James Charles has defended his take on the controversial ‘Mugshot challenge’ on TikTok. The trend sees people mock up what their mugshot would look like after being arrested for getting into a fight, using makeup to give themselves facial injuries.
It has been slammed for being ‘offensive’ and ‘triggering’ to people who have suffered domestic violence. The social media influencer hit back at those who called him out, posting on Twitter: ‘Only I could lazily smudge on some purple eyeshadow and fake blood to recreate a dumb tik tok trend and have it twisted into an actual scandal lol.’ James went on to claim there was a ‘double standard’ after singer The Weeknd appears on the front cover of his new album with a bloody nose.
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