Turn off the cameras, and Shauna Rae does not disappear. Three years after I Am Shauna Rae aired its last episode, the 27-year-old is still living her life in public — just on her own terms. No producers, no confessionals, no timeslot. Instead, fans see a woman with a job she built herself, a friend circle she chose, a front door of her own, and a short list of rules nobody gets to break. To be honest from the start: there is no breaking news here.
The Work She Built Herself
Forget the idea that Shauna Rae just waits around for TLC. In Season 1, viewers watched her interview for a job working with animals and clock in for her first day. After the show ended, she built a different kind of living: on TikTok, under @shaunarae99, she speaks directly to more than a million followers with no producers in between, and she sells personalized video shoutouts on Cameo. She has also bartended at a charity event and keeps a YouTube channel for Q&As.
Then there is the project closest to her heart. Years of shopping in the children’s section for adult clothes pushed her toward designing clothes for people with smaller bodies like hers. According to SurvivorNet, she modeled a sparkly outfit of her own design and said she was working on sizing for 5-foot-4 and below.
Her Own Front Door
The biggest change in Shauna’s off-camera life is the address. On the Unplanned podcast in January 2025, she knocked down the assumption that she still lives with her parents: “No, I live with my boyfriend.” It is “technically alone,” she said — away from her parents — after years of family noise. Independence, in her telling, was never about an address. It was about who did the work.
Then there is the rule fans know best: her boyfriend’s face stays off the internet, full stop. “I more worry because he has a nice job,” she said, adding that his face will not appear “unless I’m marrying him.” According to reports, the couple has been together since around 2022, and no engagement has been confirmed.
The Friend Circle She Chose
Ask fans what they miss most about the show, and many will say the same thing: the everyday Shauna, out with her people. The cameras caught pieces of it — New York days out with friends, lakeside paddleboarding — and her own social media has kept that energy going. She remains close to her mom Patty and stepdad Mark Schrankel in Long Island, and to her sisters Tara and Rylee. The difference now is that the circle is hers to set: friends on her own schedule, family nearby but not in charge.
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One thing the cameras never had to manufacture was Shauna’s advocacy: childhood cancer early prevention, and an honest fertility journey — doctors assessed her fertility at 0.6 on a scale of 1 to 10. “I don’t look like a child,” she told trolls who reported her account as underage. “I’m just short.”
So, Is This the Life She Wanted?
Here is the honest state of play: I Am Shauna Rae ran for two seasons, from 2022 to 2023, with its final episode airing on October 1, 2023. TLC has never officially canceled the show, and it has never announced a Season 3. So the question is not really about the network anymore. She earns her own money, lives under her own roof, and talks to a million followers without anyone editing her sentences.
But the fandom still splits down the middle, and this is where you come in. Team Best Life Off Camera says the cameras were holding her back. Team Bring Back Season 3 says a life this interesting deserves to be filmed properly. Which side are you on? Drop your team in the comments — and be honest: if the cameras came back tomorrow, should some doors stay closed?
