Overview

Michelle Grace Abuse Controversy refers to a viral video in which beauty YouTuber Michelle Grace explains that she beat her two-year-old child for ruining her Jeffree Star Alien eyeshadow palette in February 2020. The video spread on Twitter and YouTube with many criticizing her and led to a Child Protection Services visit.

Background

On February 26th, 2020, Michelle Grace^[1] uploaded a video titled "My Two Year Old Ruined My JSC Alien Palette" which was promptly deleted and reuploaded the next day by YouTuber Lauren Edson whose video accumulated over 241,700 views in eight days (shown below). In the video, she explains that her hand hurts from beating her daughter who just "destroyed" her makeup and the daughter could be heard crying in the background.

Spread

On February 26th, 2020, Twitter user @elIevee_ tweeted a clip of Michelle Grace's video with the caption, "OH, OKAY NOPE!! This “mother” just said her hand hurts from beating her 2 year old for ruining her Alien palette. @JeffreeStar" (shown below). The tweet gained over 7,200 likes and 1,500 retweets in eight days.

That same day, Twitter user @babymal0ne^[4] posted screenshots of Michelle Grace's previous tweets regarding her daughter Arya with the caption, "I just looked through her twitter back to November and there is not ONE sweet or loving tweet about her child. Only negative ones. Not even photos. Really weird" which received over 2,000 likes in eight days. The next day, @babymal0ne^[5] posted an additional screenshot (shown below, right). Insider^[2] published an article on the video.

On March 1st, YouTuber Lame Goth Mom live-streamed an interview with Michelle Grace on YouTube (shown below). Michelle Grace revealed that CPS had been to her home but did not take her child away. She plans on changing her ways and she regrets the events of that day.

That same day, Jeffree Star^[3] responded to a tweet by @MUAdifiziert which stated, "My 3 year old got into my @JeffreeStar #bloodsugar palette while I was at work today. We cleaned it up the best we could. Guess what I didn’t do? Touch her. I didn’t scream, didn’t beat, didn’t “pop” or spank. I talked with her, she apologized, and helped me clean her mess up. @JeffreeStar" (shown below). Jeffree Star said, "Hi parenting, how are ya? ❤️ Please DM me your address so I can send you a new palette! I’d send you a new mattress too but I don’t know how firm you like it" (shown below). The reply garnered over 458,500 likes and 37,200 retweets in four days.

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