Shane Dawson shocks fans with surprise return to social media YouTube: Shane Dawson[jwplayer mgzBNoPb]Longtime YouTuber Shane Dawson has finally made his return to social media, marking nearly three months since he took an indefinite hiatus from being online after being canceled by critics over his older content and divisive behavior. While Dawson is one of YouTube\u2019s OG content creators, he has come under the microscope multiple times in the past over some of his older videos. Some of the videos that were called out by critics included his use of blackface to portray one of his original characters for comedy sketches, as well as another video where he made inappropriate gestures toward a then-eleven-year-old Willow Smith. Dawson addressed the growing outrage surrounding his online presence during a video June, claiming he wanted to be \u201cpart of a change, not part of a problem.\u201d In the style of YouTuber Jenna Marbles, Dawson posted his video and dipped from the internet altogether, leaving fans in the dark and critics saying \u201cgood riddance.\u201d However, Dawson appears to have made an unofficial comeback to the online world, posting a series of images to his Instagram Story to congratulate fiance Ryland Adams on the announcement of his new pop culture talk show, \u201cThe Sip,\u201d in September. \u201cI wasn\u2019t planning on coming back to the internet for a while,\u201d Dawson wrote. \u201cBut today is a special day for my best friend, and I want to be there for him the way he has always been there for me.\u201d While much of Dawson\u2019s story was a loving tribute to his husband-to-be, the YouTuber also teased at a future statement regarding his absence from the internet. \u201cI have so much I want to say, and I promise in the future I will, but today I wanna talk about Ryland.\u201d That\u2019s not all; Shane also post a selfie, giving fans the first look at him that they\u2019ve had since his hiatus. \u201cI probably won\u2019t be back for a while, but I just wanted to say hi and support my man,\u201d he added. \u201cHope you guys are having a good day.\u201d While it doesn\u2019t look like this YouTuber will be uploading content anytime soon, it seems that he has released some new merchandise amid his break from the net \u2014 albeit incredibly quietly, with no video announcement or fanfare, but instead with a series of posts via his merch line\u2019s official Instagram account. https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CFTGh6vB9sL\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link For now, fans are breathing a sigh of relief that he seems to be doing well, although the jury is still out on whether or not public sentiment will welcome him back with open arms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Shane Dawson shocks fans with surprise return to social media YouTube: Shane Dawson[jwplayer mgzBNoPb]Longtime YouTuber Shane Dawson has finally made his return to social media, marking nearly three months since he took an indefinite hiatus from being online after being canceled by critics over his older content and divisive behavior. While Dawson is one of […]<\/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-58696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58696","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=58696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58696\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}