What’s up?
It’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News and as Shane Dawson’s old racist and inappropriate
videos continue to resurface, his subscriber count is going down, his brand deals are falling
through, and YouTube suspended monetization on his channels.
Alright so last Friday, Shane uploaded a 20-minute apology video titled “Taking Accountability”
where he addressed his past offensive videos including his use of the N-word and blackface,
as well as inappropriate content and statements concerning minors.
"Black face was something I did a lot.
Like I did it a lot on my channel and there is no excuse for it."
“in all seriousness, I would never talk about a child in anyway that was inappropriate,
that is disgusting, it is gross, it is not something I would ever do, its something that
I did for shock value.”
Shane revealed that now when he looks back on those videos, he hates the person he was
when he made them.
"I hate that person so much.
That person was filled with sadness, filled with anger, in the closet, constantly projecting
on others.
That person is someone I don't like seeing.”
And while Shane has attempted to remove most of the racist and offensive videos from his
own social pages, they have been re-posted all over Twitter and YouTube by other people.
We won’t be showing them here on our channel as they are extremely inappropriate and distasteful,
but if you are interested in seeing them, they aren’t hard to find.
“Me, as a white person wearing a wig and playing a character and doing stereotypes
and then saying the n word is something that I should have probably lost my career for,
at the time, and there’s no amount of apologizing that can take it away.
In addition to talking about his past racially insensitive videos, Shane also addressed the
accusations that he sexualized minors.
“There’s a clip that has been going around again, a few years ago is when it came out,
and they cut out all the parts where I said, you know, pedophelia’s disgusting and they
put it together and it made it seem like I was talking about how it’s normal.
So gross, I would never say that.
But also, I shouldn’t have been joking about it anyways, which is my problem, my fault.”
However, many people, including other celebs, have refused to accept Shane’s apology and
have continued to call him out, particularly in light of more resurfaced disturbing content
that has emerged since his apology video.
In fact, both Jada Pinket Smith and Jaden Smith have spoken out publicly against Shane
after one of his old videos resurfaced that showed him pretending to masturbate to a poster
of Willow Smith, who was 11 years old at the time.
Jaden said quote, “SHANE DAWSON I AM DISGUSTED BY YOU.
YOU SEXUALIZING AN 11 YEAR OLD GIRL WHO HAPPENS TO BE MY SISTER!!!!!! IS THE FURTHEST THING
FROM FUNNY AND NOT OKAY IN THE SLIGHTEST BIT.”
And Jaden and Willow’s mom, Jada, also made her stance clear saying quote, “To Shane
Dawson ... I’m done with the excuses.”
Willow has not publicly responded to the resurfaced clip, and Shane hasn’t publicly responded
to Jaden or Jada.
But obviously, there was a lot more to unpack in Shane’s video and we recapped it in another
Clevver video which we will link above for you right now if you want to hear more on
all of that.
And it looks like the fall out since Shane’s apology and the subsequent responses from
both celebs and fans have led to big changes for Shane’s career.
In Shane’s video he did say that he’s quote “willing to lose everything'' as his
past controversies have resurfaced, and it looks like things might actually be starting
to fall through for him.
Over the past week, his subscriber count on his YouTube channel has steadily gone down
around 100,000 subscribers a day.
This may not seem like a lot for someone like Shane who has millions of followers, but if
this pattern continues like it has been, he may have lost over a million subscribers by
the end of this week.
Now news has broken that both Target and Morphe have removed all of Shane’s products from
their stores.
In a statement made to Insider, Target confirmed that they would no longer be selling Shane’s
books in their stores.
Target said quote, “We're committed to creating an experience in which all guests feel welcomed
and respected.
We're in the process of removing these books from our assortment.”
And when we searched for Shane’s books on Target’s website, it appears that they’ve
already been taken down.
As for Morphe, the brand has not confirmed or denied the removal of Shane’s products,
but fans noticed that the Conspiracy Collection, which we all know Shane made in collaboration
with Jeffree Star, has also been removed from their website.
But others pointed out that Jeffree’s other products were still available on their site
writing things like quote, “Can they also delete Jeffree Star already?
People are forgetting Mr. Star is as much of a monster as Shane.”
And “Jeffree next.”
Fellow YouTuber Keemstar even weighed in on the conversation writing quote, “Was Shane
Dawson’s makeup removed or did it sell out?”
Again, Morphe hasn’t confirmed or denied that they’ve taken Shane’s products off
their site, but they are nowhere to be found as of today.
And on top of all of this, news broke yesterday that YouTube has suspended monetization on
all three of his channels.
According to Insider, Shane's main channel "Shane," which has over 22 million subscribers,
his beauty channel, which has 3.7 million subscribers, and another channel, which has
nearly 8.4 million subscribers, are all demonetized for an indefinite amount of time.
And when YouTube was asked why action is being taken now, the spokesperson provided statements
that said the company reviewed Shane’s older videos and determined his actions warranted
a corporate response.
While Shane has not addressed any of this news, he did go live on Instagram on yesterday
to address fellow YouTuber Tati Westbrook's recent video.
We will continue to keep you all posted as this story continues to unfold.
And if you want more on the Shane and Tati situation, click right over here for another
Clevver News video.
And feel free to share your thoughts on all this tea down in the comments below.
I’m your host, Sussan Mourad, bye guys!