It’s 2016 and people on the Internet are far more woke than they used to be. Even though Shane Dawson has been adored and supported by his fans for a decade for his rude and “offensive” take on comedy, it seems like he went a step too far in a brand new video. Whilst “trying girl products”, Shane makes a joke about Beyonce’s child looking like a 48-year-old man, even though Blue Ivy is a 4-year-old girl.
The video, which we’ve shared below, contains the following joke; “Actually, [the face mask] is not the size of a child. This is the size of an adult. Wait, do kids have adult faces? I mean, I’ve seen some babies that have some adult ass faces. Beyonce’s kid? He looks like he’s 48 and works at a bank. Like, ‘no thank you Ivy, I’m good. I don’t need the savings account”. As you can imagine, the Internet went crazy and the trend #ShaneDawsonIsOverParty popped up in no time.
The trend, which made it up to the second most popular hashtag on Twitter last night, featured both hardcore Shane and Beyonce fans trying to defend their idols over what is essentially such a trivial matter in the grand scheme of things. Beyhive defenders came for Shane’s career, saying that his time on YouTube was “over” by spreading his alleged home address and home number. But on the opposite side, Dawson defenders were pointing out that Shane’s humour has always been this way.
Since the fallout, Shane has tweeted and deleted his thoughts on the matter; “I love Beyonce. Obviously. She’s f*cking Beyonce. Anyone that can’t take a joke needs to stay off my timeline. I didn’t even know Blue Ivy was a girl cause I’m so out of the loop. So obviously my joke wasn’t to be taken seriously. But I’m still sorry”. What do you think about this joke – was it innocent, uninformed fun or still a joke at the expense of a 4-year-old? Let us know in the comments below.
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Oh my gosh…. People need to stop being so sour. He’s knowns for this type of humor so nobody should be attacking him haha. And tbh he isn’t wrong about Ivy….
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WOW, people really need to take a chill pill. Shane’s humor is like this, and he doesn’t deserve that! Even if he did offend Beyonce, that is NO reason to share his private information. People are whining so much about this, LEARN TO TAKE A JOKE. This is why I hate so many people, they get offended over the stupidest of things. Whenever I watch his videos I don’t even realize he’s insulting someone, BECAUSE I DON’T TAKE THINGS SERIOUSLY. This is why I’m happier than most people, I don’t get offended over the stupidest of things
Tf what he did was wrong. Beyhive or anyone with half brain wouldn’t see it as a joke.
I am a huge fan of Shane’s and he has a dark and mysterious humor, maybe he should not have said that about Blue Ivy, but he honestly meant absolutely no harm or to affend anyone especially not Beyonce he talks about her often and loves her music. Everyone needs to chill it was a joke. His YouTube time is not over no matter what anyone else thinks about him, I will always be a huge fan and love him and his different individual humor. #ShaneDawsonislife
When racism and trans misogyny is described as just a joke…
That was not racist, I don’t think you completely understand but we all love Beyonce. But she obviously would’ve said something if she was offended. Taylor Swift had his videos removed from YouTube when she was offended. He repeats in a lot of his videos that he means no harm or offence upon anyone. He says it…. Obviously not true. You’d have to know his real name to share his address. DAWSON. that is not it.
To edit…. He makes jokes not true statement. He never means to hurt anyone. He truly is sorry.
Can I just say, the channel “onision” is 10x worse and you are calling out Shane? Tbh it’s the Internet, if you can’t take Shane’s joke then maybe you should get off the internet! You’re 10, go and watch my little pony or something.
that’s just how Shane is. Nobody is suppose to get offended. He even says that in his videos for goodness sake!!!!!! Even if Blue does kinda look like that, its his opinion. Ever heard of Freedom Of Speech?! Don’t act like he just kicked your puppy into on-coming traffic. People need to stop getting offended by a frick frackin joke!