Is Shane Dawson's Blue Ivy Carter Joke Offensive?

YouTuber Shane Dawson upset a lot of Beyonce fans with his joke about Blue Ivy Carter.

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00:00 Shane Dawson is known for his controversial comedy style, but he just

00:03 pissed a lot of people off. On August 2nd, Shane posted a 12-minute video called

00:08 "Trying Girl Product 7." Seven. It's of a series. There are six other 12-minute

00:14 videos. At one point he makes a joke about Beyonce and Jay-Z's four-year-old

00:18 daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. "I mean I see some babies that has a doll-ass face as

00:22 Beyonce's kid. He looks like he's 48 and works at a bank. Like no thank you Ivy,

00:26 I'm good. I don't need the savings account." Members of the Beyhive

00:29 immediately took to Twitter and started trending #ShaneDawsonIsOverParty.

00:33 C-Sep. So we're supposed to accept a grown man trashing a child cuz it's just

00:38 his sense of humor? Beige-ency. I've never seen such unfunny, tacky, disrespectful,

00:43 disgusting comedy in my life. No life. Shane tweeted and then deleted an

00:48 apology saying, "I haven't even seen a pic of her in years. I didn't even know Ivy

00:52 was a girl cuz I'm so out of the loop. So obviously my joke wasn't meant to be

00:55 taken seriously, but I'm still sorry." Of course, because the internet sucks, some

00:59 people posted Shane's home address and phone number. This is the first time

01:03 Shane's been asked to apologize for something. The YouTuber has a long history

01:06 of writing tweets and videos that many people find offensive. He's made domestic

01:10 violence jokes about Rihanna and has done blackface on multiple occasions. In

01:14 2014, Shane posted a long apology for his past racist jokes. "First of all, I'm not racist.

01:19 This video is not me defending myself or telling you why I'm not racist. I love

01:24 black people, guys. It's not that. This video is me apologizing because I

01:28 understand why some people think that." People were divided on whether or not to

01:33 accept his apology then as they are now. For more trends like these, visit us

01:37 online at whatstrending.com.