Man Defends Dating Grown Woman Trapped In 8-Year-Old's Body After Viewers Call Out Red Flags!
21.01.2023 - 04:23
/ perezhilton.com
Well, this is awkward…
If you’ve never heard of I Am Shauna Rae, it’s the story of Shauna Rae Lesick, a 23-year-old woman essentially trapped in the body of an 8-year-old. On her TLC show, Shauna Rae deals with the ramifications of being an adult treated by the world as a child due to her 3′ 10″, 50-lb body — a result of brain cancer treatment when she was a baby.
The most uncomfortable part of the show — for the audience and her parents — is Shauna Rae’s dating life. She’s the size and shape of an average 3rd grader, but with the mind of a twentysomething woman. She of course wants to date men her age, but it becomes a real conundrum — not just for her, but also for men she goes out with. And last month a hunky Welshman found out exactly why.
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Dan Swygart went on a few dates with the reality star, all of which was documented on the show in December. They made sushi, went paddle boarding, he met her parents — who grilled him on his future plans. It was all very wholesome and normal. Except… you know.
Viewers could not get past the age difference. Sure, Dan is 26, only three years older — but the *seeming* age difference put people off. Comments went pretty hard on clips of the episode on the YouTube page:
How did Dan feel about being called “creepy”? Well, he actually responded on his Instagram after the episode aired — and he had a chance to experience some of that backlash!
In a video he defended his own dates with the reality star, as well as her right to date as an adult woman. He said calling anyone who dates her a pedo was “absolutely disgusting” to her. He explained:
“Based on personality rather than just on looks” — we’ll get back to that. He also said:
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