{"id":2489574,"date":"2026-07-06T01:25:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T01:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2489574"},"modified":"2026-07-06T01:25:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T01:25:36","slug":"im-not-into-makeup-man-reads-about-james-charles-latest-cancellation-then-he-realizes-hes-following-him-it-takes-him-4-tries-to-unfollow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/im-not-into-makeup-man-reads-about-james-charles-latest-cancellation-then-he-realizes-hes-following-him-it-takes-him-4-tries-to-unfollow\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m not into makeup\u2019: Man reads about James Charles\u2019 latest cancellation. Then he realizes he\u2019s following him. It takes him 4 tries to unfollow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Buying followers is a controversial subject in the realm of social media influencers. It\u2019s also a dirty secret for some big names and brands on the internet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Now one man thinks he found proof that popular makeup artist James Charles may have accrued some of her followers through nefarious means.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Las Vegas-based content creator Jay Klay (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@jay_klay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:@jay_klay;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;@jay_klay&quot;}\" class=\"link \">@jay_klay<\/a>) claims he was surprised to learn he was following Charles, despite never tapping the follow button.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cYou guys know who this James Charles character is, right? Like, I am aware of him so I\u2019m sure you\u2019re aware. Well, I don\u2019t follow him. Never needed to. Not into makeup, don\u2019t do makeup. Not really into his personal brand. Whatever, it\u2019s just me. Well, a lot of people online were saying he\u2019s been losing millions of followers after what he said,\u201d Klay says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Klay says he\u2019s liked Charles\u2019 content in the past and his opinion of him is neutral.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI personally have no issue with him because I don\u2019t know him and anything that said about him to me is speculation,\u201d he told The Big Lead via TikTok direct message.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\"><strong>What is James Charles\u2019 latest controversy?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In May, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interviewmagazine.com\/culture\/james-charles-cancellation-allegations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Interview Magazine;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Interview Magazine&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Interview Magazine<\/a> reported that a scathing response Charles sent to a Spirit Airlines employee led people to unfollow him en masse. According to the outlet, a former Spirit Airlines employee messaged Charles asking him to donate $1,600 to her GoFundMe after the airline closed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Charles wasn\u2019t a fan of her internet panhandling. And he reportedly let her know without equivocation in a since deleted TikTok. He purportedly began the clip by reading her request in a mocking tone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cYou know what else would help you? Getting another job,\u201d Charles allegedly said. \u201cTry that, because in the time it took you to copy and paste the same f*** a** message to me, who you don\u2019t follow by the way, and to 100 other influencers and celebrities, you could\u2019ve applied to a hundred other jobs, because you\u2019re a lazy piece of s*** and you\u2019re entitled. Why would I ever help you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">People apparently didn\u2019t take too kindly to Charles\u2019 response to the out-of-work Spirit Airlines worker. He purportedly started shedding followers.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\"><strong>Man discovers he follows James Charles<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Klay heard about the controversy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a direct message, Klay told The Big Lead that he\u2019d seen Charles\u2019 videos and liked them before, but never felt compelled to follow him because his videos showed up on his for your page (FYP).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In his post, he says he\u2019d heard rumors that Charles pays TikTok to keep his 40 million followers. But he didn\u2019t believe it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cA lot of you kept coming on and I thought it was just for clout, like you just wanted great videos or whatever. Saying that TikTok, he paid TikTok for you to follow him,\u201d he said. Initially, Klay didn\u2019t believe it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWell then explain to me this. I don\u2019t follow him,\u201d Klay says. He shows a recording of him searching James Charles on TikTok; it turned out he follows him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Klay was stunned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWhy was I following him? I never pushed that button. I have no reason to push that button and follow him. Like I don\u2019t hate the kid but I have no reason to follow him,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He told The Big Lead, \u201cI was even made aware that I was following his backup account and I did not know I was following either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Klay claims numerous attempts to unfollow Charles were unsuccessful. \u201cI had to unfollow him four times for it to stick. Y\u2019all weren\u2019t lying. Try it out for yourself!\u201d Klay says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(The Big Lead was able to follow then immediately unfollow James Charles.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI have noticed that since posting my video that went viral, a lot of people have created similar videos or have confirmed on my video that they had the same situation,\u201d Klay told The Big Lead. \u201cI don\u2019t know if they\u2019re telling me the truth, but that\u2019s what I\u2019ve gathered from personal experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Big Lead has reached out to James Charles and TikTok via email.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buying followers is a controversial subject in the realm of social media influencers. It\u2019s also a dirty secret for some big names and brands on the internet. Now one man thinks he found proof that popular makeup artist James Charles may have accrued some of her followers through nefarious means. 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