TLC star Shauna Rae’s love interest says he lost ‘faith’ in humanity after facing brutal ‘hatred’ for dating a 23-year-old over her childish appearance – while revealing current status of controversial relationship
- Shauna Rae, 23, from Pennsylvania, is 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs just 55 pounds
- Her most recent relationship with Dan Swygart, 27, caused quite a stir
- Dan has revealed that the pair had never been intimate and are now just friends
TLC star Shauna Rae has left former love interest Dan Swygart as he exposed the “massive amount of hate” and “crushing” relationship criticism.
The 23-year-old, from Pennsylvania, is 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs just 50 pounds after her growth was stunted following brain cancer treatment as a child.
Shauna has previously been candid about the unique dating struggles she’s faced as a result of her most recent relationship with Swygart, 27, causing widespread uproar.
He appeared in the last episode of The Sarah Fraser Show podcast to open up about the intense criticism before revealing that the former couple, who had never been physically intimate, are now just good friends.
TLC star Shauna Rae has left former love interest Dan Swygart as he exposed the ‘massive amount of hate’ and ‘crushing’ relationship criticism
The 23-year-old, from Pennsylvania, is 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs just 50 pounds after her growth was stunted following brain cancer treatment as a child
Speaking on the podcast, Dan said, “We got really, really close on an emotional level. It never really got physical, we kissed once.
“Of course I wasn’t there for a long time…so it never really turned into a relationship.”
Dan, from Wales, revealed that critics accused him of being inappropriately attracted to Shauna, who is shorter than an average adult due to pituitary dwarfism.
He continued: ‘[There was] this big, huge amount of hate, and I felt like the world was crushing me, because the media and people, including YouTubers, clearly categorized me into the most hated group of people on the planet.
“Of course, because of Shauna’s condition, they put me in that category. I just felt like that world was crushing me.”
The entrepreneur, labeled a creep, admitted that the intense scrutiny had dragged him to the lowest point he had ever been and caused him to “lose faith” in humanity.
But he said he was thankful for the support he received after publicly condemning those who said Shauna didn’t deserve to find love.
Dan further revealed that Shauna will always have a special place in his heart, but the pair are now just “really, really good friends” as they both continue to learn and grow emotionally.
Dan, 27, opened up about the widespread criticism before revealing that the former couple, who had never been physically intimate, had decided to go their separate ways
Elsewhere, Shauna also discussed why it was inaccurate to refer to her as a “woman trapped in the body of an eight-year-old”
It comes after Shauna recently explained the importance of raising awareness about pituitary dwarfism.
She wrote, “This is something that happens to me very often, and it happened every time I went out.
“I hope that by raising awareness for my type of dwarfism and disability, it will help the world and us as humans to be more open-minded when it comes to the variety of people we have in our world.”
Elsewhere, Shauna also discussed why it was inaccurate to refer to her as a “woman trapped in the body of an eight-year-old.”
She said, “I know that ‘the woman trapped in the body of an eight-year-old’ is the catchphrase attached to me, but I personally have no connection with it.”
“I actually think it’s very imprecise. I’m not stuck in the body of an eight-year-old.
“I am a 23-year-old woman whose body is 23 years old, matured, went through puberty. I’ve grown in areas where eight-year-olds don’t hit puberty, which is later in life.”
Shauna concluded, “That’s why I’m not in an eight-year-old’s body. I’m just a woman of shorter stature… My body is my body, it’s a 23-year-old body and it works like any other 23-year-old.’