What’s up?
It’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News and Tati Westbrook just released a new video
claiming that Shane Dawson and Jeffree Star 'manipulated' her into starting last year’s
dramageddon between her and James Charles and Shane has also responded.
Alright so there’s a lot to unpack here you guys.
And before we get into it, I just wanted to give a trigger warning that we are going to
be talking about a lot of heavy topics here including mental health, racism, and sexual
assault, so please only continue watching if you feel comfortable doing so.
Also, we are aware that there are MANY sides to this story and everyone is going to believe
who they want to believe.
We are just here to break down what Tati has now said and Shane’s first reaction to it.
This morning, Tati uploaded a 40 minute long YouTube video breaking her silence about the
YouTube beauty community’s biggest scandal.
We all remember last May when she uploaded her now infamous ‘Bye Sister’ video which
caused a mass cancellation of James Charles.
Fans across the world gathered around and watched James’ subscriber count plummet
as Tati’s sky rocketed.
Pretty much everyone in the YouTube beauty community got involved in one way or another
on social media.
And things escalated to the point where James actually revealed to his fans on many occasions
that his mental health was severely impacted to the point where he considered taking his
own life.
And now, Tati is speaking out for the first time about why she feels like Shane Dawson
and Jeffree Star manipulated her into uploading her Bye Sister video in the first place.
I’ve lost over a year of my life terrified of social media and terrified of speaking
up against the people who used, coerced, and manipulated me into uploading my video in
may of last year.”
Tati explained that she would be reading off a script for this video because everything
she is saying was approved by her legal team and she too has feared for her life at times
due to this situation.
She explained that back in December of last year after Shane and Jeffree’s series ended,
James Charles came to her house and they “compared DMs, texts, and stories about what had happened
behind the scenes.”
“We apologized to each other, forgave each other, and agreed to wait patiently until
it was safe for me to share my story.
Since that night James Charles has repeatedly said that he wanted to be beside me for this
video but I felt that it was important that I do it alone.”
Tati made it clear that she is very sorry to James about everything that happened and
shared that she has said it privately, but also wanted to apologize to James publicly.
Tati went into how much she loves James and how he holds a special place in her heart
and all the things she admires about him.
However, Tati was transparent about her feelings towards James and when they started to change
when she then said quote, “however prior to the scandal last may, I started to grow
frustrated with what I perceived as a progressing sense of entitlement and I felt that he was
making some detrimental choices that could jeopardize his career and safety.”
Tati then went on to explain, that none of her concerns about James became overwhelming
until after she became friends with and started listening to Shane Dawson and Jeffree Star.
Tati then said, while she was definitely upset that he accepted a sponsorship from her biggest
brand rival, she made this public statement as to why she made her video.
TOSS: 10.36- 10.52 min “I did not make my video because of vitamins, I made it as a
result of all the poisonous lies that were fed to me by Shane Dawson and Jeffree Star”
After Tati explained that the only reason she privateded her video is because Youtube
requested she did because it was a bad look for their platform, Tati then said this.
TOSS - 11:34 - 11:50 “James I am so sorry that I allowed myself to be poisoned and weaponized
against you.
I’m sorry that I bought into any of their lies.
Believing those lies and allowing myself to be gaslit into making that video is one of
the biggest regrets of my life.”
Tati claims that Shane told her quote, “James Charles was a monster and that James Charles
was hurting minors.
Shane said he was planning to interview victims for the docuseries.
He told me that something needed to be done to stop him from hurting more people.”
Tati also said that Jeffree and Shane continued to feed her new information and allegations
until she started to believe it.
She said that they told her they had receipts and proof of all the things James had allegedly
done.
And coincidentally, all of this was brewing around the same time that James promoted Sugar
Bear Hair, the biggest competition for Tati’s Halo Beauty brand, on his Instagram page.
This was the final straw for Tati and pushed her to make the Bye Sister video that Shane
and Jeffree had supposedly been influencing her to post.
“Shane Dawson didn’t just know about my Bye Sister video.
He offered to help edit it, he even offered to design the thumbnail, and help title it.”
Tati revealed that any suspicion she had of being used and manipulated by Shane and Jeffree
at the time, was clouded by the hope that she was a positive influence in their lives
and that they had real life long friendships.
And the night before she uploaded the Bye Sister video Tati claims that she texted Shane
sharing her concerns about James’ mental health if she were to share the video.
