Patrick Ta Apologizes to Viral Influencer Who Claims She Wasn’t Paid for Working with His Brand [Video]

Patrick Ta has responded to beauty influencer Avonna Sunshine, who claims she never received compensation for partnering with the makeup artist’s eponymous beauty brand. 

On Dec. 7 Avonna, who has over 418K followers on TikTok, posted a video calling out brands for not reimbursing Black content creators and profiting “off of the Black dollar.” 

The Dallas-based influencer claimed that she experienced this with Ta’s company after testing and promoting products.

“What do you suppose I do? I went the nice way. I wasn’t the mad Black woman when I emailed or when I DM’d you, so what do you suppose I do?” she said. 

“I have a question for brands. How would you feel if someone stole from you? If someone took your hard-earned time and blood sweat and tears and they stole from you?” she continued. 

Avonna said she considered letting the situation “go,” but decided to speak up for the Black community. “You see people, …