After a year-long hiatus amid many extremely damaging controversies, Shane Dawson announced
that he WILL be returning back to creating content on his YouTube channel, which has
left the Internet completely divided.
Let’s get into it.
Fans were in for quite a shock on Wednesday when Shane Dawson took to Instagram to share
an update about his once-popular YouTube channel.
As many fans know, the controversies surrounding Shane are not to be taken lightly, and with
that said, we wanted to issue a warning as we will be mentioning some very triggering
topics, so please only continue watching if you feel comfortable doing so.
Shane’s latest post marks his first announcement since last summer following many damaging
videos and accusations that resurfaced from his past and resulted in his books being pulled,
brand deals being cancelled and his channel being demonetized.
More specifically, Shane was heavily criticized for his old Blackface videos, racist stereotyping,
comments surrounding beastiality, accusations of inappropriate conversations with underage
girls, and joking about pleasuring himself to a then-underaged Willow Smith, just to
name a few.
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Just before he shared his last video titled “Taking Accountability,” which was also
heavily criticized by many, including the Smith family, Shane was also accused of being
the “mastermind manipulator” of the infamous ‘Dramagedon’ that went down between him,
Jeffree Star, Tati Westbrook and James Charles.
And now, after explaining that he had taken some time over the past year to “reevaluate
his life”, Shane posted a photo of he and fiance Ryland Adams on vacation together,
and revealed to fans that he does, in fact, plan to return posting videos on his channel.
He started out by joking that “Dad’s left the house,” and went on to explain QUOTE,
“ I know I haven’t posted a video in a long time and I promise it’s not because
I don’t want to.
I’m just trying to stay in a good mindset and be happy.
I promise I’m not going to abandon my channel after 15 years of creating.
Just been re-evaluating my life the last year and figuring out what I want to do with it.
Life is short and I’m grateful for every second of it.”
Prior to sharing this post, many had already speculated that Shane would soon be making
an attempted comeback after a screenshot of one Twitter user’s email went viral, revealing
that his second “mystery box” of merch was now available for purchase on his website.
This alleged “comeback” had ‘Shane Dawson’ trending on social media as current and former
fans began chiming in with many expressing concern over the fact that his attempt at
gaining back his fans and followers is far too soon.
While many fans were thrilled to see that he had posted any update at all and expressed
their willingness to give him another chance, others were left feeling uneasy about his
plans, especially considering the fact that most everyone is certainly not ready to forgive
him.
One user tweeted QUOTE, “Somebody please
tell Shane Dawson nobody wants him to come back to YouTube,” while another suggested
an idea for his return, as well as other controversial YouTubers, writing, “Petition for a reality
show where we send Tana Mojo, Eugenia Cooney, Shane Dawson, James Charles, Gabby Hanna and
Jeffrey Star to an island with no food and no supplies and let it devolve into a Lord
of the Flies type situation.”
This person also addressed the irony surrounding Shane’s announcement which oddly aligns
with fellow YouTuber Trisha Paytas’ announcement that she would be leaving her Frenemies podcast
after feuding with Ethan Klein, writing, “Find it funny that Trisha leaves and Shane decides
to come back.”
We understand that the controversial events surrounding Shane that occured for years are
in no way to be forgotten or in many cases forgiven, and have been deeply harmful to
many of his former fans.
While Shane has since apologized on multiple occasions for his past actions, it’s not
looking too promising that the public will accept his comeback, or if a comeback is even
in the cards for Shane at this time.
For more YouTuber news, click right over here for a full rundown of James Charles’ years-long
controversy.
Then be sure to let me know all your thoughts on Shane’s return down here in the comments,
and if you also think it’s too soon to try and make a comeback.
I’m your host Ruba Wilson, you can find me on my socials @ RubasWorld, bye guys!