James Charles Reveals He Regrets What He Said About Ariana Grande in 2018

James Charles is regretting what he said about Ariana Grande years ago.

The 22-year-old YouTuber, who has been embroiled in controversy this year after he admitted that he sent flirtatious messages to underage boys who he thought were over 18 at the time. He claimed some messages are false, even though he admitted some were real.

Now, during an Instagram Q&A, James answered a question about Ariana Grande.

Click inside to see what James Charles said about Ariana Grnade…

Back in 2018, James explained that Ariana followed him on Instagram but then quickly unfollowed him after some of his past tweets upset her fans.

In 2018, James explained in a YouTube video, “I was like, ‘Hey, did I do something wrong?’ And she literally was like, ‘Hey babe, I saw a lot of angry tweets from my fans and I would never want to disappoint them, so I unfollowed.’

James added at the time, “You have a hundred million fans, it’s really disappointing that you would, like, stoop to the level of listening to people bullying me, just to, like, appease them, but okay.’ I’ve always looked up to Ariana and I think she’s one of the most talented vocalists of our generation, but it just really sucked that I was literally getting bullied by her fans and instead of just ignoring it and building a friendship she literally just listened to them and unfollowed, which is just saying that’s okay to do. That was a disappointing interaction.”

Now, on Wednesday (September 15), James was asked “What did Ariana Grande do for you to say she’s the rudest celebrity you have ever met?”

He responded, “Literally nothing. The fact that I said that is one of my biggest regrets of my career & it still follows me 4 years later which sucks. I plan on talking about it more in depth when I film my review of REM, all I can hope is that people listen with an open mind.”

James is now being called out by Ariana‘s fans as a liar for calling her rude in the first place.