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Myspace-famous musician Dahvie Vanity was accused of child sex abuse for years. Now the FBI is involved.

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="6354629" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="beauty">Beauty</keyword> YouTuber and mogul <keyword id="9082331" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jeffree-star">Jeffree Star</keyword> teased the upcoming launch of his newest project: a skincare line.</li><li>On Thursday, Star tweeted that he was participating in a "huge development meeting" for a product line to be launched in 2021.</li><li>The announcement follows a tumultuous month for Star; he's been embroiled in a YouTuber feud dubbed "<keyword id="9497394" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="karmageddon">Karmageddon</keyword>" and recently lost his partnership with Morphe cosmetics. </li></ul>YouTuber and makeup mogul Jeffree Star is expanding his empire. Just weeks after he found himself at the center of a massive YouTube drama controversy and was dropped by makeup retailer Morphe, the 34-year-old teased his upcoming venture: a skincare line. On Thursday, Star tweeted that he was having "a huge development meeting for the iconic Jeffree Star Skin Care line" which he says will launch in 2021.The tweet, <a href="https://www.insider.com/jeffree-star-stirs-up-controversy-with-cremated-eyeshadow-palette-2020-5">like many of Star's product announcements</a>, received mixed responses. Some of Star's followers appeared to be ecstatic about the line, with several <a href="https://twitter.com/RubystarHere/status/1286330773721755650">adding</a> that the beauty guru was "the only person" they would trust with their skin.Much of the Twitter feedback, however, was critical of Star's behavior. "OMG I JUST GOT THE LEAKED PHOTO OF JEFFREES NEW PALLETTE," one Twitter user <a href="https://twitter.com/Lucy2234/status/1286332513003200513">quipped</a>, posting a photo of clown makeup. "He's really acting like nothing happened?" another wrote. <h2>The announcement follows a tumultuous month for Star</h2>The YouTuber received intense backlash online after beauty guru <keyword id="9142318" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tati-westbrook">Tati Westbrook</keyword> released an explosive video on June 30 in which she accused Star and fellow YouTube personality Shane Dawson of "coercion" and "manipulation." In the clip, <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/tati-westbrook-releases-new-video-claiming-that-shane-dawson-and-jeffree-star-manipulated-her-into-starting-2019-beauty-guru-war/ar-BB16af73">Westbrook said</a> that Star and Dawson purposefully misled her and fed her false information about beauty YouTuber James Charles, <a href="https://www.insider.com/shane-dawson-tati-westbrook-video-jeffree-star-drama-timeline-cancelled-2020-6">leading to their infamous 2019 feud</a>. Beauty YouTube fans and critics alike buzzed about Westbrook's video, calling the incident "Karmageddon."The fallout for Star <a href="https://www.insider.com/morphe-cuts-ties-jeffree-star-cosmetics-backlash-drama-shane-dawson-2020-7">extended to his partnership</a> with cosmetics company Morphe, which served as the primary brick-and-mortar retailer for his cosmetics line. On July 10, Morphe announced it would "cease all commercial activity" with Star and his brand.On July 18, Star posted a video titled "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOuwNiCa-zU&amp;feature=youtu.beu.be">Doing What's Right</a>," in which he addressed the ongoing controversy, noting that he'd been unusually "silent" on social media in order to "do a lot of self-reflection" and consider the possible ramifications of his words. Throughout the 10-minute video, Star referenced the "the situation" but did not mention Westbrook by name. He did, however, apologize to Charles. Despite the drama, he said, he and Dawson remain close. Shortly after posting the clip, Star disabled comments on the post. The blow-up with Westbrook is not Star's first controversy: he's frequently called out online for his past behavior captured in resurfaced videos where he used racist slurs. More recently, he outraged followers by <a href="https://www.insider.com/jeffree-star-responds-to-cremated-palette-criticism-with-new-video-2020-5">releasing the "Cremated" eyeshadow palette</a>, a product name that some found to be insensitive amid a pandemic. He's also raised eyebrows with his connection to Myspace-famous musician Dahvie Vanity, who has been <a href="https://www.insider.com/dahvie-vanity-jessi-slaughter-you-done-goofed-blood-dance-floor-2020-4">accused of sexual assault</a> by more than 20 women. As of Thursday afternoon, Star has not shared any other social media posts about his upcoming skincare line.Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/jeffree-star-new-video-about-shane-dawson-james-charles-accusations-2020-7">Jeffree Star addressed the Tati Westbrook 'situation,' James Charles, and the drama about him and Shane Dawson in a new video</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/shane-dawson-tati-westbrook-video-jeffree-star-drama-timeline-cancelled-2020-6">A timeline of how the internet turned against the top YouTubers Shane Dawson and Jeffree Star</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/youtube-breakups-power-couple-splits-drama-2020-2">These 16 YouTube stars broke up in front of millions of people on their massive platforms</a>

Jeffree Star announced that he's launching a skincare line in 2021 despite being dropped by Morphe

