Controversial YouTuber Jeffree Star has claimed he “escaped the illuminati” and that Hollywood tried to ruin his career.
He has been caught in a number of controversies, including the discovery of his old website Lipstick Nazi in 2020, which featured Nazi and self-harm imagery.
“Horrible decision. It was very wrong of me and for anyone who has seen that I’m deeply sorry. I’m disgusted with myself and I never should have used that word, ever,” he said in an apology at the time.
Later in 2020, Star was accused of multiple instances of sexual assault. He denied the allegations.
Who is Jeffree Star?
Jeffree Star is an internet personality and beauty brand owner from Orange County, CA. Jeffree got his start at internet fame in the early 2000s on MySpace. Around 2006, he began releasing music and garnered a large following online. In 2009 he released his first and only album, Beauty Killer. He had a lot of success at first, joining Warped Tour and working with artists like Akon, but he abruptly left the music scene in 2013. About a year later in 2014, Jeffree launched his brand “Jeffree Star Cosmetics” with a line of liquid lipsticks. Jeffree started posting YouTube videos to promote his new brand and eventually expanded to posting other beauty related videos as well. His YouTube channel and brand have since become extremely successful and in 2019, Jeffree Star Cosmetics is a multi-million dollar company and Jeffree’s YouTube channel has over 16 million subscribers.
Now, let’s get into what makes Jeffree Star so controversial.
– This video is a compilation of Jeffree Star using racial slurs. One video in particular shows Jeffree violently yelling at women walking down the street calling them “n*****.” This footage can be traced back to 2004-2006, and Jeffree would have been 19-21 years old at the time. Video
-In an infamous ‘skit’ Jeffree did back in 2006, Jeffree and a friend made “jokes” about using battery acid to lighten a black woman’s skin tone.”You say black folk cannot wear MAC Cosmetics, and then you splashed acid in her face.” “Well maybe if she wasn’t wearing the wrong foundation color, I wouldn’t have HAD to splash no battery acid to lighten her skin tone, girl.” Skit starts at 3 minute mark
-In 2009, Jeffree called Tila Tequila a “whore,” in an interview. He was asked if his lifestyle would be possible without the internet, to which he replied “me and that whore, Tila Tequila, are the ones that capitalized on it. Her and I used to be friends but I am not into people that think they have to be like, naked all the time. You don’t have to prostitute yourself to be successful.” Although Tila Tequila has a history of being problematic herself; one could argue that Jeffree’s comment speaks to his hatred for women, especially those who express their sexuality. Interview
-In 2013, Dahvie Vanity of the band Blood On The Dance Floor was accused of sexually assaulting underage girls. Back when Jeffree was still making music, he had collaborated with BOTDF and spent time with them on Warped Tour. After these accusations came out, Jeffree tweeted “I’m gonna speak the truth til I die. We saw @botdfmusic Dahvie bring under age girls to his hotel rooms an do sexual things. 100% ILLEGAL.” This clearly shows that Jeffree was aware of what was happening, that it was illegal, and yet still was complicit. Later that year, Jeffree tweeted that he had “so much love” for Dahvie, and Dahvie replied saying that Jeffree apologized to his face for making the false accusations. So either 1. Jeffree sat back while his friend raped underage girls, then later “forgave him” for this. or 2. Jeffree made false accusations against a former friend. Either situation is telling of how truly problematic Jeffree is. Relevant article about Dahvie that references Jeffree’s accusations ; Dahvie saying Jeffree apologized for the ‘false accusations’ ; Jeffree showing love and support for Dahvie, months after accusing him of being a rapist
-EDIT: After looking into this again, ‘Dahvie Vanity’ is absolutely guilty, so Jeffree did not lie about the accusations. He did, however, double down on the accusations and go back to being friends with a rapist. Just this month, Huffington Post put out an article detailing the accusations against Dahvie Vanity, which involves at least 21 women. You can read that here.
