1. Shane Dawson has appeared in the horror film Smiley and the comedy film Internet Famous.
36 Facts About Shane Dawson
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Shane Dawson's most viewed docu-series are about Jeffree Star, Jake Paul, and Tana Mongeau.
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Shane Dawson took a hiatus and returned to YouTube on October 7,2021.
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Shane Dawson Lee Yaw was born in Long Beach, California, on July 19,1988.
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Shane Dawson was educated in Lakewood, California, graduating from Lakewood High School in 2006.
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Shane Dawson was bullied for his weight in school; he later lost 150 pounds in adulthood.
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Shane Dawson first became interested in making videos when he would hand in videos for school projects with his friends.
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On March 10,2008, Dawson made his YouTube channel, called "ShaneDawsonTV".
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One video sees Shane Dawson pretending to be a high school student and the struggles of feigning "illness" to avoid attending school for a day.
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The pilot is based on two videos which Shane Dawson uploaded to his main channel in Summer 2010.
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The pilot's release date was set towards the end of September 2010 on his main YouTube Channel, however Shane Dawson later announced that he had been contacted by a television studio to produce the pilot for their TV channel.
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On March 26,2011, Shane Dawson uploaded a video to YouTube explaining to his audience that he was working with Happy Madison Productions, Sony Pictures, and some other YouTubers including TheFineBros and BrittaniLouiseTaylor to create the television show.
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In January 2012, Shane Dawson stated in a video that he was now working on a new television show, which would be semi-based on his life working at a Weight Loss center.
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Shane Dawson revealed in November 2012 that he was in negotiations to direct a feature-length film.
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In 2012, Shane Dawson revealed in a vlog that he was working on a music project.
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On May 8,2012, Shane Dawson revealed in a video that he has begun working on his next original song, which is tentatively titled "The Vacation Song".
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On October 18,2013, Shane Dawson released a song entitled "Wanna Make Love To You", with Liam Horne.
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On November 12,2013, Shane Dawson announced that he was developing the weight loss center project with Sony Pictures Television for NBC.
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Darlene Hunt, Will Gluck, Richie Schwartz, Lauren Schnipper, and Shane Dawson would serve as executive producers for the project.
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In December 2014, Shane Dawson released a parody of Taylor Swift's song "Blank Space" on YouTube.
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Shane Dawson subsequently claimed that the parody was removed because Sony objected to the video's violent content.
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In early 2015, Shane Dawson released a memoir titled I Hate Myselfie: A Collection of Essays.
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In July 2016, Shane Dawson released another memoir entitled It Gets Worse: A Collection of Essays.
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Shane Dawson was criticized for his documentaries The Mind of Jake Paul and The Secret World of Jeffree Star, with some arguing that Shane Dawson was too sympathetic towards the racism scandals of both subjects.
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The second part featured Dawson investigating further topics, exploring the wider message "don't believe everything you see", including Adobe Voco voice manipulation, and Chuck E Cheese pizzas.
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In July 2019, Shane Dawson returned to YouTube for a one-hour long documentary video titled The Return of Eugenia Cooney about Internet personality Eugenia Cooney.
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In October 2019, Shane Dawson released The Beautiful World of Jeffree Star, which follows Shane Dawson and Star as they plan and design a new makeup and merchandise collection called The Conspiracy Collection.
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Shane Dawson came out as bisexual in July 2015 and confirmed that he had separated from Schwartz.
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Shane Dawson began dating YouTuber Ryland Adams in 2016, and they became engaged on March 19,2019.
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On December 10,2023, Shane Dawson announced the birth of their twin sons.
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Shane Dawson later apologized for the jokes in a video, stating that he viewed the controversy as a "learning experience".
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On June 26,2020, Shane Dawson responded to criticism of his racial comedy by posting a 20-minute video in which he addressed renewed criticism for his use of blackface, the words "nigga" and "nigger", and other offensive comments he made since launching his YouTube channel.
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Shane Dawson further remarked how he "should have been punished for things" and how "finally just [owning] up to all of this and [being] accountable is worth losing everything" to him.
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Shane Dawson apologized to James Charles, whom he had described as "egocentric" and "power hungry" just a week before.
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Shane Dawson concluded his apology video by vowing to better his "actions", but said he understands if people do not want to accept his apology or no longer support him.
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On June 29,2020, Target announced that it was "in the process of removing" Shane Dawson's two published books I Hate Myselfie and It Gets Worse from its shelves.