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Back in 2016, a New York high-school student casually shared his senior yearbook photos on Twitter.
The images quickly went viral as fans admired his incredible makeup skills andpopping highlight.
The teenager in the photo was James Charles, YouTubes now-megafamous makeup artist and vlogger.
Its all seemingly innocuous stuff hes even BFFs with TikToks wholesomeDAmeliosisters.
Most recently, it was announced thatCharles and cosmetics brand Morphe are cutting ties.
September 2017Charles found himself in more drama after he tweeted that the movieItwas awful.
This comment caused afrenzy of backlash, and a stubborn Charlesrefusedto back down against the hate.
October 2017One month after hisItTwitter drama, Charles released a Pennywise-inspiredmakeup tutorialon hisYouTubechannel.
As you may imagine, the trolls were not happy with thisresponse.
He said Grande had unfollowed him because of his controversial history after they messaged on Twitter.
Grandes fans were quick todefendthe singers decision to unfollow Charles after learning about his problematic past.
Charlesspoke out, claiming the documentary had been his idea.
He alsoattacked Stellaherself, claiming she was biased and had a vendetta against influencers.
Stella defended herself in atweet.
Manycalled the comment outas transphobic and insensitive.
Charles apologized in atweet.
In atweet, Charles explained he had done everything he could to keep prices as low as possible.
Westbrook and Charles were extremely close friends at the time of the SugarBearHair ad.
Charles referred to her as mom because he viewed Westbrook as both a mentor and family.
Charles even didWestbrooks makeup for her weddingback in 2017.
Theres a reason why I havent seen him since @GlamLifeGurus birthday in February.
He is a danger to society.
Everything Tati said is 100% true.
May 2019After attending the 2019 Met Gala, Charles posted anInstagrampraising the event for promoting influencer representation.
Hefaced backlashfor implying that the very wealthy and privileged influencer community wasmarginalizedandrequired greater representation.
April 2020Charles participated in the mugshot trend on social media.
Using makeup, he gave himself a bruised face and black eye and posed as though taking a mugshot.
He quickly deleted the images after facing backlash for glamorizing domestic violence and criminal behavior.
Stars appearance on the podcast led to the third Dramageddon installment, known as Dramageddon 3.0 and Karmageddon.
She claimed she was being beyond gaslit by the two influencers into believing allegations against Charles.
Im sorry that I bought into any of their lies.
Charles responded with a series oftweetsdenying ever copying Kleins color-blocked designs.
He continued to make fun of the products and packaging by saying they were pretty much empty.
Charles later apologized through his own Instagram account.
Charlestweetedin solidarity with the victims; however, users claimed he had defended the Lopez brothers back in June.
February 2021A 16-year-old boy claimed Charles hadgroomedhim and pressured him into exchanging sexual photos via the Snapchat app.
Charles continued to post on all of his platforms as though nothing had happened.
February 2021Three more males came forward to share their negative sexual experiences with Charles.
A third man of an unclear agecame forwardto share his negative, sexually fueled conversation with Charles.
Klein alsotweetedagainst Nickelodeon for allowing Charles to win a Kids Choice Award.
Klein tweeted, Its great because kids have always been his choice too.
March 2021A 15-year-old teenage boy used TikTok toshare screenshotsfrom conversations and photos he had exchanged with Charles.
Thats the concept I just wasnt getting, but I now do.
100% manipulated and begged to tweet that, Mongeau tweeted two years later.
I was defending someone that was my friend at the time and believed them.
100% manipulated and begged to tweet that.
I was defending someone that was my friend at the time and believed them.
As I said in that video, I cant show change overnight, but will overtime, it reads.
April 19, 2021Its gone further.
The company did not say how long the demonetization will last.
May 8, 2021Morphediscountsseveral James Charles products, apparently as an attempt to wind down sales.
WAIT A MINUTE: Morphe winds down sale of James Charles products by putting them on sale.
Morphe is giving $2 off Jamess Mini Palette.
Morphe recently said in statement they would be winding down sales of Jamess products.
In a seven-minute videouploaded to Twitter, he says he feels blackmailed by untrue allegations.
My team is like family to me, he says, using the No.
1 red flagfor an employee.
He ends the video by thanking fans and urging them to stick by him.
May 12, 2021Insidershares detailsfrom Kelly Rockleins lawsuit in a new report.
Rocklein claims she worked 80 hours or more a week.
They are currently awaiting a decision from the court.
