Seventeen-year-old James Charles broke ground last October when he was named CoverGirl's first male spokesperson. Since then, Charles has been experiencing all of the blessings of sudden fame, appearing on
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, starring in commercials with Katy Perry, and expanding his already extensive group of loyal Twitter followers.
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Those followers were in for an unfortunate surprise today however, when Charles tweeted and deleted an extremely insensitive tweet about the often deadly virus, Ebola.
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The CoverBoy received。
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With criticism quickly amounting on Charles' timeline, the famous teen issued a short apology.。
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And then a longer one.
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After many users pointed out the model's error calling the continent of Africa, containing 54 countries, a "country," (woof pt. 2), he resurfaced on Twitter to fix his mistake.。
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。Tweet may have been deleted。Damn Charles, do better.。Featured Video For You。Model dangles from a Dubai skyscraper…all for an Instagram photo。