– In 2016, after the release of Jeffree’s skin frost highlighters, a fan/YouTuber by the name of RockyRoadkill uploaded a video about his experience with the product. The title was arguably clickbaity, but the content of the video revealed that Rocky was a huge fan of Jeffree’s that waited in line at DragCon to be one of the first to purchase the Skin Frost. When Rocky opened the compact, the highlighter pan was not glued down, and the entire pan fell out and shattered. Rocky went on to email customer service, who said they would not refund him or replace his product because he purchased it at DragCon. Overall, the video was civil. Rocky was still a fan of Jeffree’s and still wanted to try the product, despite the bad experience. Jeffree, who clearly did not watch the video, commented on Rocky’s social media saying “Instead of emailing my customer service or reaching out to me personally, you make a slander video? How pathetic. You’re desperate for views and attention. My customer service team would of happily sent you a replacement or refunded you. You failed to contact them. We will be reaching out to YouTube about this defamation.” One could chalk this up to a simple misunderstanding, but Jeffree’s tendency to immediately attack anyone who criticizes him is telling. Relevant article with screenshots
-In 2016, Jeffree Star and MakeupShayla got in an argument that resulted in Jeffree calling Shayla a “c***,” and threatening to “beat her into the ground.” Jeffree and Shayla both attending an Urban Decay event in Las Vegas, where Jeffree alleges that Shayla told another beauty influencer, Mariale, that she needed lip filler because her face looked deformed. Jeffree apparently was so upset about this that he later took to Twitter and called Shayla names. Shayla denied the accusations. Jeffree said “I’ll actually beat you to the fucking ground and mean it.” Shayla went on to tweet that you should never support a man that threatens to beat a woman, and Jeffree replied “but you look and sound like more a man than I do…so relax.” He also went on to call Shayla a “broke fucking rat.” Relevant article with screenshots ; Screenshots
-In 2017, Jackie Aina posted an anti-haul where she anti-hauled Jeffree Star’s entire brand, saying she could not support his brand because of previous racism and how he attacked Shayla. Jeffree responded by blocking Jackie on Twitter and calling her an “irrelevant rat,” and eventually tweeting that she “hasn’t paid her taxes in three years.” Although it has been argued that “rat” is not an inherently racist term; please note that Jeffree has only ever used this term to describe black women. Screenshot of tweet about Jackie’s taxes ; Screenshot of tweet calling Jackie an “irrelevant rat” ; Revelist article
-Also in 2017, Jeffree went on a Twitter crusade against Too Faced’s then owner Jerrod Blandino. He took things too far when he began to hint that Too Faced mistreated NikkieTutorials when they collaborated with her on a palette in 2016. Jeffree tweeted that Nikkie was “suffering in silence,” and went on to give a statement to Here For The Tea that said “Her and I are no longer friends. You can confirm that. But I still respect her hustle and I watched first hand how they abused her and know how much she got paid. It’s embarrassing. I think anyone else BUT me would be afraid to mention the contract. I did it to make a statement and so the audience has a taste as to WHY the palette was so sh*tty. She approved something and what was produced was not the same quality.” Nikkie never came forward and addressed this. Jeffree’s fans argue that he did this with Nikkie’s best interest in mind; but seeing as they are no longer friends, he did not ask her permission before exposing this AND Jeffree’s statement reads a bit self congratulatory- one could argue that Jeffree only did this for his own gain and did not consider how this might affect Nikkie and her business relationships. Relevant article with screenshots
-In September 2018, Jeffree’s ex hairstylist, Daved, released text messages where Jeffree calls Jackie Aina a “gorilla,” among other racial slurs. Although the validity of these texts has been debated, there is some circumstantial ‘proof.’ First, Daved posted a video where he scrolls through the message thread which proves that these are not fabricated screenshots, though it does not prove who the messages are from. Furthermore, the content of the messages (asking why Jeffree unfollowed him, Jeffree talking about Daved doing Jackie’s hair, etc) further imply that it is a conversation between Daved and Jeffree. The date is 2017, so in order for the texts to be fake, Daved would’ve been planning this for over a year which seems totally implausible. Lastly, Daved himself was racially insensitive and complicit with Jeffree’s behavior in the messages. Daved basically called himself out by releasing these, which makes it even less likely that he did this for his own gain. Video of Daved scrolling through the texts with Jeffree ; Relevant article with more details
