Which Beauty Influencer Called a Laid-Off Worker 'Lazy', and Then Logged Back On to Say It Again?

A very famous face in the beauty space allegedly filmed himself mocking a laid-off airline worker who had posted a GoFundMe. That part surfaced around May 10, per Nine.com.au, which reported the influencer called the woman 'lazy' and 'stupid' in what the outlet described as a vicious on-camera attack. Standard bad week for a content creator. The part that compounded it: he reportedly went back on TikTok and did it again.

According to AOL.com, reporting on May 14, the unnamed (for now) influencer doubled down on the original rant rather than walking it back. For the record, that decision preceded at least two public apologies, a wave of celebrity condemnations, and a follower bleed that reportedly hit nearly 140,000 on Instagram alone. The influencer in question is James Charles. The doubling-down clip is still being discussed.

What happens next

Whether the May 10 and May 14 TikTok content remains accessible, and how Charles addresses the sequence of doubling-down before apologizing, has not been publicly resolved as of June 21.