James Charles slams Trisha Paytas' "predatory" comment about Charli D'Amelio friendship

20 November 2020, 13:50

James Charles responds to Trisha Paytas over "child groomer" comments

By Jazmin Duribe

"The only reason she is in the spotlight is because she has said racist things, she has said the n word, she's done blackface, she offended the trans community, she offended the DID community, she said Hitler wasn't that bad of a guy, voted for Trump, and has started a fight with about every single other creator on this platform."

James Charles has hit back at Trisha Paytas' claim that he's "predatory" towards his close friend Charli D'Amelio, 16.

ICYMI, Charli and Trisha are in the middle of a whole lotta drama right now. Charli has lost over 1 million followers on TikTok after a YouTube video (which starred James) of her complaining about not reaching 100 million followers went viral. Trisha was one of her critics and Charli clapped back at her.

Speaking on Twitter, James defended Charli and referenced his own past issues with other creators (cough, Jeffree Star and Shane Dawson) ganging up on him. He tweeted: "This Charli situation is NOT sitting right with me... 100M followers in one year & y'all expect her to know how to be a perfect role model? death threats because she's a picky eater & made a joke about a milestone? 30+ year olds dragging someone half their age? feels familiar."

READ MORE: Here's the Charli D'Amelio and Trisha Paytas drama explained

Trisha then responded: "Poor parenting on ur parents end James for allowing u to be friends with Tati, a middle aged woman while u were a teen. Unfortunately u were the victim then. But now Charli is the victim, u being friends with a minor is predatory [sic]."

But, wait. There's more. She followed up with another tweet, which read: "Definitely have always said no one deserves to be cancelled. Everyone has room for growth/positive influence. Except James Charles. Please cancel him. He a forever victim with a superiority conflict, has never said sorry his whole life/hangs out with an underage girl regularly."

Trisha also made a TikTok video asking why "James Charles is the victim in every single situation" and he clapped back. Speaking on TikTok, James ranted: "I didn't want to respond to this because I didn't want to give Trisha the attention that she's clearly craving, however, I have now been accused of being a child groomer and this is not an accusation that I'm going to take lightly. To insinuate that the relationship between Charli and I is anything other than just a friendship is absolutely disgusting.

"I don't need Charli and Charli does not need me. I became friends with the D'Amelio family as a whole very, very early on because this was all very, very new to them and I wanted to be a friend and a mentor in any way that I possibly could. And Charli and I, despite not being the same age, had one thing in common, which is coming into the spotlight at a very, very young age."

Trisha Paytas responds to Charli D’Amelio and slams James Charles

James then referenced Trisha's problematic past. He continued: "This is something that Trisha has never experienced because the only reason she is in the spotlight is because she has said racist things, she has said the 'n word,' she's done blackface, she offended the trans community, she offended the DID community, she said Hitler wasn't that bad of a guy, voted for Trump, and has started a fight with about every single other creator on this platform.

"You are in no position to be talking about me and my career so I highly recommend that you stop starting fights with people that are half your age, pack it up, and work on holding yourself and your best friends around you, because they and you are the problem." Oop…

This wouldn't be the first time James and Trisha have got into, though. Trisha is close friends with Shane Dawson and Jeffree Star, who famously feuded with James in 2019. Trisha has since taken swipes at James and earlier this month, she called him "narcissistic" and "sociopathic".

James clapped back then, saying: "Keep my name out of your mouth. You do not know me."