<ul class="summary-list"><li>YouTuber <keyword id="8299810" type="AGENCY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Trisha-paytas">Trisha Paytas</keyword> said <keyword id="6354629" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="beauty">beauty</keyword> mogul <keyword id="9082331" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jeffree-star">Jeffree Star</keyword> privately reached out to apologize for insulting her weight, skin, and past drug use on the pair's 2020 Valentine's Day weekend trip to Las Vegas.</li><li>Previously, a former friend of Star's named Tab David made a since-deleted YouTube video about overhearing Star make fun of Paytas behind her back during the trip. </li><li>Paytas later confirmed that David was referring to her and that the Vegas trip left her "in tears."</li></ul>Beauty mogul Jeffree Star still has yet to re-emerge in the public eye following <a href="https://www.insider.com/shane-dawson-tati-westbrook-video-jeffree-star-drama-timeline-cancelled-2020-6">explosive drama</a> involving him and fellow YouTuber and business partner Shane Dawson, but according to YouTuber Trisha Paytas, he's been "working on himself" behind-the-scenes.During <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H17A6Kv-de8">a July 15 vlog</a>, Paytas said Star has "reached out and tried to apologize" for comments he made that left Paytas "in tears" during a February 2020 trip the pair took to Las Vegas. In Paytas' June 30 video "Tati dumb as hell," addressing the drama in the beauty community, Paytas confirmed <a href="https://www.insider.com/jeffree-star-trisha-paytas-weight-drug-use-vegas-tab-david-2020-7">claims about her trip</a> with Star that were brought forward by Star's former friend, model Tab David. In a since-deleted video, David said Star and his entourage on the trip said "the most disgusting, horrible things" about an unnamed friend, who Paytas confirmed was her. David said <a href="https://www.insider.com/jeffree-star-trisha-paytas-weight-drug-use-vegas-tab-david-2020-7">Star body-shamed Paytas</a>, made fun of her weight and skin, and made comments about her past drug abuse and recovery. He also showed DMs sent between him and Paytas that included Paytas saying she should be "canceled" if she spoke out about Star. In the middle of a fast-food mukbang vlog, drama channel Spill Sesh <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLHyovFWitA">first reported</a>, Paytas explained why she's "not really ready to accept the apology.""I don't consider Jeffree a close friend because of the stuff I heard," Paytas said. "He has reached out and tried to apologize and I feel his pain, I can understand it [...] but I'm not really ready to accept the apology, you know what I mean? Or at least be friends on that level. Because it really did hurt, that trip in Vegas, like it's petty s---, it really is petty, it's not that big of a deal. I just like cried when I came home, I was just like 'Wow.' It felt very 'Mean Girls.'"While eating Jack in the Box fries and spicy chicken nuggets, Paytas ruminated on the perception that she engages in feuds for "clicks and drama." Paytas argued that she doesn't and unlike David did in his since-deleted video, Paytas said she wouldn't read private DMs just to start drama. "It's not that I'm scared, I just don't want the drama," Paytas said. "And it doesn't make him a bad person, plenty of friend groups have that sort of banter, sense of humor, whatever, and it just did not make me feel good."The YouTuber added that she does "feel for Jeffree" and thinks "he's working on himself.""I really do think like some things he can't help, because you're traumatized, you're trying to cover something up, I don't know," she said. "I'm not trying to make excuses. All that to say, I never sat down to say 'This is what happened to me with Jeffree Star' because I don't want to be in drama, I truly, truly don't."While most of the recent drama has revolved around Dawson's old, offensive videos, Star has also <a href="https://www.insider.com/why-some-celebrities-seem-bulletproof-to-being-canceled-2020-7">received scrutiny</a> for his history, which includes racist remarks, and his past working relationship with Dahvie Vanity, a singer <a href="https://www.insider.com/dahvie-vanity-jessi-slaughter-you-done-goofed-blood-dance-floor-2020-4">accused by dozens of women</a> of child-sex-abuse and sexual assault.Star has yet to reappear online using his own social media profiles, but has appeared on Instagram <a href="https://www.insider.com/jeffree-star-reappears-online-blac-chyna-tati-westbrook-shane-dawson-2020-7">with Blac Chyna</a> and in friends' Instagram stories. On July 10, Morphe, the cosmetics company that distributes Jeffree Star Cosmetics in stores, <a href="https://www.insider.com/morphe-cuts-ties-jeffree-star-cosmetics-backlash-drama-shane-dawson-2020-7">cut ties</a> with Star. <ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/jeffree-star-trisha-paytas-weight-drug-use-vegas-tab-david-2020-7">Trisha Paytas says Jeffree Star left her 'in tears' after he insulted her weight and past drug use on a 2020 Vegas trip</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/shane-dawson-tati-westbrook-video-jeffree-star-drama-timeline-cancelled-2020-6">A timeline of how the internet turned against the top YouTubers Shane Dawson and Jeffree Star</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/morphe-cuts-ties-jeffree-star-cosmetics-backlash-drama-shane-dawson-2020-7">Morphe cuts ties with Jeffree Star and his cosmetics company after explosive drama involving the beauty mogul</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/shane-dawson-la-sheriffs-department-suspicious-circumstance-report-sanders-kennedy-2020-7">A YouTube drama reporter claimed the police were investigating Shane Dawson's old videos. Now he's facing backlash of his own.</a></li></ul>

