The Career & Controversies of James Charles

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Episode • Apr 18, 2023 • 1h 41m

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In this week’s episode, we’re bringing you a massive deep dive into the career and controversies of James Charles. This episode was inspired by the YouTuber’s announcement this week about the launch of his own beauty brand, Painted. This announcement garnered little buzz in the digital world (it actually took me 9 full hours to discover he even made this announcement because so few people were talking about it) and has left MANY to wonder– who will buy James Charles’ makeup brand?

Timestamps:

16:27 Netflix BEEF recap (with spoilers!)

26:10 Ariana Grande addresses concerns about her weight loss on TikTok

29:42 Shari Franke, the daughter of OG YouTube vlogging family 8 Passengers, opens up about ex-communicating from family

37:36 Alix Earle faces backlash for “hanging out” with the Vlog Squad at Coachella

41:38 Loren Gray exposes influencers for pretending to attend Coachella

49:35 The career & controversies of James Charles

52:10 The history of the second-wave beauty community

56:17 James' early YouTube career

59:28 The beginning of the end of the YouTube beauty community

1:02:00 BYE SISTER era

1:19:00 The fall of James 2.0: Grooming allegations & sexting minors