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TLC star Shauna Ray’s love interest says he’s ‘lost faith’ in humanity after experiencing brutal ‘hatred’ for dating a 23-year-old over her childlike looks – as he reveals the current status of the contentious relationship
Shauna Ray, 23, from Pennsylvania, is 3 feet 10 inches tall and weighs only 50 pounds
Her most recent relationship with Dan Swiggart, 27, caused widespread uproar
Dan revealed that the pair weren’t intimate before and that they are now just friends
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TLC star Shauna Rae has moved on from former love interest Dan Swygart as he revealed the “huge amount of hate” and “overwhelming” relationship criticism.
The 23-year-old, from Pennsylvania, is 3 feet 10 inches tall and weighs only 50 pounds after her growth was stunted following treatment for brain cancer when she was a child.
Shauna has previously been outspoken about the unique dating struggles she has faced as a result of her condition with her recent relationship with Swygart, 27, causing a widespread uproar.
He appeared in the last episode of The Sarah Fraser Show podcast to open up about the heavy criticism before revealing that the former pairing, who were never physically intimate, are now just good friends.
TLC star Shauna Rae has moved on from former love interest Dan Swygart as he reveals ‘huge amount of hate’ and ‘overwhelming’ relationship criticism
The 23-year-old, from Pennsylvania, is 3 feet 10 inches tall and weighs only 50 pounds after her growth was stunted following treatment for brain cancer as a child.
Speaking on the podcast, Dan said: “We got really, really close on an emotional level. It was never physical, we kissed once.
“Of course, I wasn’t there for long periods of time… so it never developed into a relationship.”
Dan, from Wales, revealed that critics have accused him of being inappropriately attracted to Shauna who has a smaller stature than the average adult due to pituitary dwarfism.
He continued, “(There was) this huge amount of hate, and I felt like the world was crushing on me because obviously the media and people, as well as YouTubers, ranked me among the most hated group of people on the planet.
They obviously put me in that category because of Shauna’s condition. I just felt like this world was crushing me.
The businessman, described as 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 grateful for the support he received after publicly denouncing those who said Shauna did not deserve to find love.
Dan went on to reveal that Shauna will always have a special place in his heart, but the pair are now just ‘very good friends’ as they both continue to learn and grow emotionally.
Dan, 27, opened up about the widespread criticism before revealing that the former duo, who were never physically intimate, had decided to go their separate ways.
Elsewhere, Shauna also talks about why it is inaccurate to refer to her as “a woman stuck in the body of an eight-year-old.”
This comes after Shauna recently explained the importance of raising awareness of pituitary dwarfism.
She wrote: “This is something that happens to me a lot, and it happened every time I went out.
“It is my hope that by raising awareness of my type of dwarfism and disability, it will help the world and us as humans to be more open when it comes to the variety of people in our world.”
Elsewhere, Shauna also talks about why it is inaccurate to refer to her as “a woman trapped in the body of an eight-year-old”.
She said: “I know ‘the woman stuck in the body of an eight-year-old’ is the catchphrase associated with me but I don’t relate to her personally.
I think it’s actually very imprecise. I’m not stuck in the corpse of an eight-year-old.
I’m a 23-year-old woman, body 23, matured, and going through puberty. I grew up in areas where children do not reach eight years of age until they reach puberty later in life.
Shauna concluded, “So I’m not in the body of an eight-year-old. I’m just a shorter woman…my body is my body, it’s a 23 year old’s body and it works like every other 23 year old.
TLC star Shauna Rae is moving on from former love interest Dan Swygart