“I texted Shane sharing my concerns for James Charles that he was out of the country
on a high floor of a hotel and I was afraid for him hurting himself.
Shane texted me back saying that I should not be nervous about the 50th floor that James
Charles was a narcissist and he would never do that.”
Then once she uploaded the video, Tati said that no victims came forward like Shane and
Jeffree said they would and she stopped hearing from both Shane and Jeffree after Jeffree
uploaded his own apology video for his involvement in the scandal.
Tati said quote, “Shane never reached out to check on me and he never even shared the
trailer with me for his docuseries.”
She said it wasn’t until their YouTube series ended and when she met up with James that
she actually realized what had happened and that she had been used.
Tati said that she believes Shane and Jeffree orchestrated the entire thing because they
wanted James “out of the way” for their launch of the Conspiracy Palette and merch
line later that year.
Tati also apologized to others she hurt along the way during her friendship with Jeffree
and Shane like Jackie Aina (pronounced Eye-Na), who publicly cut ties with Jeffree over his
racist past.
“Jackie I’m sorry that I did not do the right thing and walk away from him then I
should not have been blind to the reasons behind the accusations of his racism.
I shouldn’t have defended him.”
Tati ended her video by saying that while she hasn’t decided what she is going to
do, she still is within the statute of limitations for taking legal action if she feels it is
necessary.
And she warned her fans to quote, “Follow your heart.
Because I thought I was following mine but I was listening to the wrong people.”
And since Tati uploaded her tell all video, Shane actually responded on Twitter.
He tweeted and deleted saying quote, “THIS IS A FUCKING LIE AND IM LOSING MY MIND!!!!!!!!!!”
And then, he went on Instagram Live to react as he watched her video for the first time.
TOSS 1:00 - 1:08 “She is a fucking…
I can’t I dont want to say mean things about people.
This is insane.
This is insane.”
And as Tati went on to tell her side of the story, Shane was going off on IG Live as he
watched the video, looking incredibly distressed and attempting to debunk what she said.
“Because you messaged drama channels!
Oh my God, Oh my God.”
And when Tati brought up her own experience with abuse, Shane accused her of fake crying.
“As a victim of abuse myself…
Oh my God, you are so manipulative.
You are fake crying, you are fake crying.
That is not real.”
Shane went on to reveal his own experience with sexual assault while his fiancé Ryland
Adams is heard in the background telling him to get off IG Live.
“Oh my God.
I was molested.
That is not.
Get off.”
This all comes off the heels of Shane facing intense criticism and backlash for his resurfaced
videos that include offensive content like using blackface, saying the N word, and joking
about pedophilia.
Other celebs like Jaden Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have called Shane out for his controversial
past including sexualizing 11 year old Willow Smith in one of his old videos.
This IG live was the first time Shane has spoken out since posting his apology video
last week.
And many fans are taking to Twitter to share their thoughts on all of this.
This person wrote quote, “Tell me why Shane Dawson replied quicker to Tati's video than
to his racist and pedophilic past…”
Another said quote, “how Shane Dawson gonna lose his fucking balls to tati’s video but
completely ignore Jada and Jaden Smith after they called him out on sexualising Willow
smith when she was 11”
And this person wrote quote, “The fact that Shane had the audacity to invalidate Tati’s
sexual assault by rolling his eyes on livestream while he kept quiet when Jaden Smith and Jada
smith called him out for his pedophilia...no words”
But other fans just couldn’t believe this drama was still unfolding over a year later,
tweeting things like “Do you reckon when the two founders created a video site called
YouTube they ever expected that one day fully grown multi-millionaires would be trying to
destroy each others careers to sell makeup palettes?”
And “Jeffrey Star is 34.
Shane Dawson is 31.
Tati Westbrook is 38.
That's the tweet.”
And this person just shared this video writing quote, “welcome to dramageddon III.
Tati vs. Jeffree “Racist” Star & Shane “Pedo” Dawson”
Jeffree hasn’t spoken out yet since Tati uploaded her video, though, Tati said that
she believes he will.
So we will obviously keep you guys posted as this story continues to unfold.
And if you want more on Shane’s apology video about his controversial past, click
right over here for that Clevver News video.
And let us know down in the comments below what you guys thought of Tati’s video and
Shane’s response.
I’m your host, Sussan Mourad, bye guys!