Breaking It DownNikita Dragun’s Past Scandals and Feuds: A Guide to All the Beauty Guru’s Drama

Jeffree Star

In November 2017, Nikita was involved in a feud that shook the YouTube beauty community to its core. The bad blood between Nikita and Jeffree started after fans speculated that Jeffree and fellow YouTuber Laura Lee were no longer friends, according to Teen Vogue. When Jeffree talked about his ex-friends in a YouTube video, Laura and Nikita — along with Gabriel Zamora and MannyMUA — allegedly responded by tweeting a picture of their friend group along with the caption, “Bitch is bitter because without him we’re doing better.”

The feud has seemingly been put to rest as both Manny and Gabriel made YouTube videos publicly apologizing to Jeffree for their behavior. Although it has not been confirmed, it seems Nikita never made up with Jeffree.

Tati Westbrook

Nikita started her feud with this makeup guru in May 2019 after Tati called out James Charles, in a scathing 43-minute-long YouTube video. At the time, fans stopped supporting James, but Nikita stood up for him against claims made that he decided to promote SugarBearHair vitamins over Tati’s very own wellness brand, Halo Beauty, during Coachella weekend that same year.

James said he did the ad in exchange for security, but Tati totally didn’t buy that excuse. Nikita came through with receipts to show that James’ ad was not premeditated as Tati claimed.

“Heard a situation needed some clarification,” Nikita tweeted alongside screenshots of texts from James. “My friend was in an emergency and texted me in the moment … Unfortunately since [Dragun Beauty] used all of our marketing budget on the fantasy, I connected him with Sugar Bear. Nothing shady.”

It’s unclear exactly if Nikita and Tati ever settled their feud.

Michael Yerger

Nikita’s feud with Michael started in October 2018, when she first hired him to “be her boyfriend” for a YouTube video. After they filmed together, the two started to post super cute pictures on social media and fans speculated that they had gotten together in real life.

Nikita then confirmed their relationship in March 2019 with a video titled “BOYFRIEND Q&A IN A LAMBO.” Months later, in July 2019, Nikita spilled the tea on their relationship alleging that while they were together, Michael had refused to acknowledge her publicly and wouldn’t introduce her to his family and friends.

Since Michael had no problem posting photos with his girlfriend after Nikita, she started to question if their issues had anything to do with the fact that she’s transgender. Nikita got emotional in the video and revealed that Michael had told her that he loved her, and she wondered if the relationship could have been different between them. She also told fans that their breakup ultimately came after she realized Michael just wanted to gain followers. Michael responded to Nikita’s YouTube video and claimed that she was only interested in a “fake relationship.”

He has since moved on with TikTok star Daisy Keech and in a tweet from June 2020 said, “wish you the best Nikita.”

Princess Mae

In August 2019, Nikita faced backlash from fans after she collaborated with YouTubers and siblings Bretman Rock and Princess Mae. Viewers slammed Nikita for being blatantly rude and throwing shade at Mae throughout the video.

“I really think Nikita should make an apology to Princess Mae and Bretman should’ve defended his sister over Nikita’s shady comments instead of trying to make things easier for Nikita,” a fan said at the time. “She obviously so insecure about losing in the game without thinking bout what she’s done to Mae.”

Another fan called out Nikita for talking about Mae’s “weight, her kid and her ex.” Shortly after the video was posted, Mae and her brother took to their Instagram Stories and told fans that the feud had been squashed.

“I already talked to Nikita … They both apologized and they’ve realized things. I’m a very forgiving person,” Mae said in the since-deleted video. “We’re over it. You guys should [be] too.”