The Importance of "The Mind of Jake Paul"
If you are not often on the internet, then you may have no clue who Jake Paul or Shane Dawson are. However, Shane recently created an 8 part YouTube series centered around Jake. Creators paid attention because both are popular YouTubers and the series was long (each episode was over 30 min). This is all free content.
Why should you care? Shane and Jake discussed some pretty deep topics, but the one that stuck out the most to me was the love triangle of Jake, his brother Logan Paul, and his friend (girlfriend?) Alissa Violet. I won't go into details here (plenty of articles cover what happened), but it ended with cheating allegations and Jake making Alissa leave the house they lived in together. Jake admitted in the video with Shane that he had never before spoken of this incident. Both men struggled to show emotion during the segment. Jake said that he thought he was over it, but Shane pointed out that he probably is not.
From the series, Jake admits that he was raised in a household that focused on toughness. This could affect his ability to show emotion. He said he thought that he had to move on after this situation because talking about it would let Alissa win in some way. He also wanted to defend Logan, but Shane encouraged him to allow himself to feel the emotions of this situation rather than making Logan out to be a good guy.
I appreciate the fact that Jake and Shane discussed this on a public platform because it could help fans going through cheating situations, particularly young men. This shows that cheating in relationships can hurt men, too. Before this, I hadn't seen two men discuss a personal cheating situation. I also appreciate the respect that Shane showed by not including music during those minutes, which helped me focus more on their discussion.
Here's a review of the series.
Why should you care? Shane and Jake discussed some pretty deep topics, but the one that stuck out the most to me was the love triangle of Jake, his brother Logan Paul, and his friend (girlfriend?) Alissa Violet. I won't go into details here (plenty of articles cover what happened), but it ended with cheating allegations and Jake making Alissa leave the house they lived in together. Jake admitted in the video with Shane that he had never before spoken of this incident. Both men struggled to show emotion during the segment. Jake said that he thought he was over it, but Shane pointed out that he probably is not.
From the series, Jake admits that he was raised in a household that focused on toughness. This could affect his ability to show emotion. He said he thought that he had to move on after this situation because talking about it would let Alissa win in some way. He also wanted to defend Logan, but Shane encouraged him to allow himself to feel the emotions of this situation rather than making Logan out to be a good guy.
I appreciate the fact that Jake and Shane discussed this on a public platform because it could help fans going through cheating situations, particularly young men. This shows that cheating in relationships can hurt men, too. Before this, I hadn't seen two men discuss a personal cheating situation. I also appreciate the respect that Shane showed by not including music during those minutes, which helped me focus more on their discussion.
Here's a review of the series.
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