Carmie Sellitto, an English YouTube star known as touchdalight, told DailyMail.com how makeup blogger James Charles tried to seduce him with flirty texts and had him question his sexuality.
Heterosexual Sellitto, 20, of London, who is in a relationship with British YouTuber Kate Elisabeth, 19, said: 'James kept telling me how I was the hottest guy he ever laid his eyes on.'
But Los Angeles-based Charles questioned Sellitto's sexuality when Sellitto told him he wasn’t gay.
Sellitto told DailyMail.com: 'James made me question myself. He asked me, are you sure you aren’t gay or bi? Are you sure?'
Charles has lost 3.13 million subscribers on YouTube since fellow vlogger Tati Westbrook accused him of sexual predatory behavior toward straight men.
YouTube James Charles, 19 began sending British vlogger Carmie Sellitto, 20 flirty text messages after they met in July 2018
Describing his relationship, Carmie Sellitto showed an instagram text on his British phone from James Charles where the makeup guru tells Carmie 'You're extremely good looking'
Makeup blogger James Charles, sporting Prada stiletto-heeled boots as he arrived today at LAX Airport, has lost 3.13 million subscribers since his YouTube feud with Tati Westbrook
A solemn-looking Charles, wearing Prada stiletto-heeled boots and Adidas socks, arrived today at Los Angeles International Airport from Australia where he had been promoting his makeup brand. He refused to answer questions from waiting reporters.
Westbrook, in a YouTube post on May 10, currently watched by 43.4 million people, described how Charles had coerced straight men into committing sexual acts.
She said: 'Oh my god, you tried to trick a straight man into thinking he's gay. And somehow, you're the victim. It's really disgusting to manipulate someone's sexuality especially when they're emerging into adulthood and don't quite have everything figured out.'
Westbrook, 37, who once acted as Charles's mentor, made the comments after feeling he had betrayed her.
Charles had posted an instagram video on April 22 where he promoted SugarBear vitamins, thanking them for providing him with security at music festival Coachella in Indio, California.
Westbrook owns her own vitamin company called Halo Beauty and came after Charles online for promoting her largest competitor.
British vlogger Carmie Sellitto (right) is dating fellow YouTube star Kate Elisabeth (left)
Drama started last week after Tati Westbrook , 37, released a scathing video about James Charles showing sexual predatory behavior toward straight men
Westbrook was referring to Charles attempting to seduce waiter Sam Cooke, then 19, at John Howie Steak restaurant in Seattle, Washington, where Westbrook had her birthday party on February 14, 2019.
Cooke posted his own video confirming the allegations and described being 'bi-curious'. He said he met Charles, who kissed him in Charles's hotel room, but the pair stopped at that.
In the video, Cooke said he sent messages to Charles days later, telling him he did not consider himself gay and would be happy to just remain friends.
Cooke posted screenshots of messages from Charles which said, 'You're not straight no matter how many times you tell yourself.'
Sellitto's own encounter with Charles was not physical but Sellitto told DailyMail.com Charles pressured him to question his sexuality.
The feud began when Charles promoted SugarBear vitamins — a competitor of Tati Westbrook's own supplement brand. Westbrook also accused Charles of manipulating straight men
Sellitto met Charles at VidCon 2018, a four-day event in July last year in Anaheim, California, 25 miles from Los Angeles, for YouTubers and other social media influencers.
Sellitto said: 'I was at VidCon in the LA area last summer and I went to an after party attended by some huge YouTube stars.
‘I noticed James Charles staring at me from across the room at the party. After a while I went up to him and introduced myself.
‘We started talking, I thought we had a connection. Our conversation lasted for about 30 minutes.
‘Before we left each other he got all of my social media contacts. He hugged me goodbye and told me he was going to be in touch.
‘A few days later he started contacting me via social media. He was flirty but didn't say anything inappropriate.
‘He kept telling me how I was the hottest guy he ever laid his eyes on.
‘A few days after we met I had to fly back to London.
‘We stayed in contact for the next week or so, then I told him I didn’t want to lead him on.
‘I told him I wasn’t gay.
‘But James made me question myself. He asked me, are you sure you aren’t gay or bi? Are you sure?
‘I finally had to tell him again that I didn’t want to lead him on. I guess the bottom line is I wasn’t as interested in him as he was in me.'
Sellitto said ‘After this conversation, James blocked me on Instagram and blocked my number. He still follows me on twitter. I guess he’s forgotten about that.
‘He hasn’t contacted me since.’
