Dolan Twins \u201coverwhelmed\u201d by response to viral documentary on late father Dolan Twins, YouTubeYouTube stars Ethan and Grayson Dolan released a feature-length documentary on the passing of their late father on February 17 \u2014 but they weren\u2019t expecting the video go to viral. The Dolan Twins, as they are popularly known, announced in January 2019 that their father, Sean Dolan, had passed away after a two-and-a-half year battle with cancer. This led to an outpouring of support for the young internet stars, who, at 20 years old, were largely supported by their father in their endeavors to become top content creators. In 2019 my Dad lost his fight with cancer. He loved helping people more than anything. So, Ethan and I have created #LoveFromSean a foundation where all proceeds go to his favorite cancer orgs. This is what he would\u2019ve wanted. Your donations mean so muchhttps:\/\/t.co\/bEPqV9dDev pic.twitter.com\/qTEB7lHEi8 \u2014 Grayson Dolan (@GraysonDolan) February 17, 2020 After taking a step back from YouTube, the duo returned in February 2020 with an emotional documentary on their father\u2019s struggle against cancer, alongside a fundraiser for cancer prevention. Thus far, the Dolan Twins\u2019 efforts have raised over $100,000, and their video has even risen to the top of YouTube\u2019s trending page in second place \u2014 a response that has \u201coverwhelmed\u201d them, as told by Grayson in a soul-bearing tweet mere hours later. \u201cNot gonna lie, I\u2019m pretty overwhelmed by the amount of love we\u2019ve received today,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThank you to my friends, my family, you guys, and one of my biggest idols for the support you\u2019ve shown today. Forever grateful.\u201d Grayson\u2019s words accompanied a series of photos of the teary-eyed star, unable to stop the tears from flowing as his brother Ethan posed in the background. Not gonna lie I\u2019m pretty overwhelmed by the amount of love we\u2019ve received today. Thank you to my friends, my family, you guys, and one of my biggest idols for the support you\u2019ve shown today. Forever grateful \ud83d\udc9c pic.twitter.com\/innckBk8NI \u2014 Grayson Dolan (@GraysonDolan) February 18, 2020 Their documentary, titled \u2018Losing a Best Friend,\u2019 boasts a whopping 2.8 million views at the time of writing, with YouTube commenters expressing ample love and support for the duo in wake of their heartwrenching loss. However, this response marks a striking difference from the drama that unfolded after Sean\u2019s passing in early 2019, with fans organizing meetups at the funeral and even spreading the hashtag \u201c#seandolanfuneralparty\u201d across Twitter. If you are a fan of Grayson and I we love you and appreciate you so much. The best way you could support us during this tough time is to NOT show up at our father\u2019s wake or funeral. thank you guys and please please please respect my wish. \u2014 Ethan Dolan (@EthanDolan) January 22, 2019 The Twins begged for privacy this time, with Ethan notably announcing \u201cThe best way you could support us during this tough time is to NOT show up at our father\u2019s wake or funeral. Thank you guys and please please please respect my wish.\u201d A year later, the two have honored their father in a major way \u2014 and it looks like the internet has been hugely receptive to their latest project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dolan Twins \u201coverwhelmed\u201d by response to viral documentary on late father Dolan Twins, YouTubeYouTube stars Ethan and Grayson Dolan released a feature-length documentary on the passing of their late father on February 17 \u2014 but they weren\u2019t expecting the video go to viral. The Dolan Twins, as they are popularly known, announced in January 2019 […]<\/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-47223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47223","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=47223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}