Trisha Paytas says Jeffree Star apologized for insulting her weight and past drug use, and has been 'working on himself'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A drama YouTuber named Sanders Kennedy sent old videos of <keyword id="7353406" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Shane-Dawson">Shane Dawson</keyword> to the <keyword id="6354803" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Los-Angeles">Los Angeles</keyword> Sheriff's Department.</li><li>He then made a monetized video about an "investigation" into Dawson on his own channel.</li><li>The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department confirmed to Insider that there is no criminal investigation.</li><li>Kennedy's video caused immediate controversy in the YouTube drama community surrounding his actions.</li></ul>YouTube star Shane Dawson has <a href="https://www.insider.com/shane-dawson-tati-westbrook-video-jeffree-star-drama-timeline-cancelled-2020-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">faced backlash over the past few weeks</a> over some of his older videos, including one where he sexualized then-11-year-old Willow Smith.Now a well-known "drama YouTuber" is mired in controversy after sending the videos to the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department (LASD) and reporting on the so-called "investigation" on his YouTube channel. Sanders Kennedy, 31, a self-proclaimed entertainment reporter with a popular YouTube drama channel, confirmed to Insider that he sent the videos to the police, days after he <a href="https://twitter.com/SandersKennedy_" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tweeted about</a> doing so. The move caused an uproar in the YouTube drama community — though it was directed at Kennedy himself, not Dawson. <h2>Kennedy sent photos to the LASD and then posted a video saying there was an 'investigation' into Shane Dawson. Insider confirmed there is no investigation into Dawson.</h2>After tweeting that he had sent Dawson's old videos and posts to the police, Kennedy posted a video to his YouTube channel saying that they had resulted in an "investigation."The LASD confirmed to Insider that there is no investigation into Dawson and that any statements otherwise were "misinformation."Sergeant Dave Payne, the Human Trafficking Bureau sergeant for the department, said that Dawson had not been charged with a crime and that no one has come forward to identify themselves to the LASD as a victim of Dawson's.In a video on his YouTube page, Kennedy posted audio of his own conversation with Sergeant Payne, in which the sergeant refers to a "suspicious circumstance investigation." "We don't have enough to call it a crime, but there's a lot of things we have to look through first, and we also need victims," Sergeant Payne says in the recording.Kennedy later clarified that he never referred to the "investigation" as a criminal one, although critics have pointed out that<a href="https://twitter.com/BaNdE_8/status/1280875716138151936" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> he changed the title</a> of his first video from, "LA Sheriff's Department Officially Opens Investigation On Shane Dawson, Survivors Urged To Come Forward!," to omit the word "Officially." Sanders also edited himself saying the word "officially" out of the video after he began to receive backlash for it.<h2>Kennedy monetized his video about the 'investigation' — a move that caused controversy among independent YouTube drama reporters and fans</h2>Kennedy has more than 240,000 subscribers, and the first video he uploaded around the Shane Dawson "investigation" has been viewed more than a quarter of a million times. It immediately caused a stir in the YouTube drama community, prompting follow-up investigations from other YouTubers.Kennedy's decision to monetize the video — which purported to report on information he himself had submitted to the police — also drew widespread ire.In exchange for paying $2.99 a month for his premium channel, subscribers would have access to "exclusive" information from the LASD, as well as "things that might not become public on social media and on YouTube," he said.Kennedy also said that the LASD was strongly encouraging "victims" or "survivors" of Dawson to come forward, particularly in connection with old videos from TinyChat conversations. Kennedy asked so-called "victims" to reach out to him directly so he could be the one to direct them to the LASD.Controversy over the nature of Kennedy's involvement with the police and his portrayal of any so-called investigation erupted shortly after he posted his video."We're considering all options and we will take appropriate action against Mr. Kennedy to protect and enforce our client's rights," Dawson's legal representatives told Insider.