DEAR KAT VON D: IT’S EASIER TO TELL THE TRUTH.

hey everyone so today's video is a really hard one for me to make I have sat here for we're on day two now since Kat posted her video about me and at first it was really shocking to see someone that I've known for ten years do something so aggressive it really saddened me because there were so many things that were not true in the video and obviously I have my subscribers followers and customers and so does she so obviously people are going to pick sides but things have gotten past the point of just internet drama or things have gotten way past just things getting a little ugly we're now at the point you guys where two days later I get a call from three of my family members and people from the internet after watching her video have found their numbers they're calling my family screaming death threats on the phone and leaving really just nasty vile messages and that's really scary and it's also sad that strangers on the internet who have never met her and have never met me are being so aggressive now obviously is my past perfect who no one's is I've definitely apologized for all my mistakes if you don't follow me on Twitter or snapchat or Instagram you can find everything that you're worried about or if you've ever had a concern about me the last few months has been raising I've seen about a hundred videos using my name and it's just gotten into this big circus so now we're here I would like to give my side of the story and my official statement on all of this stuff I think it has gotten so extreme cat I can't believe that you would post something knowingly and calculating it where you knew the response it was going to get you are not some random friend of mine you are a celebrity you have paparazzi after you you are a big name that's you can't deny that and for you to use such a huge platform just say things that are not true and to get the response you knew you're going to get is so disheartening and so vicious you enter video and start it by saying it's not a bashing video I don't want my followers or fans to attack but you knew exactly what was going to happen so everyone that's attacking me and being aggressive and choosing sides without ever hearing me speak that's fine that's on you but to come on every social media platform and attack my friends and my boyfriend and my cousins and my mother is so upsetting and I never knew you would take something this far so I am going to go down the points of everything that she said in her video and all the stuff that people have been attacking me with and I'm just going to lay it all on the table I think the big elephant in the room is this mysterious text message that I sent her which she said she was going to show screenshots on Twitter she never did so I am going to show our text conversation on camera because I just think it's fair and I really think that that's a huge chunk of a story that is missing so I definitely want to show you guys these text messages they are very important to this back story so about around December of last year we had kind of started to slow down on talking I started to get really busy with life and everything I've had so many big changes ever since I launched my friend and I think that is very important to note so as you can see middle of December we hadn't really talked before then but she reached out to me because she was doing some YouTube compilation for her channel about people who were like scared of clowns or something like that so she rides me and says can she have a picture of the clown tattoo I have so of course I send one and I send another picture it's fine great and then you see me in January reaching out about furniture I had just moved into my new house and her furniture at her house is unreal I did not know it was custom-made at the time so as you see I'm like okay asking for advice you see my pink chair so you see was talking about furniture scrolling scrolling and then silence it's the end of February and she asked if I'm doing a collab with someone which I am going to blur out because that's just for privacy reasons so she asked if I'm doing a collab with this person and I said no take it to end of February I asked hey can i film me getting a tattoo for my channel after I asked her to film she goes silent I do not hear or speak to her until a few days ago so a lot of people on Twitter were missing construing what I said I said that I really hadn't seen her face-to-face in almost a year last time I saw her was in September as you can see on her Instagram if it's still up and it's probably on mine where we instagrammed a picture together and she says best friends forever so fast-forward to we are ending July right now I get a text on Friday and as you can see all as it says is hey Geoffrey I just got off the phone with BJ bets please explain to me why you haven't paid him for the artwork that he provided for you so you guys got to imagine where I'm coming from my friend has gotten very distant my clothes one of my best friends has just really gone silent on me and I'm just sitting here like there was never any fight there was never any crazy moment there was never anything so I sat back and I got really angry 100% I was like is this for real like this is so bizarre instead of calling me or starting the conversation anyway it's just and I'm like well in my head I'm sitting there going you're not his manager you're not his lawyer you're not his business partner you do work with him slightly on some designs I guess but I don't understand why it was her place to say anything she actually had no idea what had already happened and what was