I think him being cancelled has been a long time coming, as around 2013/14 on Tumblr a lot of blogs were calling him out for his "racist" sketches and predatory behaviours. The stuff about him joining Tinychat convos seems to be in line with the stuff on those callouts. I don't think he's a paedophile but just had overly friendly interactions with his young fans, thinking he was being amazing by giving them what they want. However, as the adult and the role model in the room, he should have known better than to be so creepy with young girls.
Not got much to add, just what has already been said. I'm not a huge fan of Youtube stars, so most of the info I get is secondhand from here and social media. But I liked Shane Dawson as an emo kid as I thought he was hot (that emo hair!!!) and I was super into anything edgy back then. Two or three years ago, when he got popular again, I was genuinely shocked as I thought he was cancelled years ago from the stuff I saw on Tumblr. The same goes for J* - I was genuinely confused as to how he got a makeup brand seemingly out of the blue, he seemed to disappear when Myspace died then was back on the scene around 2014ish. But as I said, I have a blindspot for Youtubers so that could have just have been me completely out of the loop. My older cousin who used to mock me for sitting watching EDGY Youtubers in 2009-2011 was now totally hooked to him and J*.
People all over my social media sites FLOCKED to him, so I tried to give his content a watch and I just found him so annoying. I dunno, I get people who like YouTube and trashy Netflix documentaries watching him because he makes interesting videos but social media (until recently) was filled with people thinking everything he made was absolutely genius and super original.
ALSO - can we talk about his merch for a second? It's all so EXPENSIVE but clearly marketed to young teens. The pig bag looks so tacky yet its $80? It looks like you could buy it at Claires Accessories. I didn't even know until recently he had his own makeup brand but again, I am surprised.