The woman James Charles allegedly called out on TikTok is now getting support from hundreds of people on GoFundMe, including Gypsy Rose Blanchard.
James made an angry, since-deleted TikTok video claiming that a woman who lost her job at Spirit Airlines reached out in his DMs with a link to her GoFundMe, calling her “lazy” for asking for money. He since uploaded an apology video.
Amber Lendof Vargas, a 30-year-old Boston Logan Airport operations agent, lost her job after Spirit Airlines shut down this month, as well as over 17,000 other people. According to a GoFundMe rep, Amber was the individual James was apparently talking about.
Per a release from GoFundMe:
When 30-year-old Boston Logan Airport operations agent Amber Lendof Vargas lost her job after Spirit Airlines abruptly shut down this month, she did what many of the airline’s 17,000 suddenly unemployed workers did: she reached out wherever she could for help. Beauty influencer James Charles responded by turning her private message into content, calling her lazy and entitled, and suggesting she simply “get another job.”
The video sparked immediate backlash, and he later deleted it and apologized. Since then, the internet has rallied around Amber directly, pushing her GoFundMe past $12,000 in donations from more than 300 strangers, to cover rent, food, and bills while she job-searches.
Here’s her GoFundMe description:
Hi, my name is Amber, and I’m 30 years old. I’ve been working at Boston Logan Airport for the past couple of years as an operations agent. Recently, everything changed overnight when Spirit Airlines shut down operations, and I suddenly found myself unemployed with no warning. Like many others in aviation, I showed up every day, worked early mornings, long shifts, and gave everything I had to my job. I never expected to be in a position where I’d need to ask for help.
Right now, I’m doing everything I can to get back on my feet — applying for jobs, looking for new opportunities, and trying to stay positive — but the sudden loss of income has made it difficult to cover basic expenses like rent, food, and bills. I’m asking for support during this transition period while I work to secure a new job and regain stability
Any donation, no matter how small, truly helps. And if you can’t donate, sharing this means just as much. Thank you for taking the time to read my story and for any support you can give.
Ex-Spirit Airlines Employee Raises Thousands After Viral TikTok Drama
Amber‘s GoFundMe has raised over $12,000 so far, including a $500 donation from Gypsy Rose, who left words of encouragement.
“Hi, my name is Gypsy Rose Blanchard and I am an influencer on TikTok. I have 9.3 million followers and I’m truly sorry for what happened and I’m sending many positive vibes to you.”
Amber has since shared what looks like the DM that originally caused James Charles to make the video, as well as a screenshot of an alleged donation from James following the backlash.
She also shared a video of her experience at Spirit Airlines, captioning the post: “Im not on enough Lexapro for social media , you guys are making my anxiety go through the roof #fyp #spiritairlines“
At the same time as the donation appeared, Gypsy Rose then spoke out in a TikTok video about being an influencer and giving back to her followers.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard Speaks Out About Helping Followers
“Hey, so usually I don’t make videos like this because I don’t do a whole lot of opinions about stuff, but I’m just gonna kind of keep it on just my feelings and my feelings alone. So, I have 9.3 million followers, and to that 9.3 million followers, I see you. You are a human being. And I might not know every single one of your names, but I will say that I see you. I appreciate you because without you, I would not have a platform that I have. I’d just be another face in the crowd, honestly. Yeah, I have my story, but I mean, it’s followers like you that make me still popular today, I guess. And so to you, I say I see you and I appreciate you. And there have been times that people have reached out to me in DMs that were like, ‘Hey, I am late on my mortgage.’ ‘Hey, I’m having a baby and I don’t have any baby items.’ And I have sent Cash App money to followers. I have sent Aurora’s old baby items to a follower. It’s a humanity thing. No, I don’t have millions of dollars to just give out to everybody. I’ve got responsibilities of my own. But if I have it to spare, I’m gonna try to help other people out.”
Find out what James Charles said in his apology video.
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