If you’re not caught up on all the drama, here’s where you can read up: ACT I, wherein Kat “breaks up” with Jeffree on InstagramACT II, where she then drags him to hell on YouTube; and ACT III, where he responds to said dragging on Twitter.
I now bring you to ACT IV: Jeffree’s video response.
“You are not some random friend of mine, you are a celebrity. You have paparazzi after you. You are a big name, and for you to use such a huge platform to say things that are not true, is so disheartening and so vicious.”
“[BJ] did start an idea, but he did not design my entire packaging,” says Jeffree. “At the time, I wanted him to design my entire packaging for my liquid lip,” which did not end up happening. Star says that BJ started to design a logo for his brand, but that’s as far as it went.
He then turned to a designer he’d previously worked with to design his logo and packaging. “On all my merch since 2007, I have had a star logo with a J in it. My name’s Jeffree Star, I got my name legally changed 10 years ago, I put stars on everything.”
“My graphic guy did the logo for me — it’s a star. I said I was very inspired by the classic designers like Gucci, Louis, and Chanel. So he did a mirrored J, put it in there.”
File this under: Nobody likes lawyers, until you need a lawyer.
Maybe it’s just me, but I would KILL to know what that “long story” actually is here. It seems unlikely that you’d get lawyers and managers involved to try to pay someone for “inspiring something.” Maybe Jeffree DID try to pay BJ out of the goodness of his own heart — we’ll never know. Sounds like this resolution had a pretty tight “don’t talk about this in public” clause in it.
Accusing someone of stealing ideas or product samples is a BIG DEAL. Like, life-ruiningly big. This is context you need for what comes next.
“Two weeks prior, I was at an event hosted by Too Faced,” Jeffree says. “That is a huge makeup brand […] I think their owner is amazing, and their products are top notch. So someone very high up at Too Faced told me some strange things.”
“So when she texted me out of nowhere, talking about something she knew nothing about, I was like, Is she for real? After that, my emotions were really messed up. Kat, 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 are telling people that I stole from you, and that I stole from BJ. I think that’s the main issue here.”
Which, fair.
“I may show off a car or two. I love designer handbags — I’ve been collecting bags even when I was broke. I would put in half a tank of gas and buy a Louis bag, and that’s how I live my life. I have never judged how you spend your money, Kat — please don’t judge how I spend mine.”
title: “Jeffree Star Responds To Kat Von D In A New Video Statement” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-04” author: “Deborah Taylor”
If you’re not caught up on all the drama, here’s where you can read up: ACT I, wherein Kat “breaks up” with Jeffree on InstagramACT II, where she then drags him to hell on YouTube; and ACT III, where he responds to said dragging on Twitter.
I now bring you to ACT IV: Jeffree’s video response.
“You are not some random friend of mine, you are a celebrity. You have paparazzi after you. You are a big name, and for you to use such a huge platform to say things that are not true, is so disheartening and so vicious.”
“[BJ] did start an idea, but he did not design my entire packaging,” says Jeffree. “At the time, I wanted him to design my entire packaging for my liquid lip,” which did not end up happening. Star says that BJ started to design a logo for his brand, but that’s as far as it went.
He then turned to a designer he’d previously worked with to design his logo and packaging. “On all my merch since 2007, I have had a star logo with a J in it. My name’s Jeffree Star, I got my name legally changed 10 years ago, I put stars on everything.”
“My graphic guy did the logo for me — it’s a star. I said I was very inspired by the classic designers like Gucci, Louis, and Chanel. So he did a mirrored J, put it in there.”
File this under: Nobody likes lawyers, until you need a lawyer.
Maybe it’s just me, but I would KILL to know what that “long story” actually is here. It seems unlikely that you’d get lawyers and managers involved to try to pay someone for “inspiring something.” Maybe Jeffree DID try to pay BJ out of the goodness of his own heart — we’ll never know. Sounds like this resolution had a pretty tight “don’t talk about this in public” clause in it.
Accusing someone of stealing ideas or product samples is a BIG DEAL. Like, life-ruiningly big. This is context you need for what comes next.
“Two weeks prior, I was at an event hosted by Too Faced,” Jeffree says. “That is a huge makeup brand […] I think their owner is amazing, and their products are top notch. So someone very high up at Too Faced told me some strange things.”
“So when she texted me out of nowhere, talking about something she knew nothing about, I was like, Is she for real? After that, my emotions were really messed up. Kat, 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 are telling people that I stole from you, and that I stole from BJ. I think that’s the main issue here.”
Which, fair.
“I may show off a car or two. I love designer handbags — I’ve been collecting bags even when I was broke. I would put in half a tank of gas and buy a Louis bag, and that’s how I live my life. I have never judged how you spend your money, Kat — please don’t judge how I spend mine.”
title: “Jeffree Star Responds To Kat Von D In A New Video Statement” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-12” author: “Dorothy Clevenger”
If you’re not caught up on all the drama, here’s where you can read up: ACT I, wherein Kat “breaks up” with Jeffree on InstagramACT II, where she then drags him to hell on YouTube; and ACT III, where he responds to said dragging on Twitter.
I now bring you to ACT IV: Jeffree’s video response.
“You are not some random friend of mine, you are a celebrity. You have paparazzi after you. You are a big name, and for you to use such a huge platform to say things that are not true, is so disheartening and so vicious.”
“[BJ] did start an idea, but he did not design my entire packaging,” says Jeffree. “At the time, I wanted him to design my entire packaging for my liquid lip,” which did not end up happening. Star says that BJ started to design a logo for his brand, but that’s as far as it went.
He then turned to a designer he’d previously worked with to design his logo and packaging. “On all my merch since 2007, I have had a star logo with a J in it. My name’s Jeffree Star, I got my name legally changed 10 years ago, I put stars on everything.”
“My graphic guy did the logo for me — it’s a star. I said I was very inspired by the classic designers like Gucci, Louis, and Chanel. So he did a mirrored J, put it in there.”
File this under: Nobody likes lawyers, until you need a lawyer.
Maybe it’s just me, but I would KILL to know what that “long story” actually is here. It seems unlikely that you’d get lawyers and managers involved to try to pay someone for “inspiring something.” Maybe Jeffree DID try to pay BJ out of the goodness of his own heart — we’ll never know. Sounds like this resolution had a pretty tight “don’t talk about this in public” clause in it.
Accusing someone of stealing ideas or product samples is a BIG DEAL. Like, life-ruiningly big. This is context you need for what comes next.
“Two weeks prior, I was at an event hosted by Too Faced,” Jeffree says. “That is a huge makeup brand […] I think their owner is amazing, and their products are top notch. So someone very high up at Too Faced told me some strange things.”
“So when she texted me out of nowhere, talking about something she knew nothing about, I was like, Is she for real? After that, my emotions were really messed up. Kat, 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 are telling people that I stole from you, and that I stole from BJ. I think that’s the main issue here.”
Which, fair.
“I may show off a car or two. I love designer handbags — I’ve been collecting bags even when I was broke. I would put in half a tank of gas and buy a Louis bag, and that’s how I live my life. I have never judged how you spend your money, Kat — please don’t judge how I spend mine.”
