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Who is Scott Cawthon's wife? Online threats leave animator's pregnant wife scared

Animator Scott Cawthon received a lot of flak online after it was revealed that he had donated to Trump's campaign

On Thursday, June 10, animator Scott Cawthon started trending on Twitter after an internet user shared screenshots of his public filing, which indicated that he made many donations to former president Donald Trump. As soon as the internet got hold of the news, people started posting hate tweets about him. Now, Cawthon has opened up about the "threats" he received because of his political views and how it is affecting him and his "6 weeks pregnant wife".

On Saturday, June 12, Cawthon wrote a long post on Reddit, with the headline, "My response, and maybe last post." In the long post, he wrote, "This message isn't specifically directly at the Freddit community; this is just the community that I care about the most and where I choose to post these things. I never cared much for Twitter anyway."

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He further said, "To say that the last few days have been surreal would be an understatement. I've debated greatly how best to address this, including not addressing it at all, but with so many people from the LGBT community in the fanbase that I love, that's not an option. I'd like to think that the last seven years would have given me the benefit of the doubt in regards to how I try to treat people, but there I was, trending on twitter for being a homophobe, getting doxed, with people threatening to come to my house. My wife is six weeks pregnant and she spent last night in fear because of what was being said online. She has already been struggling with her pregnancy so seeing her so afraid really scared me. All this because I exercised my right, and my duty, as an American citizen, to vote for and support the candidates who I felt could best run the country, for everyone, and that's something that I won't apologize for."

Born on July 26, 1971, Cawthon began his career in game design and animation in the 1990s. He started his gaming career in 2002 after releasing RPG Max, which created animations for people with Christian values. Similarly, in the year 2007, Cawthon released the first part of his eight-part series named The Pilgrim’s Progress on his own Youtube channel. On June 13, 2014, Cawthon submitted Five Nights at Freddy's to Steam's Greenlight system. The game was accepted in Steam's Greenlight on August 18, 2014, and was released for $4.99. On November 10, 2014, Cawthon released the first sequel titled, 'Five Nights at Freddy's 2' for $7.99 on Steam, in the popular video game he provided the voice of Phone Guy. Cawthon has always remained very secretive about his personal life, but it is revealed that he currently resides at Salado, Texas, along with his wife and his children. He is originally from Fort Worth, Texas. Cawthon has two children whose names are Ian Cawthon and Braden Cawthon.

Talking about equality, in his Reddit post, he wrote, "For those who took the time to look, you saw that the candidates I supported included men, women, white people, black people, republicans, and democrats. I supported Kimberly Klacik in Baltimore because I believed that she really cared for the African American community there and wanted to pull them out of poverty. I believed she could have really make a difference in a time when so many black communities were struggling. She lost, unfortunately. I supported Tulsi Gabbard, a democrat, even though I disagreed with her on several issues, because I felt she would have been a good and fair president. And yes, I supported President Trump, because I felt he was the best man to fuel a strong economy and stand up to America's enemies abroad, of which there are many. Even if there were candidates who had better things to say to the LGBT community directly, and bigger promises to make, I believed that their stances on other issues would have ended up doing much greater harm to those communities than good. All of this explanation, I fear, is wasted, as people don't want to discuss with one another anymore; they want endless apologies and submission. People who are expecting those from me will get neither."

He further said, "I've always been supportive of creators, and have tried to treat everyone fairly, and treat everyone with dignity and respect. I've never cared about anyone's race, religion, gender, or orientation. I just treat people as people, everyone the same, and because of that, I've ended up with a very diverse group of people that I've worked with over the years. It wasn't intentional. It just happened that way. I choose people who are best for the job; I treat everyone the same, and I ended up with people from all walks of life in my professional life and my personal life as well. That's the way it should be. That's the way I want it to be. That's the way I will continue to be. I'm a republican. I'm a Christian. I'm pro-life. I believe in God. I also believe in equality, and in science, and in common sense. Despite what some may say, all of those things can go together. That's not an apology or promise to change, it's the way it's always been. If I get cancelled, then I get cancelled. I don't do this for the money anymore; I do it because I enjoy it. If people think I'm doing more harm than good now, then maybe it's better that I get cancelled and retire. I would accept that. I've had a fulfilling career. Besides, most things that people can take from you are things that never had much value to begin with. I have always loved, and will continue to love, this community and this fanbase, even if someday it doesn't include me anymore."

As soon as Cawthon's reply to online hatred came to light, people started showing their support. One person tweeted, "Thank you Scott Cawthon for making everything possible after all of these years. And Scott if you are reading this, I do believe that you are an amazing person, and you inspired me and even some of my friends, to make most of these FNAF VHS content, and more. #istandbyscott." While another one said, "#istandbyscott this fanbase only exists because of the FANS, Even if Scott was canceled for what he did, This fanbase would have still accepted EVERYONE for who they were- This fanbase exists because we love one thing- Five Nights at Freddy's."

Another Cawthon's fan wrote, "the whole Scott Cawthon controversy is making me really sad, I really like Scott, he doesn't deserve that, this makes me hate twitter even more." While another one said, "I wake up to people hating on, sending threats to and point blank attacking Scott Cawthon for previously supporting Trump. Scott's never done anything to warrant this shit. Even if he had - it's no reason to send death threats. Him and his (currently pregnant) wife are scared."

Earlier this week, one Internet user shared a screenshot of his public filing and wrote, "Turns out scott cawthon, well-known as the creator of five nights at freddy's and less known as being a christian fundie, maxed out his political donations to republican candidates and PACs in 2020." Adding more screenshots, the person said, "Trump, McConnell, carson, nunes, the (s)hits." The person further said, "Some people might be tripped up by the lone dem on that list, tulsi gabbard, but if you look at her politics the picture becomes clear. she's a crypto-fash who's allied with hindutva militias, pushes anti-trans bills and appeared on PragerU..." and said that "Scott is notch minus the candy wall." The Twitter user further shared a link to Cawthon's public filing.