transpiring so quick little backstory BJ does some art work for cat now I know cat has always said she does oliver artwork for all burping but bj has done lettering for some of her palettes so when I was developing my line I reached out and said hey do you know anyone who could help me with artwork I asked her if she wanted to do something and she declined which I totally understand and she put me in contact with this man so I had reached out to him and I said hey I'm gonna cats brands I want to do some stuff lalala now my brand was non-existent at this point it was an idea and I had started working on my liquid lip formula and that was it I did not have a company yet I did not have a website I had zero products so I asked her if she knew any artists and she put me in touch with BJ Betts now he started an idea for me now at this time I think it's very important to know I took my life savings from when I quit music and I also find a defensive cat that you would say I was doing nothing at the time I had a very successful clothing line my online presence was growing and growing and I was setting myself up to launch a brand so I think that was very unfair to say but I do think it is important to know that I invested my life savings every dime I had into my first three shades now something she also did not mention is that initially she was going to be the investor behind my brand and what I mean by investing is loaning me certain amount of money so I could start my company and then I'd pay her back immediately and that was that she agreed to it I have emails we went back and forth she gave me a lot of amazing advice and I was really excited so we're in the lab I'm making stuff and she kind of go silent and I'm like hey you know like what's going on and I never heard back about the investment which I thought was so strange because we're talking you know years and years of friendship she said she was down and then she went silent so back to the logo now so many people are harassing me and sending me the most nastiest messages about this logo incident you heard one side of the story now let's talk about the truth so the last text message I sent is very important I'm in her video she states I told her to [ __ ] off or go [ __ ] herself I never said that cat why would you make that up the real message which i think is a little scary and it's going to upset some people is this let me read it to you I said first off he meaning Vijay never did artwork for me and we passed on using him what I mean by this is that he did start an idea but he did not design my entire packaging so at the time Vijay wanted to well I wanted him to design my whole packaging for my liquid lip and Vijay started drawing a logo he asked do I want him to design my entire packaging and I said hey let's start with the logo and see what happens so that screenshot that kat held up is like about 20 logos that he had quickly sketched up at the time I was stoked on getting something done but I was also a little fearful because at that moment I had invested my entire like every last dime I had on my brand so I'm sitting there like oh my god this guy is like an amazing tattoo he's a respectable artist he's worked with her and done so many things so I'm like oh my god so long story short I didn't have a manager at the time I had just fired my entire team from music a year later here we are I had no manager no lawyer no business advisor to help me so I'm just this person that really doesn't have a lot of money left I'm trying to start my brand and Point Blank I couldn't afford it so when I found out what he charged I was like oh my god like I can't afford that moment like I'm so sorry I'm gonna have to step away and I went to someone that had already been previously designing my entire clothing line in the beanies and my brand was called beauty forever now that I have a makeup line I closed it but all of those designs and everything are still on line and I just want to note that my merch in hot topic back in like 2007 to 2009 I had a star logo on everything with the J in it and you can google that the receipts are all there so fast forward to now I stepped away I could definitely not afford VJ at the time I just didn't know what I was doing back then I definitely learned my lesson if anyone out there is doing business with someone make sure you have a contract or a little agreement or something before you start working on ideas because this is how things turned so ugly so here we are my graphic guy did the logo for me now it is a basic star off Google I'm not Tooting my own horn it's a star my name is Geoffrey Starr I got my name legally changed ten years ago I put stars on everything I have since the dawn of time so this logo my graphic I was like well let me do something and I said that I was very inspired by the classic designers like gucci and louie and chanel so he did a mere jay put it in there does it look similar a hundred percent it does but did I steal the logo a hundred percent I did not so I never stole a logo and BJ never said I stole the logo actually from talking to him this week I found out that he had no idea cat was going to go public and show his design and mention his name I know that he's a private person and he has a family so for her to put that on blast without previously asking him I find very appropriate and I just feel sorry that he's now being dragged into this what cat did which she shouldn't have done is spoke for somebody that never asked them to and she also didn't know that my current manager and lawyer were already talking to his manager and lawyer and we're working something out because long story