![]() ![]() For any other YouTube beauty guru, or any other celebrity for that matter, being held accountable for racism and alleged inaction on sexual assault would sink them. He’s also apologizing on behalf of Shane Dawson, a YouTuber who has been criticized for past videos that feature Dawson in blackface and making ableist and pedophilia jokes. This time, he’s not only facing accusations of pettiness, backstabbing, and attempting to sabotage James Charles’s career and threats against Tati Westbrook. With other industries in the pop culture sphere finally taking solvent actions against implicit and explicit forms of racism and misogyny, it might suggest Star’s history would excommunicate him from the beauty community and industry. ![]() Should I Make New Friends” (a reference to a racist spat against fellow YouTubers Laura Lee and Manny MUA) and in June 2017, he posted a video titled “ Racism.” about his use of racist slurs and at least one specific threat to beat up a female beauty YouTuber. This May, he uploaded a video called “ Responding to the Backlash Over My ‘Cremated’ Palette” in May 2019, he posted a similar apology in “ Never Doing This Again” in September 2018, he uploaded “ Starting Over. Star became a controversial figure in the beauty vlogger community and beyond because of moments of racist and misogynistic behavior, behavior he’s admitted to in past videos and public apologies. The video has been viewed more than 10 million times since it was posted on July 18. “A lot of things that are happening and being said are false,” he said. I know it sounds like it, and trust me, I’m sure I’d watch it as well, but this is my real life. This isn’t a Netflix series with a crazy storyline. “I didn’t try to take anyone down,” Star says in the video, responding to the latest drama swirling around him and Dawson after Westbrook called them out for their role in her own YouTube scandal. Star also takes on assertions that neither he nor Dawson have been held accountable for their on- and off-camera racism and misogyny. This time, in a 10-minute video titled “Doing What’s Right,” Star addresses allegations that he and YouTube mega-influencer and documentarian Shane Dawson manipulated YouTube beauty star Tati Westbrook into lashing out against influencer James Charles last year. In a world dominated by the latest releases, the hottest products, and fleeting popularity, the beauty industry has at least one constant: YouTube beauty guru Jeffree Star apologizing for awful, possibly even racist behavior.Ĭontroversy is nothing new for Jeffree Star. ![]()
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