-In October 2018, Jeffree was called out for being culturally insensitive yet again when he wore cornrows for a Jeffree Star Cosmetics photo shoot. When he received backlash on Twitter, a fan defended him by saying ” Girl, it’s not cultural appropriation. I’m black and I don’t have an issue with it and neither does anyone in my family or my friends. All I see are white people having an issue with it. It’s HAIR. There are people dying in other countries and you’re mad about HAIR? #cantrelate.” Jeffree replied to this fan with ” Hahaha preach!!! young kids trying to be mad at something always.” Instead of maybe reassessing his actions and apologizing to fans, Jeffree went on to defend himself and accuse upset fans of trying to find something to be mad about. Photo of Jeffree in cornrow braids ; Relevant article
-Also in October 2018, Jeffree accused Huda Kattan of Huda Beauty of copying Beauty Bakerie’s concept for their setting powders. He went on to post screenshots of private messages between he and Huda, said Huda Beauty should “fuck off,” and accused her of being a thief. Although it has been argued whether Huda stole the idea; this situation once again shows Jeffree’s obsession with “exposing” other brands and influencers under the guise of “being honest.” It couldn’t be more obvious that it is an attempt to get attention and make himself look like the hero, rooting for the poor underdog. Relevant article with screenshots
–Lyrics from Jeffree’s 2007 song “We Want Cunt” feature the n-word, among other problematic and insensitive lyrics.
-In 2009 on Warped Tour, Jeffree “roasted” his fans and told one that they “look like they have autism.” He also threatened to kill an entire group of people. Video
-In 2009 Jeffree called a fan of his “fat.”
–This is a fan made video that was created to highlight Jeffree’s hypocrisy. Here are some examples from the video: In 2012 while performing, a fan grabbed Jeffree’s crotch. He retaliated by grabbing her hair, berated her in front of the audience, and having her kicked out. On the other hand, footage from 2009 shows Jeffree grabbing the crotch of another man (Steven Spence, internet personality/drummer?) who appears uncomfortable and immediately recoils. Next the video addresses how when Rocky Roadkill made a video about his broken Skin Frost, Jeffree said he should’ve reached out to customer service. He also accused Rocky of being desperate for attention and pathetic. However, when Jeffree bought Kylie Cosmetics lip glosses and found the wands to be messed up, he immediately took to SnapChat to complain and drag Kylie, rather than contacting customer service.
-In this 2010 interview there are a few relevant quotes. Jeffree admits to tasing a guy who poured water on him. When drawn comparisons between Jeffree and singer Pink because of their hair, Jeffree says that he doesn’t look like her because he “doesn’t look like a fucking dirty lesbian.” Later in the interview he says “I don’t hang out with gay people really. Most gay guys are like women, they’re fucking annoying. There is so much drama and cattiness. I stick with the “bros.” Lastly, he says “I’m all about business, usually, but of course I like to go out and have fun. The other night I punched a girl and threw drinks everywhere. That’s just what happens if people are going to talk shit.” Jeffree clearly has no problem inciting violence against women.
-In 2016, Kat Von D called out Jeffree for not paying the artist who created his logo, whom KVD introduced Jeffree to. He avoided KVD when confronted about it, and only paid and made reparations once she publicly outed him. Screenshots ; KVD’s video
-For years prior to 2016, Jeffree was best friends with Kat Von D, who is an alleged antisemite.
-In 2016, Jeffree tweeted drummer Tai Wright telling him to kill himself. Article with screenshots
-In 2017, Jeffree called Kat Von D a “dumb whore” on Shane Dawson’s podcast. Revelist article
-Also in 2017, Jeffree’s Androgyny palette campaign drew criticism. The campaign photos of Nikita Dragun show that her skin was clearly darkened for the sake of the advertisement. Photo proof
In 2018, Jeffree manipulated drama channel TeaSpill into canceling a potential series about Jaclyn Hill by implying that Jaclyn was close to suicide over it. When this was brought to Jaclyn’s attention, her response implies either that she did not give Jeffree permission to share that sensitive information about her mental health; or that it was untrue. Here is a thread on that situation.
-In 2018, he also parked in a handicapped spot at Jack in the Box in Malibu.
