James Charles

Here’s a moment where I show my age: I’m not sure I could name anyone who’s considered a “social media influencer,” and I definitely couldn’t name any influencers in the makeup and beauty space. So I had to look up James Charles.

What I learned is that two underage boys accused him of grooming them by sending nude photos and pressuring them into sexting. Charles has admitted that while he was involved in the incidents, he genuinely thought that the people he was communicating with were of legal age. Whether or not that’s true, the incidents have definitely affected his reputation.