Vanity Fair UK - 11.2019

The beauty space on YouTube is, for a
variety of reasons, a breeding ground for
drama. Feuds, clapbacks, and outright
cancellations have happened en masse in the
genre in recent years. None knows that
better than Westbrook, who called out her
former protégé James Charles in a long
video that went mega-viral in May. Outlets

TATI Westbrook

AGE 37 GENRE BeautyFIRST POST November 2010SUBSCRIBERS 9.77 million

that don’t normally cover YouTube picked

up the story, a sign that digital stars will soon

be part of the gossip industry the same as

any other celeb. But as happens with all these

things, the sorta-scandal blew over quickly,

and now Westbrook is on to other things, she

and other beauty gurus now all the more aware

of the social peril lurking around every corner.