The Career & Controversies of James Charles

Find our podcast YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg  Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/  Join our Geneva home: https://links.geneva.com/invite/7eb23525-9259-4d59-95e3-b9edd35861a5  Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/centennialworld/  Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/ Follow Jordy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jordyn_christensen/ In this week’s episode, we’re bringing you a massive deep dive into the career and controversies of James Charles. This episode was inspired by the YouTuber’s announcement this week about the launch of his own beauty brand, Painted. This announcement garnered little buzz in the digital world (it actually took me 9 full hours to discover he even made this announcement because so few people were talking about it) and has left MANY to wonder– who will buy James Charles’ makeup brand?  Timestamps: 16:27 Netflix BEEF recap (with spoilers!) 26:10 Ariana Grande addresses concerns about her weight loss on TikTok 29:42 Shari Franke, the daughter of OG YouTube vlogging family 8 Passengers, opens up about ex-communicating from family 37:36 Alix Earle faces backlash for “hanging out” with the Vlog Squad at Coachella 41:38 Loren Gray exposes influencers for pretending to attend Coachella 49:35 The career & controversies of James Charles 52:10 The history of the second-wave beauty community 56:17 James' early YouTube career 59:28 The beginning of the end of the YouTube beauty community 1:02:00 BYE SISTER era 1:19:00 The fall of James 2.0: Grooming allegations & sexting minors 1:29:00 The aftermath 1:31:00 Who will buy James Charles' beauty brand? Resources: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/beef-star-david-choe-slammed-podcast-detailing-rapey-behavior-resurfac-rcna79809  https://centennialworld.com/ariana-grande-addresses-weight-loss-body-concerns/ https://centennialworld.com/8-passengers-daughter-opens-up-about-ex-communicating-from-mother-ruby-franke-growing-up-on-youtube/ https://centennialworld.com/does-it-matter-if-influencers-are-faking-coachella-content/  https://centennialworld.com/james-charles-scandal-timeline-beauty-community-drama/  https://centennialworld.com/james-charles-makeup-brand-painted/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/294655/youtube-monthly-beauty-content-views/  https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a27484210/james-charles-tati-westbrook-youtube-drama-timeline/  https://centennialworld.com/jeffree-star-blames-tati-westbook-for-james-charles-drama/  https://centennialworld.com/james-charles-grooming-sexting-nude-photos-16-year-old-fan-isaiyah-allegations/  https://centennialworld.com/zach-hsieh-replacing-james-charles-host-instant-influencer/