More than 1,100 days have passed since TLC aired a new episode of I Am Shauna Rae, and its star has spent them building a life that no longer needs a timeslot. Shauna Rae is 27 now, 3-foot-10 after childhood brain cancer treatment left her with pituitary dwarfism. Her next chapter is scattered across a podcast confession, a million-follower TikTok account, and a medical file she talks about in public.
The Show File: Two Seasons, 26 Episodes, and Three Years of Silence
I Am Shauna Rae ran for two seasons and 26 episodes, 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 now three years old: nothing about a return has been confirmed, and anyone claiming a premiere date is guessing. What the show left behind is a finished arc: a young woman fighting for adult milestones on camera, from a driving test with hand controls to a Brooklyn trial run.
Her Own Front Door: The Boyfriend Nobody Sees and the Job She Built
The clearest update came in January 2025, on the Unplanned podcast with Matt and Abby Howard. Asked whether she lived alone, she answered: “No, I live with my boyfriend” — “technically alone,” away from her parents after years of family noise. According to reports, the couple has been together since around 2022, and no engagement has been confirmed. His face stays off the internet on purpose: she worries backlash could reach his job, and it will not appear unless she is marrying him. For income, she runs her own channels: a million-plus TikTok followers under @shaunarae99, Cameo shoutouts, and a YouTube channel for Q&As.
The Dream With a Number Attached: 0.6, Egg Freezing, and the Cost
The most personal item in the file is also the most precise: in a video update reported by BoredPanda, Shauna revealed her doctors assessed her fertility at 0.6 on a scale of 1 to 10, down from 0.8 two months earlier. She has said she wanted to freeze her eggs but could not afford it, and her insurance does not cover the multi-thousand-dollar procedure; according to reports, she later launched a GoFundMe to raise the money. Speaking to People, she put it in one sentence: “Even if I don’t want to have kids one day, being told you can’t is a completely different situation.” She stays open about the alternatives, too: adoption, surrogates, or not having kids.
The Table She Still Comes Home To: Patty, Mark, and the Cause
Moving out did not mean moving away: she stays close to Patty and stepdad Mark Schrankel in Long Island, and to sisters Tara and Rylee, who stood beside her when she dropped the last name Lesick in 2022. She advocates for childhood cancer early prevention, her earliest cause after a grade 4 glioma diagnosed at six months old and three and a half years of treatment. She has also designed clothes for smaller bodies, in sizes for 5-foot-4 and below. The file reads less like a star waiting for a comeback than a woman who already moved on.
So: Team Bring Back the Cameras says a life this full deserves a Season 3, while Team Keep It Hers says Shauna already built something better on TikTok and Cameo, on her own terms. If TLC called Shauna tomorrow about Season 3, should she say yes — or is her next chapter better off staying where she built it?
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