 So now that we've confirmed that the drama channels have a little bit of a bias with Jeffree Star and don't cover too many stories about him, I thought we would discuss this situation where Jeffree Star kind of threw some shade at James Charles in his new video. But unlike other drama videos you watch, by the time you leave here you'll be a little bit smarter because not only are we going to talk about psychology, we're also going to talk neuroscience. So moving forward, I want to let you guys know something. I'm done. I am done with the tea, with the drama and I don't want to be involved in anyone's situations anymore. What is up everybody? This is Chris from the Rewired Soul where we talk about the problem, but focus on the solution. And if you're new to my channel, what I try to do is take different topics going on in the YouTube community, try to see what lessons we can learn from them to improve our own mental and emotional well-being. So if you're into that stuff, make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell. And those of you who are not in the know yet, if you want to understand a little bit more about the bias and everything like that and drama channels versus James Charles, watch the video I just did yesterday about James Charles versus Tee Spill and the drama channels. I dive into psychology as well as some philosophy and everything like that. Go check that video out, alright? So yeah, I got some messages and things like that and saw clips from Jeffree Star's new video. You might not know this, but I do not watch Jeffree Star's content, alright? So I want to discuss this. So a couple things. Not only do I want to talk about bias, but I also want to talk about people changing and action speaking louder than words. So here's the thing. Those of you who know me, like I am against cancel culture. What I really want people to do is just start to understand like why are we harder on these people than we are on these people, right? Why are channels harder on James Charles than they are on Jeffree Star? Now, simple answer to that is the psychology of expectancy theory, alright? People expect Jeffree Star to act the way that he's acting. But I just want to discuss a little bit because Jeffree Star continues to have this kind of free past, but he keeps saying he's going to change. And that's something that he hasn't really done. So those of you who don't know the backstory, Jeffree Star and James Charles, they used to be thick as thieves. They used to be good, good, good buddies. So when James Charles' palette first came out, there was all sorts of stuff happening. So somebody ended up destroying James Charles' palette. And James Charles got very frustrated and upset about it. And he said some things publicly about it. And then Jeffree Star and James Charles, they got together and they destroyed some other makeup that they didn't like. And they donated some money to charity and everything, alright? Like it was a very cool little moment of friendship for them. Also, those of you who know the drama channel Cody Rantz, she had an allergic reaction to James Charles' palette and Jeffree Star and James Charles. They joined together and they shaded Cody Rantz in her new video. And it was terrible. It was terrible too because James Charles' audience went and attacked Cody. And like, let me tell you, what I'm really trying to really talk about in a lot of my videos lately is like, it's OK to disagree with people. It's OK to criticize people. But like the hate mobs and the ridiculousness, that stuff needs to stop. All right? Like we should be able to have these conversations and just kind of get our wheels turning without people getting outraged over these subjects. But anyways, like I said, Jeffree Star and James Charles, they used to be super duper good friends. Now, like if you haven't read my book, Cancelled Inside YouTube, Cancelled Culture yet, make sure you do. It's always linked in the description down in the pinned comment below. So in it, I discuss how I kind of set myself up for failure. When I befriended drama channels. Actually, here's an excerpt from that book. Seven years ago, I was taught everything was my fault. This is a great way to live. When you realize everything is your fault, or at least you try to think that way, you take responsibility and start improving your life. In psychology, they call this having an internal locus of control. So when I say this was completely my fault, it was the dumb decision I made was trying to befriend drama channels and they ended up turning on me and playing a huge part in taking me down. Again, I don't blame the drama channels for this. I blame myself. Blaming them would be like blaming a porcupine for quilling me because I made the dumb decision to pet it. That's what porcupines do. So I can't blame the porcupine drama channels start drama. It's in their DNA. So what I'm getting at is you saw that James Charles and Jeffree Star's relationship was being petty and throwing shade at people and all this other stuff. And that's why we got to be mindful of who we hang out with. You know what I mean? Because what ended up happening was when James Charles and Tati Westbrook ended up having their whole situation and everything like that, Jeffree Star was going off. And if you're watching this video, I probably don't got to dive too deep into it. But Jeffree Star, he made very serious allegations against James Charles. Like very serious, like the type of allegations that could get somebody arrested. And Jeffree Star said, I have receipts. I'm going to expose them and everything like that. But after teasing everybody with this, Jeffree Star decided to be