After Tati Westbrook posted her "Breaking My Silence" video on Tuesday night, Shane Dawson live streamed a furious rant calling her "manipulative", now his fiancé has also spoken out.
In the video Tati accuses Shane and Jeffree of "gas-lighting" and "coercing" her into posting her infamous 'Bye Sister' video about James Charles in May 2019.
Tati claims the pair fed her "poisonous lies", "driving a wedge" between her and James, which she puts down to jealousy.
She also claimed that Shane not only knew she was going to post the video but that he also offered to edit it and encouraged her to post it when she started to back-track.
In his live stream, Shane repeatedly accused Tati of "fake crying" and now his fiancé, fellow YouTuber, Ryland Adams, has come forward to defend him on Twitter.
"Tati Westbrook - a master class in  manipulation," Ryland wrote. "The only way to save her reputation was to side with the person she tried to ruin.
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Denying that Shane had any involvement in the video, Ryland said, "Make no mistake. This 40 year old woman chose to post a video of her own accord. She riled up Shane before doing so to have one of the biggest creators backing her in the chance this all backfired."
In her video, Tati claims that Shane originally intended to interview some of James Charles' alleged "victims" in his documentary with Jeffree, a point that Ryland also addressed in his tweet.
"Shane very well WOULD have posted a video exposing James had he felt so inclined," he said. Adding that Tati didn't provide any evidence because in his opinion, "No receipts because she didn't want to expose the countless times she told Shane that she was a big girl doing this ONLY for herself"
Finally, he added, "Hope you enjoy those sold out vitamins that made you millions in minutes from Shane's support you two-faced liar"
The public breakdown of these former friendships is incredibly sad to see and we hope all parties can come to some kind of private resolution asap.
However, let's not age shame Tati Westbrook. First of all she is 38 years old (not that being 40 makes a difference) and second of all Shane Dawson is 31 years old and Jeffree Star is 34 years old.
There are two fully grown men fighting online, not just one "40-year-old woman".
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