<h2>The backlash has raised questions about Sanders' credibility in the YouTube drama community</h2>Drama YouTubers have become a part of YouTube's ecosystem, with independent YouTube <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> reporters becoming influencers themselves, making livings off their channels and <a href="https://www.insider.com/shane-dawson-tati-westbrook-video-jeffree-star-drama-timeline-cancelled-2020-6">shaping public opinion</a> about famous creators.The controversy over Kennedy's videos and reporting tactics, which included <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvdRBzMAjp4&amp;t=630s630s">a scathing video response</a> from YouTuber Trisha Paytas, raises transparency concerns about how YouTubers who task themselves with holding their famous counterparts accountable go about doing so. An outpouring of criticism over his recent videos has caused Kennedy to largely disappear from social media, and Kennedy says he has received death threats. He has since taken all the videos down from his YouTube channel.Dawson has been quiet over the past two weeks as he has been <a href="https://www.insider.com/shane-dawson-tati-westbrook-video-jeffree-star-drama-timeline-cancelled-2020-6">buried by backlash of his own</a>, including criticism from Jada Pinkett Smith and Jaden Smith, over his older videos. He's also faced accusations from YouTuber Tati Westbrook, who said Dawson <a href="https://www.insider.com/shane-dawson-tati-westbrook-video-jeffree-star-drama-timeline-cancelled-2020-6">"manipulated" and "gaslit"</a> her into starting her 2019 feud with James Charles. <ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/shane-dawson-tati-westbrook-video-jeffree-star-drama-timeline-cancelled-2020-6">A timeline of how the internet turned against the top YouTubers Shane Dawson and Jeffree Star</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/dahvie-vanity-jessi-slaughter-you-done-goofed-blood-dance-floor-2020-4">Myspace-famous musician Dahvie Vanity was accused of child sex abuse for years. Now the FBI is involved.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/jeffree-star-reappears-online-blac-chyna-tati-westbrook-shane-dawson-2020-7">Jeffree Star reappeared online for the first time after Tati Westbrook's explosive video to pose with Blac Chyna</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/jeffree-star-trisha-paytas-weight-drug-use-vegas-tab-david-2020-7">Trisha Paytas says Jeffree Star left her 'in tears' after he insulted her weight and past drug use on a 2020 Vegas trip</a></li></ul>

A YouTube drama reporter claimed the police were investigating Shane Dawson's old videos. Now he's facing backlash of his own.

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="9082331" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jeffree-star">Jeffree Star</keyword> was interviewed in a "Mom's Basement" podcast episode on Tuesday, answering questions from drama personality Keemstar about the feud between him, <keyword id="9142318" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tati-westbrook">Tati Westbrook</keyword>, and <keyword id="3757085" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="james-charles">James Charles</keyword>.</li><li>The explosive drama was largely put to rest last year, but Star introduced new allegations that he has an alleged recording from "a victim of James Charles" saved on his phone, although he says he cannot legally disclose the accuser's name or provide many more details.</li><li>Star also said Charles has recently messaged one of Star's friends claiming that Star and Shane Dawson "tried to ruin his life," and Star invited Charles to call him if he believes that, since Star said it was actually Tati Westbrook who "ruined James Charles' career."</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>As the 1-year anniversary of <a href="https://www.insider.com/james-charles-tati-westbrook-feud-2019-5">the beauty YouTuber feud</a> between James Charles, Tati Westbrook, and Jeffree Star approaches, the latter introduced new claims about his former friends on a podcast episode. Tucked away in an hour-long discussion with YouTube personalities Daniel "Keemstar" Keem, FaZe Banks, and Colossal Is Crazy, Star used his Tuesday appearance on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1tZUzyo7QD8NmmD4tjUuYF">an episode of their "Mom's Basement" podcast</a> to claim that he still has a recording on his phone of an alleged "victim of James Charles," apparently referencing previous allegations made by him and Westbrook that the 20-year-old YouTuber was a sexual "predator" — a claim that was never backed up by solid evidence. "It's going to upset a lot of people, but the truth is that someone, and right now I legally can't say who, told us a few things," Star said on the podcast. "And we trusted that person's opinion, and then another person said some things –that were friends with that man – and it really convinced us that he was a predator."<h2>Keem asked Star why he got involved in the feud between Charles and Westbrook, and Star offered what he said was new information in return</h2>Keem, one of the most well-know drama personalities on YouTube, had asked Star to recount why he initially tweeted "There is a reason that Nathan banned James Charles from ever coming over to our home again. There's a reason why I haven't seen him since @GlamLifeGuru's birthday in February. He is a danger to society. Everything Tati said is 100% true."The conversation about Charles and Westbrook only started toward the end of the podcast episode, since the majority of it revolved around <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHqymqO-osY">Star's former friendship</a> with scene band Blood on The Dance Floor's Dahvie Vanity, who Star accused in 2010 of child molestation, only to publicly retract his claim and go on tour with him a year later. Keem drew parallels between that incident a decade ago and Star's feud with Charles a year ago. When explaining why he sent his tweet calling Charles a "predator," along with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFvtCUzfyL4&amp;t=9st=9s">a tweet he sent Charles' younger brother Ian</a> that asked "Why is your