Fans Accuse James Charles of Identifying as "Female" on Tinder in Order to Match With Straight Men

Feb. 8 2021, Updated 4:07 p.m. ET

Controversial good looks YouTuber James Charles has a sophisticated dating with Tinder. Given his celebrity status, the make-up artist used to whinge about the dating app deleting his profile over fears of catfishing.

In an effort to solve the drawback, the popular platform verified James’ account, much to his chagrin. Now, his persevered use of the service has come to bite him in the butt.

Over the previous couple of weeks, several Tinder customers have said that James lists his gender as "female" in what some are characterizing as a planned attempt to match with straight males on the app.

James Charles' Tinder profile goes viral for all the wrong reasons.

This isn’t the first time that the 20-year-old has been referred to as out for identifying as female on Tinder. In May, a couple of heterosexual males claimed they came throughout the internet character’s account while looking for ladies.

Around the identical time, fellow influencer Tati Westbrook accused her former buddy of "manipulating people’s sexuality," citing an incident through which he allegedly tried to coerce a directly waiter into hooking up at a restaurant.

"You are using your fame, your power, your money, to play with people's emotions," Tati said in a since-deleted YouTube video. "You're threatening to ruin them. You're threatening to embarrass them, and you're doing that to have them behave sexually in your favor, even if they're straight."

At the time, James’ Tinder bio reportedly learn: "I am in fact not a woman but I do wear makeup for a living and some straight guys apparently can’t tell the difference so I guess that’s a good thing and now here I am so hi I’m James."

In contemporary screenshots of James’ profile, his bio says: "Looking for a tall funny guy to solve escape rooms & watch horror movies with. Please don’t harass me, ask for weird things, or report me for being a catfish. Just genuinely looking for love like everyone else."

According to at least one Twitter fan, "James Charles has a verified Tinder account, in which he is listed as a 'female' and straight guys are not happy about it" — a statement we found to be true when looking out on social media.

One disgruntled Tinder consumer wrote, "WHY is JAMES CHARLES on my TINDER? Deleted the app." Another commented, "HAHAHA my brother just found James Charles on tinder and my brother is straight."

James has yet to touch upon the confusion surrounding his profile, nevertheless it’s only a topic of time sooner than he’s caught in the heart of some other scandal.

James Charles defends himself against sexual harassment allegations.

In a November interview with Paper magazine, the New York local hit back at claims that he sought to trick or seduce straight men into being gay. "What that statement implies is that gay men are all predatory, which is disgusting, not true, and very dangerous to put out there," he defined.

"The whole situation was scary for the LGBTQ+ community and paints a really bad picture of gay men," he added.

James previously dismissed Tati’s version of occasions surrounding his interaction with the "straight waiter" she referred to in her takedown of the superstar. 

"The reality is that the 'hook-up' was completely consensual," the Morphe Cosmetics collaborator maintained in his response to Tati. "[He] told me that he was bisexual and later on told the world he was bisexual. There's nothing wrong with that."

We wonder how lengthy James will final on Tinder this time…

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