Honest note first: there is no new season announcement and no breaking news about Shauna Rae today. This is the list of things people keep saying about the 27-year-old star of I Am Shauna Rae that she has already corrected herself, and that still show up in every comment section anyway.
Shauna does not hide. She talks directly to more than a million followers on TikTok and corrects the record in her own words. So when a myth survives all of that, it is because the wrong version is stickier. Here are the five myths that need to retire.
Myth 1: She Still Lives With Her Parents
This is the one Shauna knocked down most plainly. On the Unplanned podcast in January 2025, she corrected the assumption that she still lives with her mom Patty and stepdad Mark Schrankel. “No, I live with my boyfriend,” she said, describing the arrangement as “technically alone,” away from her parents, after years of family noise. She stays close to her family in Long Island, but close is not the same as living under their roof.
Myth 2: TLC Canceled the Show
I Am Shauna Rae ran for two seasons, from 2022 to 2023, with its final episode airing on October 1, 2023. Since then, TLC has never officially canceled the show, and it has never announced a Season 3 either. That silence is neither a cancellation nor a renewal. It is a show in limbo, and fans who say “it got canceled” close a door the network never actually shut.
Myth 3: She Cannot Live Like an Adult
Watch one driving lesson and this myth falls apart. Shauna learned to drive with hand controls, a journey viewers followed through Season 2, and she has built a working life on her own terms since the cameras stopped: a TikTok audience past a million followers under @shaunarae99, personalized video shoutouts on Cameo, and a fashion line for people with smaller bodies like hers. That is not someone waiting for adulthood to be handed to her.
Myth 4: She Is Stuck in a Childs Body
This is the myth Shauna has corrected most fiercely. On TikTok, she pushed back on the show’s famous shorthand directly, saying, as reported by UNILAD: “I am not stuck in the body of an eight-year-old, I am a 23-year-old woman whose body is 23 years old. I am not in the body of an eight-year-old, I am just a shorter statured woman.” On the Unplanned podcast, she put it more simply: “I am just a human being. I am just short.” She was diagnosed with a grade 4 malignant glioma at six months old, and the treatment left her with pituitary dwarfism and a height of 3-foot-10, according to SurvivorNet. None of that makes her a child. Repeating the old line after she corrected it is not a description anymore. It is a choice.
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According to reports, Shauna has been with her boyfriend since around 2022, and no engagement has been confirmed. What she has confirmed is the boundary: his face stays off the internet. On the Unplanned podcast, she explained that she worries backlash could reach his job, and that his face will not appear “unless I am marrying him.” Fans who demand a reveal are asking her to break a rule she set to protect his livelihood.
So which myth are you most tired of hearing? Team Correct It Every Time says the record only stays straight if fans keep straightening it. Team Stop Explaining says Shauna has done her part. Team Let Her Live says the myths say more about the people repeating them than about Shauna at all. Pick a side, and say which line you never want to read again.
