Comedian Kathy Griffin derails Shane Dawson\u2019s Shorty Awards speech in an epic way The Shorty Awards, Kay’s Editing \/ YouTubeThe 2019 Shorty Awards went live on May 5, including such names as Ninja, Ariana Grande, and even Shane Dawson, whose acceptance speech ended up getting overturned in the best way possible. Dawson won the Shorty Award for YouTuber of the Year, leading to an emotional speech from the longtime YouTuber who has skyrocketed to further fame thanks to his highly-acclaimed documentary series. \u201cThank you guys for watching my stuff for so many years,\u201d Dawson said of the award, shying away from the mic after allowing his fellow editor, Andrew, say a few words. \u201cThank you. Okay, that\u2019s it.\u201d Kathy Griffin takes over Shane Dawson\u2019s Shorty Awards speech However, Dawson wasn\u2019t let off the hook that easily; actress and comedian Kathy Griffin quickly forced him back to the podium, giving a touching rendition of Dawson\u2019s speech that included his storied history on YouTube since the platform\u2019s early years. \u201cI helped them literally build the channel,\u201d Griffin said pointedly, humorously speaking from Dawson\u2019s perspective. \u201c\u2026I want to thank you guys for helping me grow, because I did it myself.\u201d Kathy, thank you for being my hero, my mentor, and my friend. i can never express how much you mean to me and how much your words meant to me. i love u so much :,) :heart:\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/v6ksezwBlM \u2014 Shane Dawson (@shanedawson) May 6, 2019 Dawon later spoke on Griffin\u2019s impromptu speech via Twitter, claiming that he could \u201cnever express how much you mean to me and how much your words meant to me.\u201d While Shane Dawson has been a major presence on YouTube since the platform\u2019s inception, his massively popular documentary series took the website by storm in 2018, including such pieces over controversial YouTubers like Tana Mongeau and Jake Paul. Shane Dawson\u2019s YouTube controversies However, Dawson\u2019s career hasn\u2019t been all sunshine and roses as of late; the YouTuber was involved in a series of scandals in early 2019, after internet sleuths discovered episodes of his old podcasts that contained controversial segments \u2013 which appeared to excuse pedophilia and even included a story about Dawson masturbating on his pet cat. I found the audio!! Shane Dawson came on his cat! WTF!!!!! This was on his podcast pic.twitter.com\/6slFQRxIeE \u2014 Sandwich Ruler (@magician_dragon) March 17, 2019 Dawson later apologized for the episodes and claimed that he\u2019d never actually ejaculated on his cat, stating that his past humor was meant to \u201cshock\u201d audiences with edgy jokes and over-the-top stories. ive apologized many times for all the dumb shit ive said in videos and podcasts over the years. ive learned my lesson over and over again and im more confident now in my ability to be entertaining by just being myself and not being so shocking for laughs.(2\/?) \u2014 Shane Dawson (@shanedawson) March 18, 2019 Shane Dawson is one of YouTube\u2019s most popular creators, boasting over 21 million subscribers on the platform as fans eagerly wait for the release of his next documentary series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Comedian Kathy Griffin derails Shane Dawson\u2019s Shorty Awards speech in an epic way The Shorty Awards, Kay’s Editing \/ YouTubeThe 2019 Shorty Awards went live on May 5, including such names as Ninja, Ariana Grande, and even Shane Dawson, whose acceptance speech ended up getting overturned in the best way possible. Dawson won the Shorty […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46081\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}