-In January 2019, Jeffree went off on YouTuber and fan Porcelain/Bridgette when she politely advised against trying Bhad Bhabie/Danielle Bregoli’s makeup brand. He went on to post a positive review of the brand the next day, which many people believe was not genuine and/or was paid for, which is a direct contradiction of his “I’m so rich, I keep it real,” narrative. Here is a more in-depth thread on the situation.
-In June 2017 a girl @cjcbeauty found what she believed to be a human hair in her JSC Skin Frost Highlighter. She tweeted Jeffree, and he sent back a nasty response before blocking her. His tweets have since been deleted, but here is one screenshot. Also here is a write up about this by Allure.
-In Jeffree’s June 2017 favorites video, he praised the Jaclyn Hill x Morphe palette and said “a few shady YouTubers swatched them and tried to say they weren’t pigmented. Y’all are shady fucking c***s and you tried to do Jaclyn dirty and you’re wrong for that.” It’s speculated that he was talking about Sam Ravndah and Beauty Birdl, who had a negative review of the palette. June 2017 Favorites Video he makes the comment @ 4:19. Here is a Karina Kaboom video about it.
-Called Queen of Blending a cesspool for saying something negative about his Onyx Skin Frost. Screenshot
-Jeffree’s Mystery Boxes (Black Friday and Valentine’s Day) were coming with dried up lipsticks and content that didn’t match the description. Jeffree responded to the criticism with this tweet “there are peeople who don’t have clean water to drink in this world…there are people who have no home because they were just burned down…You people have real problems if you are concerned about a mystery box,which was clearly stated what was inside, a MYSTERY.” He quickly deleted the tweet, never responded to customers, and blocked anyone who tweeted him about it. A Twitter account titled @jeffreestarmboxes put out this statement summing up the issues.
-This tweet from 2010 resurfaced in May 2019. In the tweet Jeffree, 24, is talking inappropriately about Justin Bieber, 16. Shortly after this tweet resurfaced, Jeffree deleted over 1000 tweets. In this video at 6:55, Jeffree addresses the deleted tweets and just says “if people tried to drag up the same thing every 6 months, you’d delete it too.”
-Amidst the drama between Tati Westbrook and James Charles on May 12, Jeffree tweeted at James’s brother Ian: “Why is your brother a predator?? Why’d you really move back to NYC? Exactly. Shut the fuck up.” Not only is Jeffree is directly accusing James of being a predator with zero proof, but he’s also publicly bullying a 17-year-old kid who is completely innocent in the entire situation.
-Jeffree continued to tweet “There is a reason that Nathan banned James Charles from ever coming to our home again. There’s a reason why I haven’t seen him since @GlamLifeGuru’s birthday in February. He is a danger to society. Everything Tati said is 100% true.” Jeffree is accusing James of being a danger to society, again with no proof. Also, Jeffree seems to be lying about his feelings about James considering he tweeted him since Tati’s birthday (February 14) and seemed to be cordial.
-On May 18, 2019, James Charles uploaded a video titled “No More Lies.” In this video, James explains his side of the drama with Tati Westbrook. He also addresses Jeffree’s tweet about him and to his brother Ian and reveals texts that Jeffree sent to him and to his friend Drew. Please read these texts here. In these messages, Jeffree accuses James of VERY serious things; molestation, false imprisonment, pedophilia, sexual harassment, etc. In James’s video, there is proof that his relationships with all of the men mentioned were consensual. Jeffree is not only making false accusations in private over text but also threatening James to make these false accusations public [and doing so by calling James a “predator” on Twitter as mentioned in the previous bullet point.]
-In a resurfaced retweet from 2012, Jeffree mocks people with disabilities. Someone tweeted to him “fighting online is like competing in the Special Olympics. Even if you win, you’re still retarded,” to which he quote tweeted and added “HA -> RT.” Here is a thread about the tweet which includes a screenshot.
-In 2014 Jeffree posted this photo to instagram, which features him wearing a jacket that has the nazi eagle on it. When called out in the comments, Jeffree replied “they [nazis] stole it, just like the swastika used to be for Buddha…Don’t spread ignorant comments without stating the facts.”
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