brother a predator?," Star also responded that he would go into another room with Keem's podcast co-host Richard "FaZe Banks" Bengston, who usually goes by "Banks," and play the recording on his phone to see if Bengston agreed that his tweet was justified. "If you want we can pause and I can go in another room and play Banks what I have on my phone, and he can determine if he would have sent the same tweet," Star said. "At the end of the day, I'm not gonna out a victim of James Charles. If it's real, because I don't know if it's real, and I'll go in another room and play it for you.""Everyone wants to make me out 'You ruined James Charles' career.' No, Tati did, and uploaded a 40-minute video about him and she should never have uploaded that. But she did, and for some reason James thinks that me and Shane tried to ruin his life and orchestrated the whole thing like we f---ing care." <h2>During the feud in 2019, Star privately messaged Charles with accusations that he molested and preyed on specific individuals </h2>The original circumstances that inspired the 2019 feud were that Westbrook was promoting a line of hair care vitamins under her brand Halo <keyword id="6354629" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="beauty">Beauty</keyword>, which competes with the Instagram-famous brand Sugar Bear Hair Care. At Coachella in 2019, Charles agreed to post a Sugar Bear sponsorship in exchange for an "Artist's Pass" that would allow him to escape the crowds in the VIP section at the music festival.What Westbrook saw as a betrayal on Charles' behalf prompted her to post a since-deleted 40-minute video titled "Bye Sister," where she also accused Charles of using his money and fame to prey on other young men who identify as straight. At the time, Star supported Westbrook's argument, but told Keem on Tuesday that Westbrook should not have posted the video, which <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFym6kzIZb8">has been re-uploaded</a> many times to YouTube since its deletion. "I think James has dealt with enough mental abuse and I don't know what the future holds," Star said. "Look, if James Charles is ever listening, call me, or sit down with me, and I will show you what was shown to me, and I will tell you a year later exactly what happened behind the scenes. And either he cares or he doesn't.""But I'll be real, he messaged one of my close friends and basically said that he unfollowed that guy because my friend follows me and Shane who 'tried to ruin his life.' So the fact that he still thinks that a few weeks ago is scary. Tati did that. We didn't."After Star tweeted his contributions to the feud in 2019, Charles released his response video titled "No More Lies." In it, he included screenshots of texts Star sent him, which included accusations that Charles molested a friend and former YouTube collaborator, Grayson Dolan. In "No More Lies," Charles disputed all the claims in Star's texts, saying that the Dolan twins no longer wanted to be associated with him due to the drama, but that they had reached out to him privately. He also disputed Westbrook's and Star's claims that he pressured a waiter in Seattle by "trapping him in the hotel room," with Charles stating that all the physical contact between him and "Sam from Seattle" was consensual. Charles also stated that he does not know who the "Cameron" referenced in Star's texts is, and he said that Star had encouraged him on-camera to pursue a relationship with "Zach," who is Star's ex-boyfriend Nathan Schwandt's younger brother.<div type="image" title="Texts sent between Jeffree Star and James Charles that Charles addressed in his video &quot;No More Lies.&quot;" height="1270" width="2714" msid="75456292" hostid="261"></div>In another earlier message, Star told Charles that "Tati and Shane + a few others told me everything that you have said about me over the last six months," to which Charles responded to he had not talked to Shane Dawson over the six months prior to the text message. On "Mom's Basement," Star said that Charles believes he and Dawson attempted to "ruin his life," but Star says that isn't true. He also said he and Charles are not currently feuding."There's no feud, I know everyone wants to create one over and over, there's no competition," he said on the podcast. "I've been doing this for a very long time. I have a competitive nature, I love watching peoples' numbers, but his fans really try to always create animosity. I've been doing this for so long, and I'm really in my own lane. I'm a f---ing icon, Keem. I don't f---ing care if you gain more on YouTube. To me it isn't a numbers game, because I've already won."When pressed for more details about the recording Star claims to have on his phone from "a victim of James Charles," Star said that the alleged victim no longer wanted to come forward because of media attention."Well it isn't a testimony, it's someone telling you certain things and you don't have proof that what they're saying is true," Star said. "Testimony is very edgy. It's a scary subject. It's not someone saying this is an entire crime. It's just some people told us some things. And I don't know to this day if they're true, because they shut up and got quiet when the whole world and CNN cared about James, Tati, Jeffree."Insider reached out to Westbrook for comment but did not receive a response.<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/why-beauty-youtube-is-full-of-drama-and-scandals-2019-5">Why the beauty community on YouTube is one of the most turbulent and drama-filled places on the internet</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/james-charles-tati-westbrook-feud-2019-5">A complete timeline of James Charles and Tati Westbrook's explosive feud that tore their relationship apart</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/jeffree-star-feuds-mason-disick-age-deleted-tweet-tiktok-privilege-2020-4">Jeffree Star tweeted an insult about 10-year-old Mason Disick, and it isn't the first time he's feuded with a minor</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/james-charles-on-making-content-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-2020-4">James Charles talks about what it's like making content and launching a reality show in the time of coronavirus</a></li></ul>Read the original article on <a href="https://www.insider.com/jeffree-star-james-charles-victim-keemstar-tati-westbrook-shane-dawson-2020-4">Insider</a>

