What’s up guys, it’s Sussan Mourad with Clevver News, and Jeffree Star is once again
making headlines after posting an insensitive and “tone deaf” message about the California
wildfires that has left fans in sheer outrage.
Not long after Jeffree Star was criticized over his newest ‘Mini-Orgy’ makeup palette,
fans have once again called him out after posting a photo of himself boarding a private
jet, claiming he needed to “get away” from the California wildfires.
As many of you may know, the entire west coast, including California and parts of Oregon,
is currently up in flames after many wildfires have struck hundreds of thousands of acres
of land, homes and ecosystems.
In California alone, over 65,000 people have been forced to evacuate as massive smoke clouds
have caused eerie orange skies, bits of ash floating through the air and worsening air
quality.
Many Northern California residents have even documented the orange skies, like ESPN’s
Twitter account, which showed ominous orange skies over San Francisco’s AT&T Park.
Many people have been forced to evacuate and leave their entire home and all of their belongings
behind, however, not many are able to jet off in a luxurious plane to a place with much
healthier air quality.
Hence why Jeffree Star’s now-deleted post on social media appeared to be out of touch
and “tone deaf” as fans dragged him while he boarded a private jet with the caption,
“Time to head to #Wyoming and get away from the fires for a few days.
My asthma is not having it.”
Its not hard to see why fans were not here for this post.
The user who posted the photo of Jeffree’s tweet, wrote, “Ok we don't care about your
rich privilege Jeffree.
Get your cheap ass jet and head out the door.”
Another person tweeted, “Wow good for you.
Could have just left the bit about the fires out.
Most people don't get to just leave on a private jet.
Just stinks of you rubbing it in others faces.
Hope you get some class while you're there.”
And this user suggested maybe he help out while boarding his private jet, writing, “While
you can hop on a private jet to escape the fires, I hope you will be donating funds and
supplies to those who have lost everything.
The fire fighters, local animal shelters, people who are evacuating etc.”
Although he has since deleted his tweet after most likely realizing that his words were
insensitive, Jeffree has yet to respond to the backlash.
However, he did recently respond to the backlash surrounding his newest mini-Orgy eyeshadow
palette, which was announced last month.
After receiving the new travel-sized palette last week, fans took to social media to share
photos while complaining about the formula, which clearly differs from the original-sized
Orgy palette.
Some even found “pellets” in the eyeshadow pans as seen by the photos this user posted,
writing, “I received my mini orgy palette today and ‘glass wet’ eyeshadow was broken
and crumbly.”
Another user tweeted Jeffree, saying, “The shades glass wet and foam party in my mini
orgy palette have little pellets in them and crumble everywhere, they are unusable.”
By now, it seems Jeffree is used to receiving backlash from his makeup brand following recent
criticism over the name of his ‘Cremated’ palette which was released as people were
fighting for their lives due to the pandemic.
Once again, he addressed the issues surrounding the mini-Orgy palette via his Instagram stories,
claiming that all of this was the makeup lab’s doing.
“I do need to go be a boss right now and go scream at my makeup lab.
We have a production issue with the mini-Orgy palette.”
Jeffree went on to say QUOTE, “When you upscale a project and make 100,000, 200,000,
300,000 units, there sometimes can be issues, and sadly the lab, um, can fuck up.
We did have a small batch issue with one of them.”
He then finished his statement by praising his “amazing” customer service team that
will handle the issues.
Although one problem might be solved, fans are still wondering if and how Jeffree will
help out with the California wildfire situation, considering this is also his home.
Meanwhile, if you would like to help get involved and donate to the victims, firefighters or
frontline workers, we’ve linked some resources down below.
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Then be sure to let me know your thoughts on all this down here in the comments, including
Jeffree’s post and the backlash surrounding his new palettes.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, bye guys!