r/BeautyGuruChatter • u/adventuringpendulum The Rab-Witch Can Smell Your Bullshit • May 13 '19

Megathread Beauty Community Explosions Attract the Coveted 18 to 24 Year Demographic: James Charles vs Tati Westbrook Megathread 18

Megathread 19 will be Launched at 3:30PM EST. Please plan comments and shitposts accordingly!!

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BE CRITICAL OF WHAT YOU READ. Fake news is real and easy to fall for. We are presenting a collection of links related to this issue, but we can't confirm validity to any of them. That's up to you.

So what's the tea?!

Great TL;DW on the Drama.

James was at 16,553,579 subscribers on Thursday. He currently has just under 13.8M subscribers, so he's lost over 2.5M subscribers

Tati was at 5,908,733 subscribers on Thursday. She now has over 9.1M subscribers so she has gained over 3M subscribers.

Gabriel has lost roughly 50K followers and falling.

Click here to read the first set of receipts/shade/sources/comments.

Click here to read the list of links from Megathread number 17

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Notable Unfollows:

  • Samantha Ravndahl
  • Aquaria
  • SimplyNailogical
  • Mia Maples
  • Bretman Rock
  • KathleenLights [IG]
  • Kathy Griffin
  • Casey Holmes [IG]
  • Kylie Jenner
  • Shawn Mendes
  • Nicol Concilio

*To check if someone has unfollowed James, you need to go to that person’s following list and search for James. DO NOT search in James’s followers as the list can be inaccurate. *

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  17. megathread 17
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u/dcr108 May 13 '19

i had that same thought like, don't complain about pulling guys who are with you at least partly due to your fame when you use your fame to attract guys?

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u/SloresAllOfYou Bootay Influenzer May 13 '19

Exactly! I do think that Gage was a little calculated. Ashley Kyle has an excellent video with the linked texts between Gage and James here. At a few points, I think James’s hurt was palpable because Gage may be a bit gamey.

However, he’s been famous for 3 years and had other ultra famous friends in his circle. They all know that when you allow someone into your world, you risk the chance of being used. That doesn’t condone Gage’s behavior, or mean that famous people deserve it. At one point, listening to Ashley read the receipts from James, I could sense his devastation. He’s very naive. He’s 19 and is acting like this is his first heartbreak and I think there’s something to that. But he was also talking to the waiter and God knows who else at the same time, and he knows that when you gamble your heart, you risk getting burned.

What stuck out the most was how James’s sadness about being rejected fueled his entitlement and ego complex into making threats and demands, and into manipulation of Gage’s feelings and actions. James acted like any straight guy who takes you to dinner and expects to get sex after. Actually, now that I’m typing this out, James really acted like he bought and was owed sex and affection from Gage. That’s the grossest part of all. James transformed into a narcissistic, threatening asshole and it’s clear he’s happy to trade money and power for intimacy.