short now that my Brent is successful I wanted to take care of somebody who was work for hire and that had helped me in the beginning and inspired something so long story short Vijay has been paid he has been fully paid out there is no debt there's no pay your bills all that crazy bullying and just psychotic behavior that I've seen is just so insane I don't understand why people are coming so hard when they don't know the real story so Vijay is paid you can go on his twitter and read it there is no beef there's no bad blood and we might work on something in the future for a pallet for next year I write catback and I say first off he never did artwork for me and we passed on using him the fact that you even have the nerve to text me after you are telling the owner of Too Faced cosmetics that I tried stealing ideas from you from our lab is truly disgusting and disturbing you and I do not know each other anymore and the please worry about yourself stay the [ __ ] out of my business that was the final thing I've ever said to her so her saying I said go [ __ ] yourself or [ __ ] this I never said that I don't know why you're telling people that I don't know why you lied but the proof is right here I never said that to you cat here's where the story gets a little ugly two weeks prior to this conversation I was at an event hosted by Too Faced cosmetics that is a huge makeup brand that I've been a huge fan of since I started wearing makeup at the age of 12 they were one of the first brands I discovered in Sephora I think the owner is amazing I think they are so talented and their products are top-notch so someone very high up and two-faced I am NOT going to name that person at a privacy and respect but this person told me at the event some strange things she said hey we're doing a collab with Kat right now our photo shoot was at 10:00 a.m. she didn't even show up until - she's very difficult to work with and we're just kind of at a loss for words and I was like that doesn't sound like the friend that I know that definitely does not sound like Kat but I have not seen her in months and months I have no idea what's going on in her head I don't know what she's going through lately so she also tells me the worst thing I've ever heard cat told the owner to face jeering that I tried to steal an idea from her from the lab that we both use I was like I felt like someone had slapped me across my face someone that I had known for so long betraying me and lying about me and she's never really done something like that before or that I'm aware so this person told me this I was devastated and I wanted to you know get all upset and text her right away but I said no let me file this away let me take a deep breath you haven't spoken in months and I'm just going to file it away and keep quiet so you guys have to understand when she texted me out of nowhere talking about something that she knew nothing about I was like like I was on one I was like is she for real like this can't be what's happening and I was so saddened someone that I'd cared so much for to betray me like that was just awful so after seeing that my emotions were very messed up and I did block her number 100% cat I have never judged your character online I have never said one bad thing about you and I don't plan to now I am just really hurt that you're telling people that I stole from you and then I stole from the I think that is really the main issue here so I'm going to touch on some key points right now about all the stuff that she said about me in the video about the makeup lab about her ego of how she thinks that she I guess created me and I think that is very very important because i sat there after I watched that and I was like who is so bigoted testicle that they're gonna say that they basically created somebody when I met her you guys I was very huge on the website myspace I had millions of followers I was touring the world doing music so for somebody to act like they invented me I find that so offensive so cat you told everybody that you basically introduced me to the lab and your approval is why I got through the door what cat did was when I asked her about a lab she gave me a sample of one of her products that was in a little vial and said the labs name on she said this lab makes a few formulas for me google them see if you can get it meeting so she did not call for me she did not walk me in the building I called myself I googled the number I got in contact with the owner and the creative director and her name is Judy shoutout to Judy I love you and the rest was history so we first started off by creating my liquid lip and they gave me the most amazing formula everything was a go and even though cat was not investing into the brand I found a mutual friend from someone that helped me start everything so I think it's important to know because most people have never been inside of to make a factory they don't know what goes on in there when I'm in there you do not see what anyone else is doing I know my lab makes a lot of huge brands that are in Sephora but when I'm on the floor and my stuff's running and I have meetings there everything is off the floor you do not see what other people are making I didn't steal from you I've never seen your stuff being made there so four reps actually go for her when they are working on a lot of stuff now I think it's very important to know that I am an independent brand I am NOT owned by anybody this is all a hundred percent Jeffrey there's no chain behind me there's no big machine now when she signed her makeup deal she signed with the company called kendo now they are a company that does Marc