'Best day of my life': Shane Dawson marries Ryland Adams in courthouse ceremony after 7 years of dating
PARKER, COLORADO: YouTubers Shane Dawson and Ryland Adams are married after a seven-year relationship. The 34-year-old conspiracy theorist and documentary maker and the 31-year-old vlogger shared the exciting news on Instagram with a photo of them kissing in front of a courthouse on Thursday, January 12. Shane and Ryland were married on January 3, 2023 in Colorado. They also shared a 23-minute vlog documenting their seven-year relationship and the big day on their YouTube channel.
"We're married!! ❤️ the best day of my life. :)" the Instagram post read. "We're getting married today!" an enthusiastic Dawson earlier shared in the YouTube video, as Adams added, "I honestly can't believe it!" "We really started planning our wedding for a specific day," Adams continued. "We started telling our family to book the day. We had the day planned out and the event planned out for what we thought was going to be our wedding. Logistically, it's better to get our marriage license in Colorado and because we're leaving to go back to California tomorrow, today is the last day we have to execute on that." The couple has been together since 2016. Shane proposed to Ryland on their third anniversary in 2019.
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"I thought it was like, you know, we just go to the courthouse, do the paperwork, not really tell anybody and then have the wedding in a month or two in LA — and then I found out, no, it's a real wedding," Dawson added. "We have to do vows." "It's about time that the two of us get married!" Adams said, adding that they are hoping to have children by the end of the year. In an effort to make the day even more special, Ryland wore the same shirt he wore when Shane proposed, while his husband joked about wearing the same underwear he wore on their first date.
They documented the entire courthouse experience, including reading their marriage vows aloud and sharing their first official kiss as a couple. The couple attempted to get finger tattoos instead of wedding rings to commemorate the day but decided against it after an artist explained the tattoos would eventually rub off. They decided to treat themselves to a "wedding cake" instead, so they went to a Voodoo Doughnuts. The pair then revealed the exciting news to their family in the following scene, and the video ended with a look back at some of their most memorable times together.
At the end of the heartwarming wedding day video, Adams read a message he wrote to himself in 2015 that summarized what was to come. "One aspect I'm missing in my life is love," he said. "I've always worked so hard to pay rent and get jobs and maintain my LA family, not to mention a perfect boy has never mistakenly fallen into my lap. I always push it aside, but the older I get, the harder that is to do. I want someone to share my successes with, to be there and someone to experience the world with."
He added, "The problem with that is, I'm addicted to work ... it's the life I love but I think something's got to give. I intend to work hard. I intend to find love. I intend to do what is right for me. I choose happy."