What Happened to the Sister Squad: YouTubers' Friendship Status

OK, you guys. It’s time to address something that’s been weighing heavy on our minds lately, and it’s the unexplained disappearance of the Sister Squad. Ethan and Grayson Dolan, Emma Chamberlain and James Charles used to collaborate on videos frequently, but now that it’s been several months since we’ve seen them together in a video, we’re not going to lie: We’re pretty concerned about their friendship.

As it turns out, we’re not the only ones sister scared about the future of this foursome. Fans of the famous YouTube squad have been tweeting for months about whether or not they will reunite for a video soon, or if they’ve called it quits on collaborating for good. Of course, James’ recent scandal adds many complicated layers to this. And to add even more fuel to the fire, the Dolan Twins and Emma just shot two YouTube collaborations on their channels without James!

ethan grayson dolan emma chamberlain — Instagram, Snapchat

Like you, the thought of the Sister Squad ceasing to exist can bring literal tears to our eyes. We’ve seen them travel to Las Vegas together, visit a mall Santa together, get hypnotized together, and of course, buy each other some of the most expensive and luxurious Christmas gifts we’ve ever seen in our lives. But now, people have pretty much come to accept that the Sister Squad may very well be over, and the evidence is all here. Scroll through the gallery to find out what happened to the Sister Squad.

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Who is in the Sister Squad?

Just in case you’re new here, let’s go over who is (or was) in the Sister Squad, shall we? The crew includes Ethan, Grayson, Emma and James. For first-time viewers, it may seem like this crew has known each other forever, but all sister subscribers know that these four met in 2017. And you’re never going to guess how it all started…

How did the Sister Squad originate?

James and the Dolans’ friendship began when the makeup artist started leaving thirsty comments on their Instagram photos. Instead of being turned off by it, the boys slid into James’ DMs asking if he could do their Halloween makeup.

“We hit it off really quick once they realized I’m not crazy,” James said in an interview. “We just clicked really quickly. “… They’re very, very business focused, strong-willed kids and we just have a lot of the same values and they’ve been truly amazing friends of mine.”

As for Emma, she was chatting about James and the twins in her videos long before she ever met them. In fact, it wasn’t until she told the Sisters Apparel founder that she was moving to Los Angeles that their friendship truly kicked off. Once she made the move, the four of them hung out and voilà! Everything clicked.

When is the last time the Sister Squad collaborated?

Things seemed to be going really well for the squad for a while. For example, Ethan and Emma managed to dodge dating rumors for a while, and Grayson didn’t seem too bothered by James’ flirtatious gestures. Honestly, it was YouTube gold. But as we all know, it’s been a while since we’ve seen their unique dynamic play out on the video platform, and that’s because the last time we got a Sister Squad video was Christmas 2018.

That’s right, you guys! The Squad hasn’t posted a video together since last year, which is why so fans have been freaking out for months. If there’s one thing that’s positive, though, it’s that the Christmas vids were some of their best. We got to watch them visit mall santa, attempt to build a gingerbread house, and Grayson even purchased James his dream piano.

What happened to the Sister Squad?

Their mysterious absence from YouTube begs the question: What happened to the Sister Squad? And these days it’s looking like we might finally have some of the answers we’ve been looking for. For a while, some fans thought they hadn’t found the time to film together, while others were totally convinced they stopped collaborating because of the Ethma rumors.

Now that the James scandal has taken over the internet, though, the general consensus on Twitter is that Emma and the twins distanced themselves because of James’ behavior. However, when beauty guru Jeffree Star accused James of harassing Grayson, James quickly debunked the claims in a tell-all video with plenty of receipts.

James explained, “I have to admit, bringing up Grayson Dolan was pretty clever. In the height of all these allegations and stories going around, both of the twins unfollowed me, not wanting to be associated [with the scandal]. And fans started speculating that the rumors could be as to why. Too bad that aside from our pre-planned collaborative jokes that happened in the Sister Squad videos — me and Grayson flirting — nothing ever happened between us. And when all this went down, I knew Jeffree was lying because the twins were two of the first people to call me and make sure that I was OK.”

Now let’s get into Coachella, shall we? We all saw the photo evidence of Emma hanging out with Ethan and Grayson. Their best friend, Bryant Eslava, confirmed they were together by uploading pics of the trio to his Instagram. If you’ve seen ’em, you know that James was noticeably absent, which is odd considering he was at Coachella too with a different crew. If they were still a squad, wouldn’t they have at least made the effort to see each other at the festival?

Not to mention, ever since Tati Westbrook exposed James, people have noticed that the rest of the Sister Squad no longer follows James on social media, which can only mean that the squad has officially disbanded.

THE SISTER SQUAD UNFOLLOWED JAMES CHARLES pic.twitter.com/hwp3t8vOu2

— gustavo (@gustavonever) May 11, 2019

Of course, there are other theories, too. For example, some fans thought they were just trying to avoid drama between the fandoms, and that Sister Squad videos stirred those rivalries up. NGL, that’s pretty understandable that they didn’t want drama given all that Ethan and Grayson have been through with the death of their father. But despite not hanging out, Emma and James expressed their support for the Dolan’s during that difficult time. In fact, the beauty guru tweeted Grayson some kind words about his father back in January, while it was believed that Emma went to their hometown in New Jersey to keep them company.

At this point, things are clearly still cool between the Dolan’s and Emma, considering they’re openly hanging out and working together. As you can tell, there are a lot of mixed opinions about what exactly happened to the Sister Squad, but in the midst of James’ biggest scandal ever, it’s not hard to see why there would be tons of rumors about the Sister Squad’s fate. Will the squad ever post a video together again? Probably not. Will Emma and the Dolan’s post more collabs? We sure hope so!