Jacob Beauty bite Beauty formula X and also her brand now that is exclusive to Sephora so when I get lab samples and I'm creating colors and eyeshadows and stuff I get a sent right to my doorstep for her she has to fly to San Fran and go to sephora's headquarters to see all of her samples so mine is very grassroots and homegrown and I get things done a lot quicker I can put stuff out very fast obviously when you are a brand that is in a mall or in a giant chain things are a lot harder and you have to go down different steps so I never stole the formula I never stole an idea I never stole the name it's all just my brain is still I can't fathom it so I find it offensive that she said I was trying to steal the vegan big bucks from my understanding from knowing you for so long cat you were never being in until about a year ago I think it's offensive that you are somebody who believes in that and you have started to change your entire line of vegan well I started my brand with all of my products vegan and not because I personally a.m. it's because my following contains a lot of people better vegan and I did not want to not include them in being able to buy my products I also think it's safer for the eyes and lips to have a little better ingredients and I think that overall it was just a simple decision I'm not trying to do anything else besides just cater to everybody another thing that was very disturbing she said that I might go on a tweeker snapchat rant which I'm like are you really going to insinuate that to your large following of millions of people I think it's very disappointing because as I've mentioned other videos I've never even drank alcohol before I've smoked weed every day I have a medical cart it's legal I love marijuana it takes away my anxiety I have never done coke meth crack I've never done a hardcore drug she is a previous hardcore drug user she is not sober which i think is amazing because alcohol and drugs can really ruin people and I commend her for being strong enough to take that away and for being a better person so for her to flip it on me and say those comments really cut deep and that really hurt me think of somebody like her who has been smoking cigarettes every day for 10 years to try to throw medical marijuana which actually helps a lot of people is truly unfair in the whole time of having a brand for two years now I think she's worn my lipstick once in a picture she always told me that Sephora legally has her bound where she's not allowed to use any other brand that is not in Sephora so has she always been a supportive friend a hundred percent I will never take that away but has she supported my brand not really in the beginning when she said there was no bullying or bashing that's what the entire video was with little implements Kat has been on a TV show you guys for years she's done media training she knows how to get a message across by implementing certain things I'm gonna watch the video I was so horrified by all these things because as I recall yes I may show off a car - I love designer handbags I've been collecting bags even when I was broke I would put half a tank of gas and buy a Louie bag and that's how I live my life who is to judge how you spend your money and how I spend my money it's really no one's concern I'm not understanding why she's trying to make it seem like it's a bad thing that I have nice things when she has had a Bentley a Tesla a closet full of a million dollars of clothes that she is instagrammed and also showing off for the last five years online so I think that is very hypocritical and I've never judged how you spend your money Kat please don't judge my a lot of people that are attacking or voicing their opinion on social media haven't mentioned a really key part that the BJ vets has not set anything on social media until today he has stayed silent so if he did my whole entire logo and all my packaging why did somebody speak up two years later don't you guys think I would be sued or there would be a lawsuit everything that is legal is public record and you can google it and read it and read online so why do you think it's all being sparked right now I think it goes a lot deeper than just a logo I think there's a lot of malicious underlining intents and I think that's what hurts and breaks my heart the most so let's just say it one more time Vijay has been paid if you guys want to still attack me and say crazy [ __ ] that's fine I can take it I'm a big girl and I know the truth I just wanted to get my side of the story out there it was really hard for me to even process what was happening and right now I'm on a tour bus I'm on the Vans Warped Tour the Wi-Fi we're in like a middle of a field everyday so after this I'm going to quickly edit it and go to hotel and use their Wi-Fi so if you're wondering what took so long I'm allowed to collect my thoughts and emotion and I just want to say even though all of this has gone on in the public cat we have been friends for so long I still have love for you I'm not sure what you're going through personally but I wish you the best and case closed and I am going to disable the comments on this video for the first time ever on my channel I think the back and forth fighting with strangers is so unnecessary these are my thoughts and my side of the story and my journey and what I've been through with this person so I leave you guys all with a lot of love I never envisioned having a friendship break up with someone so public I'm sorry that you guys had to waste your time watching this and I just wanted to get out my side of story so I love you guys so much and I wish you all a good day