the bigger person and he came out with this video where he said he wasn't going to do that. And I knew it was going to be hurtful to James and I didn't really think about how you would feel. And I'm so sorry. So moving forward, I want to let you guys know something. I'm done. I am done with the tea, with the drama. And I don't want to be involved in anyone's situations anymore. This was a huge wake up call to reel me in because I have been really healing myself. I'm in such a good place. So for me to digress and go back to Jeffree from years ago, I'm embarrassed of myself. So this video was from months ago. And this is what I'm talking about when we talk about actions speak louder than words. One of the things is, is that the news cycle, especially in the beauty drama community, it moves so fast. A lot of us forget what people say and everything like that. So here's a great example. I remember when Logan Paul did the infamous Logan Paul thing, I was like, OK, when somebody apologizes, like, it takes time. You don't just immediately forgive somebody. You have to see, do they improve? And to be honest, like where Logan Paul is now compared to when he was in Japan, like, it's it's much different. Like he's not somebody that I would personally kick it with. But he has been a lot less controversial as time has gone on. So like good for him. But like we were able to watch that growth with Jeffree Star. He said, like, oh, I'm done with all this. I don't want to do it. But then today in his video, he said this. Well, they got wet and wild. I wonder if they have new James Charles palette. OK, they have LA color. They have. It's right here, you guys. Oh, my God. So I just want you guys to think about that. I've talked about this on my channel before. Like you need to realize who you're watching is influencing your thoughts, your behaviors, your mood. All right. Many of you know I'm big on mental health. If you keep watching certain types of content, it's it's going to affect you like hell. Like maybe my contact content affects you in a negative way. Quit watching it. Watch things that improve your thoughts and your emotions and how they go. But like when you're watching people just constantly be petty and everything like that. How is that benefiting you? But anyways, as many of you know, I've been really diving into like moral psychology and everything like that. So we sit here and we ask ourselves, like why will the drama channels like cover so such small stories when it comes to James Charles but not from Jeffrey Starr? So anyways, in the book I just finished, The Righteous Mind, which I highly recommend, they talk about this neurological study that they did. So this was actually during the Bush administration, all right? So they took conservatives who backed Bush and they talked to him and they played into their confirmation by us. They're like, oh Bush is a great person. Yay. And when your beliefs are confirmed, they can actually see that your brain spurts out dopamine. You get pleasure when your beliefs are confirmed, right? But then they told the people who are hooked up to the FMRI that Bush said nothing but good things about like the president of Enron, OK? And if any of you know about Enron, that place like they ended up getting in a lot of trouble because they're doing shady things, they hurt the market and all sorts of stuff, right? So when they pointed that out to the people who were conservative and backed Bush, it started to trigger the receptors in their brain for pain and for fear, all right? Because what happens is it starts challenging their belief. So their belief is this is a good person. This person doesn't do anything wrong. So their brain started to get conflicted. We don't like our beliefs challenged. But anyways, when they ended up telling them that George Bush later on came out and he spoke up and said, hey, you know, my opinion's changed. I've distanced myself and dah, dah, dah, dah, dah. People were like, ah, right? But when given the exact same kind of scenario to those people about a democratic person or a liberal person who they didn't like, they weren't going to give them nearly as much leniency, all right? And that's just the way our brain works. Like I said, I don't expect any of you to flip a switch, but just be mindful of it. Like when we talk about the bias in the drama community, this is why when their brain is leaning more towards Jeffrey Starr, they're gonna minimize every single bad thing he does. But since a lot of the drama community doesn't like James Charles, he's going to inflate everything that he does. So just recognize that. Watch drama channels all you want. Watch my content all you want. I just want you to be able to take some of this information and bring it outside into the real world and try to improve your life, all right? But the last thing I just wanna remind you of is just pay attention to people and remember, actions speak louder than words, okay? But anyways, like I said, down in the description, down in the pinned comment, if you haven't picked up a copy of my book, canceled, inside YouTube, canceled culture, make sure you get it because I also have an entire chapter about people who are immune to cancel culture and it's people like Jeffrey Starr, Tricia Payness, Keem Starr, Shane Dawson, and Tana Mojo, all in that chapter. So go check it out, all right? But anyways, that's all I got for this video. If you liked this video, please give it a thumbs up. If you're new, make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell. And a huge, huge thank you to everybody supporting the channel over on Patreon. 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