Jeffree Star reignites drama with James Charles, claiming he has a recording from 'a victim' of the beauty influencer on his phone

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="9497394" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="karmageddon">Karmageddon</keyword> is currently <a href="https://www.insider.com/shane-dawson-tati-westbrook-video-jeffree-star-drama-timeline-cancelled-2020-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tearing its way through YouTube's beauty community</a>, with Tati Westbrook claiming <keyword id="9082331" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jeffree-star">Jeffree Star</keyword> and <keyword id="7353406" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Shane-Dawson">Shane Dawson</keyword> manipulated her into almost destroying James Charles' career in May 2019.</li><li>But while Dawson is currently experiencing a <a href="https://www.insider.com/how-shane-dawson-went-from-king-of-youtube-to-canceled-2020-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">catastrophic fall from grace</a>, Star is nowhere to be seen.</li><li>Some celebrities seem to be able to brush off criticism and backlash whenever it comes their way, either by staying quiet, or continuing as normal.</li><li>According to experts, this is down to the brand they have built themselves, what the audience expects from them, and relentlessly fierce fanbases.</li><li>When someone has a supervillain persona, they are more likely to get away with bad behavior. It's the ones who set themselves higher standards who get "canceled."</li></ul>Shane Dawson's reputation is currently hanging in the balance. He's <a href="https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/shane" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lost over a million subscribers</a> in the last two weeks after old footage resurfaced of his past involving racism and jokes about the sexualization of animals and children. The final straw for many came when <a href="https://www.insider.com/tati-westbrook-video-jeffree-star-shane-dawson-manipulated-james-charles-2020-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tati Westbrook dropped her video</a> and claimed Dawson and Jeffree Star were the ones who manipulated her into <a href="https://www.insider.com/james-charles-tati-westbrook-feud-2019-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">almost ruining James Charles' career</a> last year.However, while Dawson responded to Westbrook's video <a href="https://www.insider.com/shane-dawson-tati-westbrook-video-live-instagram-reaction-2020-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in real time on an Instagram livestream</a>, Star is nowhere to be seen. While <a href="https://www.insider.com/trisha-paytas-eugenia-cooney-criticized-for-supporting-shane-dawson-youtube-2020-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">several of Dawson's friends</a> have publicly supported him, Star is not among them. There have been a few theories about his whereabouts thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/PunsNImgo/status/1278382221561298944" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fan photos cropping up on Twitter</a>, but his own social media presence has been silent.<h2>The uncancelable star</h2>Star's past is littered with as much controversy as Dawson's. Clips periodically resurface that capture him <a href="https://twitter.com/asieymomo/status/1278087988283494400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hurling racist abuse</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/makeupbylevi/status/1276126512454922240" target="_blank" rel="noopener">being violent</a>. One video even seems to show Star and a friend <a href="https://twitter.com/Summer9022/status/1278152807418408963" target="_blank" rel="noopener">belittling and abusing a vulnerable intoxicated man</a> as he tries to leave their house. Some of this he <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su6FeI7lHVg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">apologized for in a video in 2017</a>.In recent weeks, Star has also faced criticism for <a href="https://www.insider.com/jeffree-star-stirs-up-controversy-with-cremated-eyeshadow-palette-2020-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">releasing a makeup palette called Cremated</a> during a pandemic, and his <a href="https://www.insider.com/dahvie-vanity-jessi-slaughter-you-done-goofed-blood-dance-floor-2020-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">connection to alleged abuser Dahvie Vanity</a>.<a href="https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/jeffreestar" target="_blank" rel="noopener">He's lost 500,000 subscribers</a> since Westbrook's video was posted, but for the most part, has managed to stay a secondary character in this particular wave of drama.