The influential makeup guru James Charles has been forced to apologise to the musician Alicia Keys after he launched a digital attack on her hours ago.
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Charles, whose career has been marred and marked by controversy, took to social media to mock Alicia’s plans to create a beauty brand for the everyday woman years after stopped wearing makeup in public to celebrate natural beauty.
Keys’ fans were enraged and used their platforms to bombard with James with insults and reminders of some of the disconcerting antics he has been accused of carrying out since his ascent to fame.
He issued an apology shortly after…
.@aliciakeys pic.twitter.com/zJHmNQLvWl
— James Charles (@jamescharles) August 6, 2020
Read some of the remarks which forced James to issue the statement above, below…
James Charles made micro-aggressive, racist tweets towards a Black woman and in his apology tweet you have white people calling him strong and admirable while accepting his apology.
Please white people for once in your life: pic.twitter.com/mO6XzrJl9F
— Antravis Bisou (@revivemilestone) August 6, 2020
James Charles sending nudes to a 14 year old and pretending to be the gatekeeper of the beauty industry and deny Alicia Keys from doing her own thing: pic.twitter.com/ZyP4K32dE2
— ✰ghost of sky✰ (@Iobaznyuk) August 6, 2020
James Charles unfollowed Alicia Keys when it was announced that she is coming out with a new SKIN CARE brand! Not surprised that it’s white gay men doing the most once again 🙄 pic.twitter.com/rwero6nS43
— AKEYS🖤 (@aliciakeysrox) August 5, 2020
Imagine Alicia Keys having this much TALENT caring about what James Charles has to say pic.twitter.com/DvJrLHq4cJ
— 🗝 (@DiaryOfKeysus) August 6, 2020
James Charles being loud as hell to subtweet Alicia keys but was quiet when little miss Charli and Dixie D’amelio announced their collaboration with Morphe, keep the same energy shishtar or shush! pic.twitter.com/qE4wWC03Xv
— 𝔎𝔞𝔶 🖤 (@kaysopinions) August 6, 2020
Isn’t he having s** with a minor? Sit ur p*** q**** bag ass tf down, Alicias no better being she is a home wrecker with a deteriorated voice but still James stfu!
Can’t he have an option, he didn’t say anything bad…
But she’s not even launching a makeup line. He just threw hate at something that’s not even happening. It’s just dumb and unnecessary.
I cant stand him, BUT he said nothing wrong. As a makeup lover i feel the same way. Ppl are launching makeup lines that know nothing about makeup. Hell. Kylie jenner and kim k know nothing about makeup and it shows when they talk about their products.
Are you kidding? As much as they spend on glam teams and sit for hours on end everyday over the years, have music executives (Alicia)/company executives, fashion designers, photographers, Anna Wintour AND Andre Leon Talley (lol) STARING at them up and down and asking about their looks constantly, getting touch ups, taking care of their skin at the end of the day after pounds of glam, etc. they don’t know anything about makeup? 💄 Come on now!
@Fancy Bish
In my opinion “wearing makeup” for a long time doesn’t equate “knowing makeup”. I would call myself a “makeup connoisseur ” if i actuallu studied the science of the chemistry that goes into creating the actual product…… i could definitely be wrong, but i am willing to bet that none of those celebrities have anything to do with the actual chemical formulas of the makeup they put their names on.
It’s not the same to know how to “use makeup” and endorse a brand, as oposed to working at it from scratch….
He did say something wrong. He said people who launch makeup brands, then in his apology said it was directed at Alicia. She is not even launching a makeup line so he literally was completely wrong 🤷🏽♀️
What he said was wrong, but not racist. The people attacking him for being gay are the bigots.