James Charles Tells Spirit Airlines Worker to Get a Job in Deleted TikTok

james charles drew backlash after posting a deleted TikTok on his spam account, @jamescharleslol, telling a woman who asked for financial help to “get a job.” He also called her “lazy and entitled” after she sent him a GoFundMe link tied to losing her Spirit Airlines job.

Spirit Airlines Job Loss

The woman said she was bankrupt and had lost her job with Spirit Airlines before messaging Charles for possible financial help. He replied in the video, “Send you money cause you lost your job?! Oh my God, welcome to the real world!” and said, “I’m not helping you—all you did was lost your job, okay?”

Charles also said he would only consider helping if someone were a long-time fan, had proof of support, and was suffering through a serious illness. He said the woman was not a follower or fan and had never supported him before, turning a private request into a public judgment on who deserves help online.

Deleted Video, Shared Wider

The clip was deleted quickly after it was posted, but TikTokers and Redditors reshared it after it disappeared from his account. Some TikTok users called him ignorant and rude, and that reaction pushed the exchange far beyond the original DM.

Charles said there were 11,000 individuals who reportedly lost their jobs with Spirit Airlines, and the article says about 17,000 employees lost their jobs when the airline shut down after 34 years in the airline industry. That puts his rant against a single former employee in the middle of a much larger collapse.

What the backlash shows

Charles operates 2 TikTok accounts, and the response to the deleted video shows how fast a creator’s offhand judgment can become a broader reputation problem once viewers pull it off-platform. For a reader watching creator behavior around fundraising requests, the practical takeaway is simple: a deleted post does not stay deleted, and a public response can define the story more than the original message ever did.