Tati Westbrook calls out James Charles over ‘manipulating people’s sexuality’ (Picture: Getty)

James Charles has broken his silence after Tati Westbrook slammed the influencer and accused the star of manipulating people’s sexuality.

In a new 45-minute-video, the 37-year-old hit out at her former BFF, and claimed his actions made her ‘literally want to vomit’.

The pair have recently fallen out after James promoted the ever famous Sugar Bear Hair vitamin and Tati got her message out loud and clear that she no longer wants anything to do with him.

She said: ‘I have finally had enough.


‘The last phone conversation me and James Charles had, is that he said something about a situation that happened at my birthday in Seattle.’



She paused for a moment before adding: ‘Oh my God, you tried to trick a straight man into thinking he’s gay, yet again – and somehow you’re the victim?

‘You know it’s really disgusting to manipulate someone’s sexuality, especially when they are still emerging into adulthood and don’t have everything figured out.’

The star continued: ‘You are using you fame, power and money to play with people’s emotions. You’re threatening to ruin them and embarrass them, and you’re doing that to have them behave sexually in your favour even if they’re straight?’

In response, James shared his own eight-minute video and apologised for his behaviour.

‘I owe everybody an explanation and I owe two people an apology. I’m sorry for everything that is going on everything and I’ve put you through over the past three weeks,’ he said.

‘I hate knowing that I disappointed not only [my fans], but two people that have been role models for me doing this.

‘What sucks the most is that I know there’s nothing I can say or do to ever earn that friendship or trust back but I don’t blame them for it,’ the 19-year-old adds.

‘A lot of the time when I’ve had to address things in the past, I’ve acted out of impulse and I’ve gone off and tried to pull receipts or facts or screenshots and play the victim and I’m not doing that today, I’m not. That is all I have to say, I’m sorry.’

He continued: ‘I’ve learned the hard way about the ways I can interact with boys this is a conversation I should have been far more careful bringing into the public eye.

‘She (Tati) told me how it looked from the outside, she said talking to these boys might get you in trouble one day, and she was right.’

She warned the video would be ‘intense, different and nothing she thought she’d making a million years’ (Picture: @Tati/Youtube)

At the start of the clip Tati warned fans her video would be ‘intense, different and nothing she thought she’d making a million years.’

Getting herself worked up, Tati reinforced the fact that his behaviour is not okay.



‘And you know what?’ she quizzed down the camera: ‘That behaviour is not okay if you’re a woman a man, gay, straight, bi, whatever sexual orientation you are, that is your personal call and it is not someone else’s to take, not someone else’s to play with.’

Addressing James directly she quipped: ‘And how dare you laugh about it and make meme after meme and make it a joke.

‘This behaviour is not normal and not okay. This is s*** that will follow them for the rest of their lives and you need someone to tell you to stop it, and that’s exactly what I did in your kitchen.’

The mogul said: ‘I know [James] has a way of getting what he wants. There’s so much going on with James Charles right now that I do not support, that I do not agree with.’

Tati continued: ‘Fame, power and a fat bank account will change almost anyone.

‘If you don’t have people that will tell you to your face that you are doing the wrong things, you will change.’

‘I tried to be that person for you, James. I really tried,’ she concluded.

‘I don’t think there’s any getting through to you and I don’t want to be friends with you.

‘I don’t want to be associated with you and I need to say that very publicly so that chapter can be closed.’

Metro.co.uk have reached out to James’ reps for further comment.

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