James Charles Apologizes to Lauren Conrad After Slamming Her New Beauty Line

From Cosmopolitan

• James Charles is apologizing for his comments about Lauren Conrad's beauty brand.

• James says the commentary was "supposed to be funny," but instead came across as "nasty."

Is it too late now to say sorry? Not for James Charles, apparently! Earlier this month, reality star/businesswoman/superwoman Lauren Conrad announced that she's launching a beauty brand. In typical launch fashion, she sent PR boxes to stars and influencers who might be interested in her products. James received one since he's a YouTube beauty blogger, but he wasn't all that impressed with what he was sent.

“I just opened a PR package from a new makeup brand from somebody who has no business having a makeup brand,” he said in an Instagram Story after showing an empty highlighter tube and a dry eyeliner. Although he didn't mention LC by name, fans quickly put two and two together. He added, “Stop making makeup brands. Stop! Stop!”

After his shady comments, Lauren admitted that she made a mistake. "For those asking about the empty components sent to James… let me tell you a funny story,” she wrote on Instagram. “The woman who put together the gifts (it was me) decided to fill a makeup bag full of empty samples to make sure everything would fit inside. When beauty products arrived and it was time to fill all the makeup bags she (again, me) accidentally included the bag full of empties with the others and it was sent out.”

She even joked, “She will be let go immediately.” It's totally normal to have some mishaps when launching anew brand. After her Insta, James decided to apologize for his comments.

“Wanted to write an apology to @LaurenConrad for my stories earlier. I’ve been on the verge of tears all day long from a ton of things going wrong & opening her PR package was the icing on the cake of weird things happening today,” he wrote. “My stories talking about the products were supposed to be funny but they just came across as nasty because I was so upset, not with her, but with other things that happened today. Lauren and I spoke privately about the misunderstanding & are both good."

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