READ MORE: Woman, 23, trapped in the body of an eight-year-old girl lays bare new love interestDan then flew to the US, and the couple went on a series of dates, with Shauna claiming they were "similar" and he had "piqued her interest" with his active lifestyle.
These dates were chronicled on her TLC reality series, I Am Shauna Rae. However, Dan received some cruel backlash. People flooded the comment section of the episode's YouTube video and branded the potential relationship "not right".
One wrote: "Sorry but the fact that he spotted her online and contacted her on purpose makes me feel uncomfortable since looks are usually the first and most important impression you get online. "Another wrote: "It would be totally different if they got to know each other by coincidence in real life and he got to love her for her character and was sort of seeing past her childlike appearance. "One commenter said: "Dan almost seems especially attracted to her BECAUSE she is tiny which is concerning.
I am sorry. 'Dan shared a video in response and said: "She survived cancer as a child, she's always felt different and was treated different by society.
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