“There is no one to blame for this other than myself.”
“I f*cked up.”
In a new video, James Charles addressed the allegations that he was having inappropriate
conversations with minors and now fans are reacting to yet another apology from James
on this topic.
This is a whole mess we are going to break down!
Before we get into the contents of this story and the allegations James addressed, I wanted
to issue a quick trigger warning that we’ll be discussing some serious topics in this
video regarding misconduct involving minors.
Over the past couple months, new instances of James Charles engaging in inappropriate
conversations with minors on social media have continued to come to light.
And over the past month, multiple boys who said they were under the age of 18 posted
on social media alleging that James solicited nude photographs from them, sent them explicit
photos, or sent sexually explicit messages.
We aren’t going to get into all the details of their videos and DMs to respect those minors's
privacy.
James has previously addressed allegations like this, for example his No More Lies video
from 2019.
But, he also defended himself in a tweet from this February where he claimed one of the
accusers had an "ulterior motive" to publicly accuse him of "grooming."
But now, James took to his YouTube channel and shared a video called “holding myself
accountable” where he both apologized and took full accountability for his actions.
James alleged that in both cases he asked how old the boys were, and when they said
they were 18, James wrongly believed them and engaged in flirty conversations.
James claims it wasn’t until later that he found out they were only 16 years old,
though there is some discrepancy on this because one of the boys has claimed that his real
age was in his bio.
“These conversations should’ve never happened, point blank period.
There is no excuse for it.
There is no if, ands, or buts, and I take full responsibility for that.
I trusted the information that was given to me, rather than the information I could have
and should have gotten myself.”
James went on and said that he’s embarrassed that he didn’t do the research he should
have because as the adult in the situation, the responsibility falls on him.
“To the guys involved with this situation, I wanna say I’m sorry.
I’m sorry that I added you, I’m sorry that I flirted with you, and I’m really
sorry if I ever made you uncomfortable.
It is completely unacceptable.”
James also got candid about how he ended up in this situation in the first place and admitted
how reckless he was being when it came to dating and did some self reflection as to
why.
“It sucks and it is ridiculously embarrassing to admit this but I think I have to and that
is that I’m desperate.”
It goes without saying that there is no excuse for James’ behavior, including desperation.
And so, James says that he’s now taking time to hold himself accountable and has been
speaking to professionals “behind the scenes.”
James said that he’ll be taking some time off to further educate himself on these issues
and promised to no longer use his explore page or for you page as a dating app.
He also apologized to his fans, family, and friends who have had to endure yet another
apology video from him about this topic.
And now, people have been taking to social media to share how they feel about James’
video and James Charles quickly started trending on Twitter.
One person wrote quote, “he's just gonna keep apologizing and going back to doing the
same thing every time this happens huh” This Twitter user chimed in writing “this
is the 6th time James Charles has ‘accidentally’ had sexual contact with a minor.
gonna go out on a limb and say its not an accident.”
This person called James out for lying about not wanting to be in a relationship with a
younger person and shared this clip from a previous interview.
“I’m not physically attracted to older guys which sucks.
Like I would date like that absolute youngest like 18 or 19 that looks a little bit older.”
And others called James out for posting this serious video on April Fools Day, though he
did address that in his video saying he didn’t want to wait another day to put the video
out.
People have also been pointing out that other celebs, including many he’s worked with
like Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian, have unfollowed him on social media.
And many others are calling for further investigation of James by officials.
James hasn’t spoken out any further on this situation and he hasn’t posted on his other
socials in a few days.
We’ll keep you guys informed if we hear anything else on this situation and if there’s
any sort of formal investigation reported.
Also, we’ll link some resources down in the description below in case you or anyone
you know needs them.
For now, you can click over here for another Clevver News video where we get into why James
was removed as the host of Instant Influencer.
Also, feel free to share your reactions to James’ video down in the comments below.
I’m your host Emile Ennis Jr., bye guys.