controversy surrounding his fame and love life. \u201cI\u2019m so sick of people talking about this,\u201d he wrote. \u201cMy identity on dating apps was listed as \u2018androgynous\u2019 \u2013 someone who expresses themselves in both feminine & masculine ways. NOT a female to \u2018trick\u2019 anyone.\u201d 3. Having simple conversations with people that swipe right on you on dating apps is NOT predatory. 4. As a gay man, you know that \u201ccurious\u201d men use feminine gays as an outlet to experiment. I stopped allowing myself to take part, but let\u2019s not pretend like it doesn\u2019t happen.\u2014 James Charles (@jamescharles) December 5, 2019 Charles went on to clarify that he has never attempted to \u201cbait\u201d straight men using dating apps, and even deleted such applications from his phone after receiving \u201charassment\u201d from critics hoping to \u201cmake a spectacle\u201d out of him in wake of Tati\u2019s accusations. However, when a fan brought up the fact that Dailey did not mention him in his post, Charles was quick with a comeback, arguing that \u201cI have a right to stand up for myself when I\u2019m being labeled as a predator.\u201d No Maggie, it\u2019s been 7 months and people clearly have NOT let it go so I have a right to stand up for myself when I\u2019m being labeled as a predator \u2014 James Charles (@jamescharles) December 5, 2019 Considering the mass backlash he received after Tati\u2019s video went viral, it isn\u2019t completely unsurprising that Charles is defensive about what could be attacks on his character \u2013 but Dailey posted a video clarifying that his Tweet was not in reference to the young star\u2019s past drama, whatsoever. i didn\u2019t tag james as i made a general statement. i did use a gif of james when referring to tinder but that\u2019s it. i do not hate the guy and i did not link the article until after the fact because i thought he was implying i started this up again. regardless, let\u2019s keep it moving pic.twitter.com\/p3qREAX60J \u2014 Dustin Dailey (@ThreeDailey) December 5, 2019 Although he may have recovered from his beef with Tati, it seems that her accusations are continuing to follow the star, with no thanks to social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
James Charles responds to \u201cfrustrating\u201d Tinder allegations Makeup mogul James Charles made headlines in May after mentor Tati Westbrook accused him of using his fame to manipulate straight men \u2013 and it doesn\u2019t look like these accusations are dying down. While Charles made the comeback of a lifetime after exposing Tati\u2019s \u201cLies\u201d in a forty-minute […]<\/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-51792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51792","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=51792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}