James Charles sparks backlash with YouTube return after grooming accusations YouTube: James CharlesYouTuber and makeup artist James Charles has returned to social media after taking months away from posting amid accusations of grooming young fans \u2014 and the internet isn\u2019t happy with his comeback. James Charles has been immersed in a swath of controversies throughout his time as a YouTube star. Following the drama with Tati Westbrook in 2019, Charles was hit with multiple accusations of inappropriately messaging underage fans in 2020. This prompted a slew of backlash against Charles, causing him to get demonetized on YouTube and even dropped by Morphe amid his response to the allegations in a now-deleted video titled \u2018Holding Myself Accountable.\u2019 Several months later, Charles returned to YouTube with another explanatory video titled \u2018An Open Conversation\u2019 on July 2, 2021, where he addressed the situation surrounding him and claimed that many of the conversations posted to social media had been completely faked. \u201cI\u2019m still a human being that deserves privacy and respect like everybody else,\u201d Charles said. \u201cIt\u2019s one thing to have a super innocent and casual conversation with somebody on Instagram DMs or a dating app, and then to scroll on your For You Page an hour later and see every single message that was sent.\u201d Charles also stated that he was at fault for \u201cputting myself into these types of situations,\u201d and detailed several ways he has switched up his dating life as a result. \u201cI\u2019ve stopped allowing myself to be a science experiment,\u201d he continued. \u201cI\u2019ve been on dates before where guys have tried to take pictures of me on the DL. It\u2019s now gotten to a point where a lot of times if a person comes over, I\u2019ll ask them to leave their phone at the front door.\u201d \u201cI recognize that these types of things can happen when you have a platform. It\u2019s up to me to protect myself and make sure that I am not allowing myself to be so easily accessible to let those people in in the first place.\u201d Despite Charles\u2019 \u2018Open Conversation\u2019 with viewers, much of the internet is decidedly against his coming back at all, with plenty of commenters speaking out against him in pointed tweets. AND the \u201ctaking accountability\u201d video was deleted\u2026fuck outta here dude. You\u2019re not sorry. You\u2019re sorry you got caught. And don\u2019t think it\u2019s lost on anyone that you decided to reappear when the internet is hyper focussed on Gabbie Hanna. You are sick, James Charles. \u2014 here for the tea (@HereForTheTea2) July 2, 2021 https:\/\/twitter.com\/TruthSleuthYT\/status\/1411058666468478979 wow just opened Twitter and James Charles deleted his apology video so basically he has learned nothing from his break I see pic.twitter.com\/5GQNyRiCfS \u2014 gabby (@PeachyGab9) July 2, 2021 It\u2019s unclear how Charles\u2019 content will look in the future, but for now, it seems as though he isn\u2019t receiving a warm welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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