diff --git a/src/client/actions/Action.js b/src/client/actions/Action.js
index 223d4e7..b312d2f 100644
--- a/src/client/actions/Action.js
+++ b/src/client/actions/Action.js
@@ -32,18 +32,31 @@ class GenericAction {
   }
 
   getChannel(data) {
-    const payloadData = { recipients: data.recipients ?? [data.author ?? data.user ?? { id: data.user_id }] };
+    const payloadData = {};
     const id = data.channel_id ?? data.id;
+
+    if ('recipients' in data) {
+      payloadData.recipients = data.recipients;
+    } else {
+      // Try to resolve the recipient, but do not add the client user.
+      const recipient = data.author ?? data.user ?? { id: data.user_id };
+      if (recipient.id !== this.client.user.id) payloadData.recipients = [recipient];
+    }
+
     if (id !== undefined) payloadData.id = id;
     if ('guild_id' in data) payloadData.guild_id = data.guild_id;
     if ('last_message_id' in data) payloadData.last_message_id = data.last_message_id;
-    return data.channel ?? this.getPayload(payloadData, this.client.channels, id, PartialTypes.CHANNEL);
+
+    return (
+      data[this.client.actions.injectedChannel] ??
+      this.getPayload(payloadData, this.client.channels, id, PartialTypes.CHANNEL)
+    );
   }
 
   getMessage(data, channel, cache) {
     const id = data.message_id ?? data.id;
     return (
-      data.message ??
+      data[this.client.actions.injectedMessage] ??
       this.getPayload(
         {
           id,
@@ -78,7 +91,7 @@ class GenericAction {
 
   getUser(data) {
     const id = data.user_id;
-    return data.user ?? this.getPayload({ id }, this.client.users, id, PartialTypes.USER);
+    return data[this.client.actions.injectedUser] ?? this.getPayload({ id }, this.client.users, id, PartialTypes.USER);
   }
 
   getUserFromMember(data) {
diff --git a/src/client/actions/ActionsManager.js b/src/client/actions/ActionsManager.js
index 3c8e2d5..b1ea501 100644
--- a/src/client/actions/ActionsManager.js
+++ b/src/client/actions/ActionsManager.js
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 class ActionsManager {
   constructor(client) {
     this.client = client;
+    // These symbols represent fully built data that we inject at times when calling actions manually.
+    // Action#getUser for example, will return the injected data (which is assumed to be a built structure)
+    // instead of trying to make it from provided data
+    this.injectedUser = Symbol('djs.actions.injectedUser');
+    this.injectedChannel = Symbol('djs.actions.injectedChannel');
+    this.injectedMessage = Symbol('djs.actions.injectedMessage');
 
     this.register(require('./ApplicationCommandPermissionsUpdate'));
     this.register(require('./AutoModerationActionExecution'));
diff --git a/src/structures/Message.js b/src/structures/Message.js
index 5acd060..08b03b1 100644
--- a/src/structures/Message.js
+++ b/src/structures/Message.js
@@ -811,9 +811,9 @@ class Message extends Base {
 
     return this.client.actions.MessageReactionAdd.handle(
       {
-        user: this.client.user,
-        channel: this.channel,
-        message: this,
+        [this.client.actions.injectedUser]: this.client.user,
+        [this.client.actions.injectedChannel]: this.channel,
+        [this.client.actions.injectedMessage]: this,
         emoji: Util.resolvePartialEmoji(emoji),
         me_burst: burst,
       },