Grayson Dolan is an American comedian, YouTuber and entrepreneur, and part of the duo ‘The Dolan Twins’.
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Wiki/Biography
Grayson Dolan was born on Thursday, December 16, 1999 (age 21 years; as of 2020) in the Long Valley area of Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey. His zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
He did his schooling from a New Jersey school, where his father served as the principal.
Physical Appearance
Height: 6′
Eye colour: Light brown
Hair Colour: Brown
Family, ethnicity and relationships
parents and siblings
His father’s name is Sean Dolan (died January 19, 2019 from cancer) who was a New Jersey school superintendent and principal.
His mother’s name is Lisa Dolan who is a hair salon owner. He has a twin brother named Ethan Dolan and a sister named Cameron Dolan.
relationships
In 2014, he confirmed that he was in a relationship with Vine star Sofia Oliveira. The couple later broke up.
She was said to be in a relationship with YouTuber and makeup artist James Charles. Clarifying the situation in a YouTube video, Ethan said,
Well, we don’t need to make that rumor any bigger. Should we just say that Grayson and James are clearly not dating? Should we just say it?”
He has also been linked with Madison Beer (singer-songwriter), Chloe Allison (Vine star) and Olivia O’Brien (singer-songwriter).
livelihood
In 2013, Grayson and his brother, Ethan, became famous on a video sharing application called Vine. He has over 6.4 million followers on Vine. In March 2014, Grayson and his brother, Ethan, started their own YouTube channel named ‘Dolan Twins’. He uploaded his first video ‘The Blender Challenge’ in June 2015.
He has more than 11.1 million followers on his YouTube channel.
In 2015, after signing with the William Morris Endeavor agency, he moved to Los Angeles. On March 27, 2018, Grayson and Ethan announced their break from YouTube via a video on their channel, titled ‘Bye for Now’. In the video, he talks about how his work has changed over time and how he wants to explore himself creatively. On May 1, 2018, they announced their comeback. In June 2018, twins, James Charles (YouTuber) and Emma Chamberlain (YouTuber) formed a group called ‘The Sister Squad’ on YouTube. The squad uploaded videos of themselves on their channels and were featured prominently in YouTube Rewind 2018.
On October 8, 2019, they uploaded a sixty-minute video titled ‘It’s Time to Move On…’ in which they (Grayson and Dolan) opened up about the stress of their father’s death. In the video, they also announced that they planned to change the content of their channel and have a more flexible schedule.
Other work
In 2017, MTV’s Total Request Live (a television show) reboot enlisted the Dolan Twins (Ethan and Grayson) as its correspondents to provide on-air hosting duties.
In August 2018, he directed a music video for ‘Hawaiian Party’, a song by Australian alt-pop group Cube Sport.
In January 2020, Grayson and Ethan launched their fragrance company ‘Wackheart’.
The first product they launched was the brothers’ signature fragrance. Another product sold at Wakeheart are scented candles.
In February 2020, the Dolan Twins started a weekly podcast called ‘Deeper with the Dolan Twins’, produced by Cadence13.
They also have an online store named ‘Dolan Twins’, which sells merchandise including apparel (such as hoodies, T-shirts, joggers and socks), accessories (such as iPhone screen protectors, posters, pillows and neon lights). , and gift cards.
Awards and Achievements (as the Dolan Twins)
Teen Choice Awards 2016
- Choice Web Star: Male
Teen Choice Awards 2017
Teen Choice Awards 2018
controversies
- In 2018, several of their (Grayson and Ethan) fans, who are people of color, shared times when they received racist comments from other people in a fan group and requested the Dolan Twins to address the issue. After the news reached him, Ethan tweeted that they are all the same. Ethan’s response disappointed his fans and they called them out (the Dolan twins) because they (the fans) believed that he was not addressing the issue directly but was avoiding it. Following the backlash, Ethan tweeted that he does not tolerate racism and that he is not avoiding the issue. He further said that anyone who is discriminating against people on the basis of color, ethnicity or race should unfollow them.
- In 2020, some fans of the Dolan Twins trended ‘#DolanTwinsAreOverParty’ after an old clip of them surfaced online, in which they were seen using homophobic language. In an old YouTube video, Grayson and Ethan were discussing the bullying they faced during their high school days. Grayson remembered things people had posted about him online, including homophobic slurs. People took a short clip of Grayson saying homophobic slurs (from the video) and spread it online, causing Grayson to face massive backlash.
Signature
favorite things
Cars and Bikes Collection
- porsche
- Ducati Scrambler
Facts/General Knowledge
- Ethan and Grayson may be twins, but Grayson is 20 minutes younger than Ethan.
- He is also called ‘Grey’ in his circle of friends and family.
- Grayson enjoys skateboarding, wrestling, bowling, and surfing. However, he likes wrestling more but he gave it up when he moved to Los Angeles. Grayson also won a tournament held at Madison Square Garden.
- In February 2020, Ethan and Grayson announced that they had founded a charity called ‘Love from the Scene’ to support research, treatment and services for families and patients affected by cancer. As of 2020, the charity has raised over $368,000.
- In 2020, Ethan and Grayson released a 90-minute documentary about their father titled “Losing a Best Friend” to raise money for the charity Love from the Scene.
- In 2019, Ethan and Grayson traveled to Men’s Paris Fashion Week as brand ambassadors for Louis Vuitton.
- Grayson has several tattoos on his body; He has a wing tattoo (indicating his guardian angel), ‘Day N Night’ tattoo, a full moon tattoo and mountain scene on his right leg; She has ‘XXX’ tattooed on her right leg; His entire left leg is covered in tattoos and the letter ‘T’ is on the left foot; He has ‘Famiglia Per Sempere’ (Family Forever) tattooed on his body; He has ‘Grind’ tattooed on the inner side of his lower lip.
- He is a dog lover and has a pet dog.
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