Channel: jeffreestar

Views: 15,207,010

Rating: 4.5906949 out of 5

Keywords: jeffree star, jeffree star cosmetics, kat von d, kat von d drama, makeup drama, final thoughts, deceased, makeup artist, beauty industry, bj betts, kat von d beauty, liquid lipstick, too faced cosmetics, sephora

Id: pSoaHF0s1Rs

Length: 23min 34sec (1414 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 20 2016

Reddit Comments

[u/mommafatpimp]

spend 24 hours writing the script then record it in a bathrobe like it's no big deal

[u/Pudgewinkle]

So much for not fueling the hate train...

CHOO CHOO MUTHAFUCKAS

[u/beautyinmel]

Sorry but I don't believe his "my family members are getting vicious calls." That sounds bullshit and he's literally trying to make it as if it's Kat's fault although she promoted ZERO bullying. This whole video was just hypocritical so let's just get down to it:

• Playing victim because Kat blasted it on social media like weren't you just the one who went off on like 20 Snapchat about makeupbyshayla? He did that

• Blabbing about how he can't believe for a big brand owner like Kat to call out a smaller brand like him but didn't you just use your bigger Youtuber status to bully smaller gurus? He did that

• He said he didn't tell her to fuck off although he replied to a tweet saying he basically told her to fuck off and he text said "mind your own fucking business" so isn't that the same shit anyways??? infinite roll eyes

• He was going on and on about Kat not 'creating' his brand but she DID help him get started although she didn't literally create the brand. She introduced him to an artist, a lab, and the formula from HER OWN Everlasting Liquid Lipstick. To me, that's more than enough to be grateful, but there he is talking as if that was useless to him.

• Slammed her for attacking him personally about promoting drugs and weed (I swear he fucking did when he was smoking the blues out of the screen in one of his vid) but wasn't he the first one to slam her by tweeting somewhere along the lines of that's why men don't stay for long in her life?? And he literally dragged her personal problems with alcohol and drug abuse?? He did that

• He tries to make it as if Kat's jealous of him by not 'supporting' his brand and for calling him out just before his summer collection launches? Like...Kat Von D is WAY bigger brand so wyd??

I'm sorry but what does his minions see in him?? I cannot believe some of the minions responses. OK I'm done with this douche playing victim. He's probably not ranting off nonsense like he used to because people started unsubscribing/calling him out. Let me just say..Kat handled the issues flawlessly and with class.

EDIT: Looks like he deleted his tweets talking about Kat's love life & how he told her to fuck off in excuse of 'trying not to clap back' but let's face it..he got rid of them to cover his tracks. And his minions saying how Kat trying to take credit for his success and stuff like......if she wanted to, she would've done that a long time ago?? OK I quit internet for tonight bye.

[u/[deleted]]

I think my favorite part is him saying "I never told her to go fuck herself" when he literally admitted to it on Twitter in direct response to Kat's video.

[u/indyrenegade]

Love how Jeffree's all, "wish this didn't happen publicly" when he blocked Kat and BJ from being able to contact him. He gave her no choice in that regard.

[u/jesusyouguys]

"Me me me me I'm the victim wahhhh how dare you call me out for stealing since I didn't technically steal from you, me me me wah"

[u/xibgd]

I'm still watching this but that logo is so similar. Maybe its not exactly line for line stolen but the concept is sooooo similar, he basically stole it. He had no right to not pay him for it.

edit: Also those texts could have been deleted and also his text saying 'fuck' were harsh and not being classy at all like hes trying to be.

And he sounds so condescending omfg but he kinda comes off that way all the time, it makes me angry listening to him.

These are disturbing to you?! really jeffree stop being a drama queen

You dont like the back and forth fighting with strangers???? Jeffree, you do it all the time

[u/Daninat0r]

He's trying to drag her for spreading rumors and being vile while this video....is basically the same thing. The difference is that Kat's video, while it did put him on blast, she didn't go for any personal attacks. It was very to the point.

Also, he makes a huge point to show us that he didn't tell her to 'fuck off'. But that text was nasty. It didn't make him look any better.

[u/blackmuffins]

Not going to watch it (I got the TL;DR from MUA anyway). I do agree with the opinion that Joffrey is a narcissist and a lying drama queen, but I also don't think this whole drama will have a long-lasting effect. I mean, MUA will probably stop posting about all the shades they got on the restock for a while, but in a year or so we'll have them back, just like with Lime Crime.