On Monday, June 24th, 2019, YouTube star Tana
Mongeau tweeted,
"JAKE JUST PROPOSED."
And just like that, the internet was set ablaze
over two of the biggest YouTube personalities,
Mongeau and Jake Paul, getting engaged.
According to BuzzFeed, the pair started dating
only a few months ago, leading many to believe
the engagement was strictly for show.
One user tweeted,
"I honest to god cannot tell if anything tana
mongeau does is real or fake and now she's
engaged to jake Paul so I'm even more confused
about her life."
Another person tweeted,
"IF SOMEONE DOESNT TELL ME IF TANA AND JAKE
ARE REAL IM GONNA SCREAM!
Is the relationship real?
Is the engagement real?
Am i being punked?"
It's easy to understand why people would question
this relationship because in a September 2017
interview with The New York Times, Paul admitted
that his relationship with another social
media influencer, Erika Costell, was completely
fake.
He said at the time,
"We're not even actually dating.
It's like the WWE.
People know that's fake, and it's one of the
biggest things of entertainment."
However, Mongeau insists this proposal is
legit.
When Fuller House actress Ashley Liao replied
to Mongeau's announcement with:
"If this is a joke i'm going to be pissed"
The newly-engaged influencer shot back:
"it's not.
i'm engaged.
holy f---."
According to E! News, Paul proposed in Las
Vegas during Mongeau's 21st birthday celebrations
in Sin City.
She tweeted,
"damn i just blew out my birthday candles
and truly thought 'i have everything i'd wish
for' and legit got emotional."
Despite her public display of joy, the critical
takes continued online.
One skeptic tweeted:
"i feel like tana mongeau & jake paul's relationship
is gonna be this half-real-half-a-joke thing
until they're literally 50 years old & have
2 kids in college & they're FaceTiming each
other from opposite ends of the mansion & that's
when they realize it was real the whole time."
Another user added:
"tana mongeau getting a brand new car for
her birthday even tho she doesnt have a license
and cant drive it….. and then getting 'engaged'
to jake f---ing paul for clout….
i hate big youtube culture im sorry."
While plenty of folks were skeptical and/or
happy for the pair, actress Bella Thorne was
sad.
According to TMZ, Thorne and Mongeau dated
for a year before splitting up in February
2019.
The Famous In Love star wished Mongeau a happy
birthday on Instagram, and the post included
a sweet picture of the two with a caption
that read:
However, on Thorne's, quote, "'fake' Instagram,
which she's publicly confirmed that she runs,
the actress posted a picture of herself with
red, crying eyes and a caption with more than
30 crying emojis that said,
It's unclear if this engagement is for true
love or for views, but one thing's for sure
the Twitter reactions were pure gold.
One user tweeted,
"if jake Paul can somehow convince a girl
to live [with] him for the rest of her LIFE
anything is possible don’t stop dreamin
don’t stop believin"
Another user appeared to have a pop culture
meltdown after discovering the newly engaged
duo for the first time, writing,
"I made the mistake of looking into this Jake
Paul and Tana thing.
Had never heard of them...
[O.M.F.G] I want to shoot myself in the face
at the disgusting display of Neanderthal behavior.
Please #freebritney and save pop culture.
In the name of Michael Jackson, please, dear
Lord."
Alongside a video from the night of the proposal,
another user tweeted,
"Nothing says I love you like [Jake Paul]
using bottle service in the club to propose
to [Tana Mongeau]!!!"
"That's what a good clout relationship is
all about, though."
"Yeah this is a clout lab."
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