Hello and welcome. If you've clicked on this, I'm guessing you're up to date on the whole James Charles and Tati Westbrook situation.
Ever since Tati dropped her bombshell of a video, followed up by James' apology video, there has been a massive response in both the YouTube and wider internet community.
me getting ready to watch a 43 minute video by tati westbrook, whom I have never heard of, exposing james charles, whomst I only know about from memes of him not being able to sing and wearing assless leather pants
Besides losing over a million subscribers on his YouTube channel, James has been unfollowed by a number of high-profile celebrities and YouTubers. Here's a list of all of them...
1. Demi Lovato
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Background: James had recently posted a photo of both him and Demi, suggesting a potential collaboration between the two. But since Demi has unfollowed him, it's unlikely that the video will be coming out anytime soon.
2. Ethan and Grayson Dolan
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Background: The Dolan twins and Emma Chamberlain were part of what was known as the "Sister Squad". Alongside James, the group of them frequently collaborated on a number of YouTube videos that resulted in millions of views. The tea? Fans speculated that during these collaborations, James made Grayson uncomfortable with his sexual comments, especially in light of theories that the two were dating. Grayson later cleared up the rumours in this video.
3. Emma Chamberlain
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Background: Like the Dolan Twins, Emma was part of the "Sister Squad", which seemingly resulted in a tight friendship between the four of them. It's worth noting that fans have mentioned that both Emma and the Dolan twins had been keeping their distance from James recently.
4. Kylie Jenner
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Background: This unfollow is pretty significant, especially considering how close James has become to the Kardashian family. They even teased a video together last October.
5. Kim Kardashian
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Background: James and Kim have been pretty close for a while now. They've collaborated on a number of videos alongside Kim's makeup artist, Mario Dedivanovic, and James spoke about them talking in his Met Gala video.
6. Shawn Mendes
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Background: Shawn and James have been buddies for a while now. There was some talk over James leaving suggestive comments on the singer's social media accounts, but Shawn quickly cleared that up.
7. Laura Lee
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Background: Like many beauty gurus, Laura is no stranger to scandal. While James and Laura were previously friends, it seems like they've since distanced themselves from one another.
8. Antonio Garza
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Background: Like James, Antonio is a popular beauty guru. They've collaborated in the past, but there was a slight bit of tea when James talked about his dislike of Antonio's Coachella outfits in this video.
9. Miley Cyrus
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Background: There's not much to say about Miley and James' friendship besides them meeting at the Met Gala.
10. Tati Westbrook
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Background: It's not surprising Tati has unfollowed James. Besides everything that has gone down, her video, "BYE SISTER...", was a farewell to their friendship and connection.
11. Shane Dawson
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Background: To those who don't know, Shane is kind of like the dad of the YouTube community. He's one of the OG YouTubers, and a number of "newer" influencers, like James, look to him as a mentor of sorts. They have appeared together in videos, but it's worth noting this tweet which could be part of the reasoning behind the unfollow. (FYI: Shane unfollowed James on Twitter but still follows him on Instagram!)
12. Iggy Azalea
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Background: Iggy is another celeb that James featured on his channel. He also appeared in the music video for "Sally Walker", and Iggy has talked about James' palette on Instagram Live, so it's safe to say that the two were pretty close.
13. David Dobrik
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Background: David has unfollowed James on Twitter but still follows him on Instagram. TBH, I don't think they're especially close. Their connection may have been through Liza Koshy, who David previously dated, or through big YouTubers just knowing each other.
14. Jeffree Star
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Background: While James and Jeffree have had beef in the past, their recent collaborations seemed to suggest that the two had sorted out their differences. But in a now-deleted tweet, Jeffree called out the beauty guru and said that he was a "danger to society".
15. Ricky Dillon
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Background: If you've never heard of YouTuber Ricky Dillon, he's basically like everyone's personal fan. James and Ricky have collaborated on a couple of videos, but it seems like that's the extent of their friendship.
16. Andrea Russet
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Background: While James and Andrea have definitely met IRL, that was a couple of years ago and it seems like they haven't interacted much since then.
17. Katy Perry
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Background: Way back in 2016, Katy was the very first to announce James Charles' collaboration with Covergirl. It was this collaboration that propelled him into the spotlight and saw his Instagram and YouTube explode with followers.
CORRECTION
Oops, my bad! Turns out Shawn Mendes and James Charles know each other pretty well (they've even DM'd each other!). An earlier version of this post stated that they met for the first time at the Met Gala.