<div type="image" title="James Charles, Tati Westbrook, Jeffree Star" height="948" width="1264" msid="76785947" hostid="261"></div>Some celebrities, like Star, seem bulletproof to criticism. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/r-actor-morgan-freeman-apologizes-after-accusations-2018-5">Morgan Freeman, for example, was accused of sexually harassing eight women</a> and issued a statement denying the allegations in 2018, which everyone seems to have forgotten about. Chris Brown also still has fans despite being <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/aug/25/rihanna-chris-brown-sentence">convicted of assaulting Rihanna</a> in 2009 and a long history of violence towards women. High profile stars like Justin Bieber <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/justin-bieber-comes-under-fire-chris-brown-2484389" target="_blank" rel="noopener">are among his fanbase</a>, which vehemently defends his right to still make music. YouTuber Gus Johnson <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDqRcfo6V_8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in a video</a> he "continues to be shocked" at how Brown's career is not over when he listed all the legal issues and charges he's been involved in over the last 15 years.In the internet world, YouTube creators like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/NewDramaAlert" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Keemstar</a>, <a href="https://www.insider.com/life-and-controversies-of-youtuber-trisha-paytas-2019-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trisha Paytas</a>, <a href="https://www.insider.com/tana-mongeau-mental-health-jake-paul-and-her-explosive-career-2020-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tana Mongeau</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkvK_5omS-42Ovgah8KRKtg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Star</a> are constantly called out for controversial statements or behavior, but it never seems to damage their careers too much.Esme Rice, the marketing director of the influencer marketing agency Tailify, told Insider this could be because some people are simply better at shaking off criticism than others."I believe some <keyword id="1112328" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Influencers">influencers</keyword> are held to different standards," she said. "And often this is a reflection of how they are originally portrayed."<h2>Chaos and controversy is a brand for some</h2>Chaos and controversy have built the brand for some celebrities. Mongeau, for example, has never really faced serious backlash, despite being one of the most controversial creators on the platform. In her past, she's been filmed driving while reportedly <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Idubbbz/comments/bh1xi4/youtuber_tana_mongeau_drives_her_friends_around/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">under the influence of drugs</a>, been <a href="https://www.insider.com/tana-mongeau-responds-to-accusations-of-racism-and-ignorance-2020-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused of microaggressions and using racial slurs</a>, and was responsible for thousands of fans getting sunburned in the California heat when her <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/26/17500590/tanacon-disaster-fyre-fest-tana-mongeau-youtuber" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disastrous event TanaCon</a> fell apart.But Mongeau has managed to lean into her chaotic persona, and fans love her for it. She even has a song called "F--k Up," about how she's always making mistakes and apparently never learning from them.Rice said some creators use their platform as "an attention-seeking mission to spark conversation and debate around themselves.""A sense of voyeurism keeps the audience coming back," she said. "A sense of indignation keeps them commenting and a sense of importance keeps the influencer posting chaotic content to drive the cycle."<div type="image" title="tana mongeau shane" height="720" width="960" msid="76785950" hostid="261"></div>However, YouTuber Donna, who runs the channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/DesigningDonna" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PsychIRL</a>, told Insider Mongeau's fanbase has followed her since she was very young, when much of her behavior was ignored."When she was smaller, she did similar things of course, but we let that behavior go because of her status," she said. "Now she's bigger, she's built all that stuff into her personality."She said a social contract is made between the audience and the creator about what they expect from each other. It's when they deviate from this expectation that they have a problem."If you think about the way that YouTube garners its audience, I think it's very similar to how you develop a friendship," she said. "[Mongeau]'s viewership has agreed to the social contract that this is who she is."<h2>They are never expected to change</h2>Chris Boutté, from the YouTube channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpfURmLbv0Sq4miJ3DzlZhA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Rewired Soul</a>, told Insider some celebrities can seem relatively uncancelable because they're never really expected to change. They will come out and apologize for the dramas they get involved in, and continue the cycle of getting into them in the first place.For example, when Charles lost 3 million subscribers last year for Westbrook's accusations that he was inappropriate around straight men, Star called him a "predator" and a "danger to society." He promised evidence in an upcoming video, but then removed himself from the situation as quickly as he'd inserted himself into it."He makes a video saying, 'I'm never doing this again,'" Boutté said. "It's been a little over a year and Jeffree Star has been involved in like 10 different dramas since then, talking s--t, and shading people."