What’s up?
It’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News and is it just me or did yesterday take you
back to 2019?
Tati Westbrook uploaded another lengthy tell all YouTube video and other Youtube figures
like Shane’s fiance, Ryland Adams, and good friend Trisha Paytas, started to GO OFF on
Twitter.
It literally felt like dramageddon all over again.
But nope, it’s 2020 and this is just another part of the never-ending drama saga in the
beauty community.
Alright, so in case you missed it, on Tuesday, Tati Westbrook uploaded her video called "BREAKING
MY SILENCE" where she claimed that Jeffree Star and Shane Dawson "manipulated" her into
posting her “Bye Sister” video about James Charles a little over a year ago.
She apologized to James for believing what she refers to as Shane and Jeffree’s lies
about him and said uploading that video is one of her biggest regrets.
“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.”
We all know now, that the ‘Bye Sister’ video ignited the long standing feud in the
beauty YouTube community, and severely impacted both Tati and James’ mental health.
James has been open with fans about how much he struggled with anxiety and depression after
Tati’s video was posted, and Tati particularly went in on Shane about this in her new video.
Tati claims that the night before she uploaded her Bye Sister video, 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.”
Tati also claims that her concerns about James were never that serious until she met Shane
and spent more time with Jeffree and after they told her he was quote, “hurting minors.”
Tati alleges they pushed her to upload the Bye Sister video and she claims that Shane
even offered to help her put the video together.
“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.”
Then once she uploaded the video, Tati said that no victims of James 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.”
And she said it wasn’t until their YouTube series ended and when she met up with James
that she actually realized what really went down and that she had been used.
And shortly after Tati uploaded her video yesterday, Shane went on both Twitter and
Instagram live to say Tati was lying about him.
“She is a fucking…
I can’t I dont want to say mean things about people.
This is insane.
This is insane.”
And Shane also accused Tati of being manipulative and fake crying as she spoke about her own
experience with abuse.
“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.”
Obviously there is a lot more to unpack here and if you want the full recap of Tati’s
video and Shane’s response, we linked another Clevver video right up top.
But right now, let’s talk about Shane’s fiancé Ryland Adams’ responses to all of
this.
Ryland was briefly seen and heard in Shane’s IG Live.
Oh my God.
That is not.
Oh My God.
Get off.”
And earlier in the live Ryland also called out Tati in the background of Shane’s live,
questioning Tati’s motivation in making a video in light of what she was saying:
The live ended after a brief time, however Ryland decided he would take to Twitter to
share how he really feels about the whole situation and what Tati was alleging.
In a series of Tweets Ryland voiced his frustrations about Tati.
He started off by saying quote, “Tati Westbrook - a master class in manipulation.
The only was (way) to save her reputation was to side with the person she tried to ruin.
Make no mistake.
This 40 year old woman chose to post a video on her own accord.
She riled up Shane before doing so to have one of the biggest...”
“...creators backing her in the chance this all backfired.
Shane very well WOULD have posted a video exposing James had he felt so inclined.
No receipts because she didn't want to expose the countless times she told Shane that she
was a big girl doing this ONLY for herself”
Ryland went on and tweeted saying quote, “Hope you enjoy those sold out vitamins that made
you millions in minutes from shane's support you two faced liar.”
And “not today mother fuckers DO NOT TRY ME RIGHT NOW” followed by “TRY”
He also retweeted youtuber Kalel’s tweet which said, “waiting to address your mistakes
until you have someone new to shift the blame on - who just so happens to be currently kicked
& down... how convenient”
Kalel is likely referring to the fact that Shane was already facing criticism from both
fans and other celebs after his recent apology for his past offensive videos including his
use of the N-word and blackface, joking about pedophilia, as well as inappropriate content
and statements concerning minors.
Since Shane’s old videos have resurfaced, Ryland hasn’t spoken out about Shane’s
controversial past, but he made his stance clear on where he stands in this Tati situation.
Fans on Twitter were largely critical of both Shane and Ryland, with many telling Ryland
to “grow up” or speak about the other issues regarding Shane.
While others just voiced their overall frustration with this situation saying quote, “i don’t
know who to support on youtube anymore.”
However, there have been some fans coming to Ryland and Shane’s defence with tweets
like “If this was really what happened why didn’t she say it sooner.
She made huge accusations to james and now making huge accusations for Shane and jeffree
aswell”
But Ryland wasn’t the only one to call Tati out.
Trisha Paytas went on a Twitter rant of her own saying quote, “I can’t stop imaging
Tati calling and paying lawyers to approve her statement that Shane+jeffree are jealous
of James Charles/morphe coming out with beauty vitamins is the plot twist to make 2020 the
worst year ever.
That lawyer just be like “yeah approved pay me $25k bitch”
Trisha also went on to say quote, “Imagine if Tati put that same amount of time, money
and energy into arresting the cops who killed Breonna Taylor or even just, you know, mentioning
BLM, like once.
U come out of hiding for vitamin drama but not ppl being KILLED UNJUSTLY IN OUR COUNTRY?!
lets PRAY for them girl”
And Trisha also called Tati out for running ads on her recent video tweeting quote, “How
many mid roll ads did u get watching tatis vid ? I counted FIVE!!!!!! monetize it girl
but make it less obvious it’s all for that money $$$”
However on that point, Tati did include a note in the description of her video that
“all of the Adsense proceeds from this video are being donated to:
Trisha also uploaded her own 30 minute reaction video to her YouTube channel called “Tati
dumb as hell.”
“Is this all people having is f*cking YouTube?!
Sh*t.”
And fans have also chimed in on this conversation with their thoughts on all this.
One person wrote quote, “I honestly don’t believe any of them.
They all love drama so I doubt any of them are innocent.”
Another person chimed in saying quote, “She’s a grown ass woman, they didn’t force her
to do anything.
She made the choices she made and did the stuff she did.
These people all need to grow up.”
And this fan wrote quote, “The 2019 flashback no one asked for.”
And many other fans continued to pick sides again, bringing us back to 2019.
Jeffree has still remained quiet about all of this on social media, but Tati said she
thinks he’s going to “Go Off” so we will keep you guys posted if he responds.
And as for James?
Well, yesterday he just tweeted saying “love u guys” to his fans amidst all this drama.
So somehow it seems everyone has both come a long way and gotten nowhere over the past
year and this drama.
And if you want more on all this, click right over here for another Clevver News video.
And please share your thoughts down in the comments below about all of this.
I want to know what you guys think of both Ryland and Trisha’s responses to Tati.
Let me know!
I’m your host, Sussan Mourad, bye guys!