Jeffree Star

On the 'Bussin' With the Boys' podcast, Jeffree Star mocked the use of they/them pronouns and certain gender labels, describing them as absurd additions popularised during the pandemic. His remarks prompted accusations of transphobia and contempt towards non-binary people.

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After extensively promoting his Wyoming yaks as beloved animals and his cosmetics brand's cruelty-free identity, Star began promoting and selling yak meat from his farming business. Internet users and campaigners condemned what they perceived as a moral and marketing contradiction.

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In 'Breaking My Silence', Tati Westbrook stated that Jeffree Star and Shane Dawson had fed her allegations and fears about James Charles before 'Bye Sister' and that she had been used as a tool in their conflict with him. The statement placed Star back at the centre of the 2019 controversy.

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Jeffree Star Cosmetics launched a collection called 'Cremated', with death-related shade names, at a time of mass deaths from Covid-19. Many internet users considered the name and timing particularly insensitive.

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Screenshots and archives of an old 'LipstickNazi.com' page created by Star during his teenage years resurfaced. They linked his name and image to a swastika and a term he subsequently acknowledged as offensive and derogatory.

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Following several waves of controversy — previous racist statements, conflicts with other creators and public pressure from beauty figures — Morphe announced that it was ending all commercial activity relating to Jeffree Star and associated products.

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A journalistic investigation reported accounts accusing Jeffree Star of physical and sexual violence dating back to his MySpace years, as well as offers of money allegedly intended to secure retractions of certain testimonies. Several witnesses altered or withdrew their statements, and later documents were presented as showing a $45,000 payment made by a Jeffree Star Cosmetics executive to one accuser.

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At the height of the conflict between Tati Westbrook and James Charles, Jeffree Star posted extremely accusatory messages against Charles, notably describing him as a danger to society and implying that he possessed damaging information. Following Charles's detailed response, Star stopped escalating the dispute and published an apology video.

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Old videos of Jeffree Star resurfaced, containing racial slurs and a segment in which he joked about throwing acid on a Black woman to lighten her skin. In 2017, he released a lengthy apology video describing the remarks as disgusting and embarrassing.

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