James Charlesis back onYouTube.
Afterannouncing his break from YouTubein the viral “No More Lies” video, the YouTube beauty sensation, 20, returned from his hiatus with his first new tutorial in over a month. As he created a colorful Pride-inspired makeup look, Charles revealed that he will be donating 100 percent of his YouTube adSense profits from the video to The Trevor Project, the leading organization that provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to members of the LGBTQ+ community under the age of 25.
A portion of the profits from Charles’ upcoming project launching later this summer with his Sisters Apparel line will also be donated to The Trevor Project.
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He adds, “I genuinely wish I knew about the Trevor Project when I was first coming out, but I am so grateful to now have a platform to spread awareness and help out in any way that I can.”
To create his rainbow smoky eye, Charles used theMorphe Live in Color Palettefrom its Pride Collection. The cosmetics company also pledged to donate 100 percent of the profits from the collection to The Trevor Project.
At the start of Charles’ 27-minute tutorial, he said he was feeling “so ready to come back and work so hard” after his month-long break from YouTube. He also said the time away from social media allowed him to do some much-needed “growing and thinking.”
Charles then posted an emotional apology to hisYouTubechannel, titled “tati.” In the video, he says that after meeting Westbrook, she “very quickly took on a parental role with me.”
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“I’m so disappointed in myself that I ruined our relationship,” he continued. “Throughout all of this, what sucks the most is that I know there’s nothing I can say or do to ever earn that friendship or trust back.”
He also fired back at Westbrook’s video in a more in-depth video of his own titled “No More Lies” where he began, “Before I say anything at all, in this video I want to make it very very clear that everything I said in that video in regards to my sentiments towards Tati and my apology, I stand behind one hundred percent.”
Charles addressed Westbrook’sclaims that he had a habit of sexually harassing straight men, saying, “I have never and would never and will never use my fame, money or power to manipulate or get any sexual actions from a guy. That is disgusting. It is not me and the fact that Tati brought this up blows my mind.”
After posting her original take-down, Westbrook explained thatshe was ready to move on from the drama— and urged her fans to do the same.
“In my original video, I felt the needto publicly breakup with James with a warning callloud enough for him to hear,” she continued. “I was attempting to explain my upset and concerns so that everyone would understand my position and end the speculation that it was all over vitamins.”
source: people.com
