Famous makeup artist gets backlash for mocking former Spirit Airlines employee at Logan over fundraiser

"After receiving a direct message from the employee asking for donations to her GoFundMe, make-up artist and social media influencer Jame Charles called her "entitled" and "a lazy piece of sh-" and told her to just get another job. "Why would I ever help you? You're not a fan, you've never followed me," Charles said in a now-deleted video. "Welcome to the real world, sweetheart. People lose their jobs every f-ing day.""

"Amber Lendof Vargas, a 30-year-old based in Lawrence, said she'd been working as an operations agent at Logan for years. "I suddenly found myself unemployed with no warning," she wrote on the online fundraiser, with a listed $35,000 goal. "Like many others in aviation, I showed up every day, worked early mornings, long shifts, and gave everything I had to my job. I never expected to be in a position where I'd need to ask for help.""

"About 17,000 people lost their jobs with Spirit after the low-cost airline announced it was going out of business after 34 years and ending operations almost immediately. Charles, who has 40.5 million TikTok followers, immediately came under fire for the video. "Very jobless behavior on James Charles's part," said Jackie Aina, a beauty influencer with 3.5 million TikTok followers."

""I don't think he's ever clocked in. I don't think he's ever had a W-2. I don't think he's done any of that. The way you're talking to this person shows, and it's very disgusting and it's very inappropriate." On Wednesday, Charles appeared to have donated $5,000 to the GoFundM"

A Spirit Airlines operations agent at Logan International Airport in Boston lost her job when the airline shut down suddenly. She created a GoFundMe seeking $35,000 after being unemployed without warning. A high-profile social media influencer sent disparaging comments after receiving a direct message requesting donations, telling her to get another job and saying people lose jobs every day. The influencer’s remarks drew backlash from other creators, including criticism that the influencer had never worked traditional jobs. The airline’s closure resulted in about 17,000 job losses after Spirit announced it was ending operations almost immediately. The influencer later appeared to donate $5,000 to the fundraiser.

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