Jeffree Star reappeared online for the first time after Tati Westbrook's explosive video to pose with Blac Chyna
- After more than a week of silence, Jeffree Star has returned to the internet on the reality star Blac Chyna's Instagram account.
- It's unclear when the photos were taken or why they were posted Tuesday.
- Star still has yet to address the chaos engulfing his friend and collaborator Shane Dawson, which includes an explosive video posted by Tati Westbrook last week.
- Westbrook said Star and Dawson "manipulated" and "gaslit" her into posting the 2019 video that started her and Star's feud with James Charles.
On June 26, Jeffree Star posted a preflight photo on Instagram announcing that he would be visiting his 103-year-old grandmother. The beauty mogul's literal departure — from both Los Angeles and the internet — took off just as Star's friend and frequent collaborator Shane Dawson was disappearing under a wave of backlash over old, offensive content.
But on Tuesday, Star reappeared online in a set of glamorous photos posted on the model Blac Chyna's Instagram.
"Foreign sitting in six digits how we ride around," Chyna captioned the set of three GIFs of her and Star. It's unclear when the photos were taken or why Chyna uploaded them Tuesday.
Nonetheless, it's an abrupt return to social media for Star, who has been heavily criticized alongside Dawson.
On June 30, Tati Westbrook uploaded an explosive exposé video pitted against both Dawson and Star, saying she was "manipulated" and "gaslit" into making the 2019 video that sparked her and Star's feud with James Charles. Star has yet to respond to or acknowledge the claims in Westbrook's video.
In the months leading up to what the YouTube drama community has termed "Karmageddon," Star's past was reexamined yet again, and numerous drama YouTubers and former friends and associates made videos about the Jeffree Star Cosmetics CEO, slinging accusations of everything from "blackmail" to being kept on Star's "payroll."
One former friend, Tab David, issued a particularly damning testimony about Star's recent behavior on a February 2020 trip with Trisha Paytas to Las Vegas. In his video, which David deleted but has been reuploaded by other YouTubers, David said he witnessed Star call Chyna "stupid."
Star didn't respond to Insider's request for comment about David's video, and he hasn't publicly confirmed or denied any of its claims, though he referred to the video's claims about him insulting Paytas' weight, skin, and drug use as "rumors" in a since-deleted tweet.
Chyna has an outsize personality of her own, having appeared on reality TV and in countless articles detailing her controversial career, her relationship with Rob Kardashian, and her daughter Dream Kardashian. Star has a history of criticizing the Kardashian sisters (and their children), but he buddied up with Chyna for his unprompted return.
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