Shane Dawson He has been working as a youtuber for more than a decade, where he is known for his conspiracy videos, offensive imitations, and music video parodies.
His popularity reached such a point that even Forbes magazine has highlighted him as one of the most famous celebrities on the web. In recent years his fame grew thanks to his friendship with Jeffree Star, with whom he even launched a makeup collection.
He currently has more than 34 million subscribers on his three channels, however, in recent days he became the most criticized figure on the video platform.
Such has been the scandal, that even YouTube decided to indefinitely suspend the monetization of advertising on Dawson’s channels.
It all started when Shane posted a video last week apologizing for its content that might have been offensive to some people.
This after different bad taste pranks from the youtuber started to go viral, including the time he put on makeup to look like a black person, used racial slurs, slurs at people with disabilities, jokes about pedophilia and for speaking hypothetically. about the murder of a woman.
“I should lose everything. I have put so much hatred on the Internet ”he said in the clip titled Taking responsibility.
“Blackface was something I did a lot of. And there is no excuse for it. There is literally no excuse. I made a video six years ago talking about it, and I made excuses, and I know it was wrong, “he said.
He also apologized for the jokes he made about pedophilia: “I would never speak of a child in an inappropriate way. That’s gross. That’s gross. It is not something I would ever do. It’s something I did to impact or because I thought it was fun, “he added.
Precisely this was a subject that caused a great annoyance in the family of Will Smith. Following the viralization of Shane’s apology, a new video reappeared where he is seen pretending to masturbate while looking at a poster of the actor’s daughter, Willow Smith, then 11 years old.
“For Shane Dawson … I got fed up with excuses,” actress Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow’s mother, tweeted.
For his part, Jaden Smith, Willow’s older brother, was much more upset. “SHANE DAWSON, I AM disgusted with you. YOU SEXUALIZE AN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL, WHICH SHOWS TO BE MY SISTER !!! IT’S AS FAR AWAY FROM BEING FUN AND IT’S NOT WELL OR A LITTLE, ”he tweeted.
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.
— Jaden (@jaden) June 27, 2020
But the controversy did not end there, because soon many other youtuber began to distance themselves from Dawson and harshly criticize his behavior, while others apologized for having participated in his videos.
To all this was added that the Target company decided not to continue selling Shane’s book, I Hate Myselfie and It Gets Worse: A Collection of Essays . “We are committed to creating an experience in which all guests feel welcome and respected,” they said from the company.
Yesterday, meanwhile, a new chapter began in the controversy, after the beauty vlogger Daddy Westbrook publish a video claiming that Shane and Jeffree Star manipulated her to start the public fight she had last year with her colleague James Charles, who was even branded as a “danger to society” and a “sexual predator”.
“I can tell you that it is now my opinion that Jeffrey and Shane were very jealous of the success of James Charles. Jeffree resented that much of his business was focused on his biggest rival and Shane did not like James wanting to make a documentary, “said Tati.
“Neither of them was happy to be in his shadow on YouTube. I think James Charles was gaining more followers and receiving visits and press faster than anyone in the history on the platform. It is also my opinion that Jeffrey and Shane needed James to be sidelined and get out of the way for the November launch of their Conspiracy palette, “he said.
Shane, meanwhile, reacted to the allegations with a video showing his surprise. “I cannot process this. This is crazy … I’m going crazy .. I don’t want to say bad things about people. This is crazy. This person literally … oh my God, “he said.
“Oh my gosh, you’re so manipulative. That fake crying… that’s not real, OMG! ”He continued.
Shane Dawson freaking over Tati’s new video on IG Live pic.twitter.com/k1fC5KTzpT
— ingrid (@weathxrgirl) June 30, 2020
Since the controversy began, the 31-year-old web star has lost more than a million subscribers in the past month, according to tracker Socialblade.
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