James Charles says he shouldn’t have hit out at a desperate person asking for help … admitting he let his privilege get to him in a vulnerable mea culpa.
Here’s the deal … on Friday, James posted a video in which he described a DM he got from someone who said they were laid off from Spirit Airlines and needed some money.
In the video, the influencer tells this person to go get a job — not to copy and paste a DM to different celebs asking for a handout.
Charles says this person doesn’t follow him … and, if she doesn’t support him, then there’s no reason for him to support her.
It’s an angry tirade … and, James was quickly blasted for posting it — so much so, he clearly realized he needed to offer an apology.
In the apology, Charles is much calmer … admitting he doesn’t know why this message triggered him so much.
He says he knows he got lucky when he blew up from his makeup tutorials … which allows him a certain freedom many others don’t have — and he never should’ve used that to insult this woman asking for help.
In fact, Charles says he knows friends who are desperately searching for work … and, he says he shouldn’t have made it seem job opportunities are growing on trees.
Charles also says he tried to personally apologize to the person he bashed … but he can’t find her message. He says he’d love to get in touch to make amends.
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