<div type="image" title="Shane Jeffree" height="641" width="855" msid="76785953" hostid="261"></div>Dawson really disappointed his fans when his history was dredged up because he had an almost universal image of being kind and empathetic. Star, on the other hand, has always had a bit more mystery and darkness surrounding him."When you have somebody like Jeffree Star, Trisha Paytas, or Tana Mongeau, what do you really expect from them?" Boutté posed. "Do you expect them to be this kind, generous, giving person? Or do you expect them to be kind of an a--hole and constantly be in controversy?"Having an aura of being a bit of a villain means your bad behavior is almost excused, because you're playing the correct part. Paytas, for instance, has insulted perhaps every community on the internet, but is still hugely popular because she "speaks her truth.""Same thing with like Keemstar," said Boutté. "If Keemstar does something s----y or terrible, or says something awful, people are like, 'Oh, that's just Keemstar.'"<h2>The fiercest of fans never give up</h2>Star also has a huge fanbase of over 17 million, many of which are fiercely loyal to him. Even if 500,000 of his followers turn against him — the population of a small city — that still leaves millions who will run to his defense. Some celebrities cross a threshold where enough people have their back that it doesn't matter what they do.Star has also been around since the Myspace days, so many of his fans will have grown up with him. Turning their back on him for making a mistake may feel like abandoning an old friend. The same might be true for mainstream celebrities like Brown or Freeman — fans want to believe the people they idolized as youngsters are better than what they are hearing."We can look at our own personal lives and think how we all have a friend who keeps f---ing up, but we've known him for so long, it's hard to just cut them off completely," said Boutté. "They want to feel this connection. They want to feel like this celebrity actually cares about them. And what do you do for a good friend that cares about you? You defend them, you back them, you go online and you fight for them."<div type="image" title="Shane Jeffree" height="896" width="1195" msid="76785955" hostid="261"></div>Internet celebrities develop a particularly strong parasocial relationship with their fans because they speak directly to the camera, and give you an intimate snapshot into their lives.Boutté said this connection may even be strengthened by the loneliness epidemic that's sweeping across every generation. When a YouTuber is saying "I love you guys" and "you guys mean the world to me," they are talking to a faceless crowd. But the faceless crowd is made up of individual people, all watching the screen and feeling a connection."They have fame, they're attractive, and when people have what you want, you think they must know something," he said. "So you listen to their opinions on everything and you develop this trust for them."<h2>A new era ahead</h2>There was once a theory that Star's recent explosion in popularity was thanks to his connection to Dawson. He, Mongeau, and Paytas have basically been given a free pass when they found themselves in the midst of a drama because the halo of the "King of YouTube" was protecting them.However, Dawson's association is no longer the bullet-proof vest it once was. The YouTube reckoning over the past couple of weeks has shown nobody is safe, and everyone's past is free game. Star might finally get the comeuppance that many commentators have been asking for.<a href="https://www.insider.com/how-shane-dawson-went-from-king-of-youtube-to-canceled-2020-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">It's only now Dawson has fallen</a> that we may well see others fall too.Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/how-youtube-supervillain-are-made-onision-amberlynn-reid-2020-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Why some YouTubers are destined to become supervillains</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/why-beauty-youtube-is-full-of-drama-and-scandals-2019-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Why the beauty community on YouTube is one of the most turbulent and drama-filled places on the internet</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/cancel-culture-what-it-means-creators-on-youtube-2019-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">YouTubers are calling out the platform's 'cancel culture' that subjects them to a rampant hate mob and sees them lose thousands of subscribers in a matter of hours</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/why-we-like-watching-youtubers-get-together-and-break-up-2019-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The whirlwind romances and breakups of YouTube stars fuel our appetite for increasingly extreme and dramatic online entertainment</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/shane-dawson-tati-westbrook-video-jeffree-star-drama-timeline-cancelled-2020-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A timeline of how the internet turned against the top YouTubers Shane Dawson and Jeffree Star</a>

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