After the James Charles scandal broke, his little brother Ian Jeffrey took to Twitter to defend him. He later deleted the tweet. Here's what we learn about Ian.
By now, you've gotten probably heard about the James Charles scandal, until you live in a hole in the floor with no WiFi. If that is the case, here is a tremendous quick summary: James Charles, a attractiveness YouTuberand the first male face of CoverGirl, betrayed Tati Westbrook, any other major beauty YouTuber. In a 43-minute video, Tati, who was James' mentor and close buddy, describes why she not can reinforce James.
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Since the video used to be uploaded six days in the past, thousands and thousands have unsubscribed from his YouTube channel and unfollowed his Instagram account, including celebs like Miley Cyrus and Kylie Jenner. Many have even accused the beauty influencer of being a predator. But at least one person was considered defending him: James Charles' brother, Ian Jeffrey. Here's what we discovered.
Ian Jeffrey posted a obscure tweet that is now deleted
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According to Seventeen, on May 12 Ian tweeted "Why does everyone act so tough on the internet?" right after Westbrook uploaded her video to YouTube and the internet turned on James. In a tweet that's now deleted, Jeffree Star replied, "Why is your brother a predator? Why'd you really move back to NYC? Exactly. Shut the f**k up."
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But now we all know that Ian Jeffrey wasn't tweeting about his brother, in step with James Charles' new explainer video, "No More Lies."
In a 41-minute YouTube video, James Charles mainly annotates Tati's video, giving an explanation for the whole thing she's accused him of. It's intense, but if you've been following the drama, it is definitely worth the watch. In it, he explains that Ian Jeffrey if truth be told wasn't tweeting about James. He was once tweeting a couple of place of birth bully, and Jeffree Star simply assumed Ian was once protecting James.
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James' brother it seems that deleted his tweet sometime after Star attacked him, because no trace of this conversation will also be discovered on Twitter. Yikes. The ultimate tweet from Ian Jeffrey is one from May 10 that simply says "Shine bright in a world so dark."
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Shine so bright in world so darkish
— Ian Jeffrey (@ianjd12) May 10, 2019So, who is Ian Jeffrey exactly?
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We know that Ian is 17 years old, and has his own YouTube channel with over 870,000 subscribers. He only has 10 movies although, and only a couple movies made it past two million views (no longer too shabby, but in no way as viral as his giant bro). In his most recent video (posted two months in the past), Ian talks about the way forward for model for about 18 minutes.
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Ian's more a success movies include one where he describes his morning routine in detail, a baking video with James, and his first video which is referred to as "STEALING JAMES CHARLES CAREER," in which he describes why he is now making YouTube movies. Before developing his own YouTube channel, Ian gave the impression in some of James' good looks tutorials, like the one underneath from 2017:
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While we do not know so much about Ian Jeffrey, we do know that both brothers had been raised in New York and went to Bethlehem Central High School (Ian graduates soon). According to Ian's Twitter, he lives in Los Angeles (but when we are to consider Jeffree Star, Ian allegedly moved again to NYC—perhaps to complete high school?). Along with having Twitter and YouTube accounts, Ian has an Instagram with 2.2 million followers. The feed is pretty much simply selfies and picture shoots that show Ian is truly into fashion, likes pizza and bubble gum soda, and most likely makes a residing via posting sponsored content (like this ad for Goat shoes). While James was well-known for his make-up talents in highschool, Ian was on the school's football team.
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However, Ian recently posted to Twitter that he is nonetheless figuring issues out.
Which is completely customary for someone who is about to graduate highschool.
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Does someone nonetheless like me lol. I promise things are coming. I simply wanted to figure out my life. But howdy it’s almost figured out!!
— Ian Jeffrey (@ianjd12) April 30, 2019We do know that Ian dated Loren Gray
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Loren Gray is a singer and YouTuber with over 3.4 million subscribers. Apparently Ian Jeffrey and Loren Gray dated in past due 2018, and made their dating Insta authentic in December.
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However, Loren took to Twitter in March of this 12 months to percentage that she and Ian are no longer dating.
ian and i are not in combination. i’m still at all times here for him as a pal and we're better that means. thank u<3
— loren gray (@iamlorengray) March 17, 2019Article continues under commercial
Since Ian's private emblem revolves around fashion, it makes sense that he helped James out his brand, Sisters Apparel.
Ian's contributions come with hoodies that say "Brothers" on them.
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It's unclear why Ian Jeffrey deleted his initial tweet in reinforce of his brother, but we suspect he probably simply needs to avoid the drama. For any individual who is about to graduate highschool, that feels totally comprehensible.
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