Dane Cook, 50, announced in a recent Instagram post that he and his girlfriend, Kelsi Taylor, are officially engaged after dating for five years. Cook said he proposed to Taylor in York Beach, Maine, last month. Taylor accepted the ring, according to the description of his proposal video on Instagram. So far, the post has received more than 30,000 thousand likes from individuals such as YouTuber and model Amanda Cerny, TV personality and former Marine Cody Nickson, and actor Matthew Espinosa, among others.
However, many were put off by the couple’s age difference of more than 26 years. Cook became very angry over reports that he had been grooming his 23-year-old girlfriend. Cook’s habit of inviting teenage girls to his “game night” gatherings sparked a heated debate online.
What exactly were the allegations made against Dana Cook?
Dane Cook and Kelsi Taylor announced their romance on Instagram in April 2017. Taylor was 18 at the time. Cook’s relationship with Taylor, on the other hand, reportedly began when she was in her teens. Some Redditors speculated that the two were involved with each other while Taylor was underage. These hypotheses appear to stem from what Taylor included in the actor’s Instagram post on October 8, 2016. She was approximately 17 years old at the time.
Most of these public accusations stemmed from writer Tracia Egan Morrissey’s Instagram stories about the couple. She claimed in one of her stories at the time:
“She was completely underage when they started dating.”
Dane Cook had several “gaming nights” with his friends about 2016 and invited a number of famous celebrities who were almost usually in their teens. These celebrities who were teenagers at the time include Joey King, Kelsi Taylor, Isabelle Fuhrman, Bella Thorne and Noah Centineo, according to the r/DeuxMoix subreddit. Meanwhile, the same Reddit thread suggested that Kelsi Taylor first attended a night party hosted by Dane Cook on March 19, 2017. Two days later, the two reportedly went to a concert, albeit in a group setting.
Taylor was seen visiting Cook’s residence numerous times a month later. Taylor was allegedly at Cook’s residence in April 2017 with two other people. It was supposedly the premiere party for American Gods, in which Cook had a role. All of the above occasions where Taylor was seen with Cook in a group situation were collected from the comedian-turned-actor’s Instagram posts by Redditor u/sendchickens. All the grooming claims seem to have come out of Morrissey’s ‘investigation’. As a result, there are no proven reports that Dane Cook and Kelsi Taylor’s relationship began while she was a minor.
Netizens are criticizing Dane Cook over his now-fiancée Kelsi Taylor’s relationship
After the revelations of Cook’s night parties with underage celebrities, the 50-year-old comedian was involved in several problems. This criticism worsened when he went public with his relationship with Kelsi Taylor. Following their public relationship, several comments and threads on Reddit claimed the comedian was a pediatrician. They also made unfounded allegations about him grooming Taylor when she was 17. So far, most of these controversial theories seem to lack hard evidence.
I had a huge crush on Dane Cook in high school. I had no idea I was too old for him.
— Jessica Singer (@jessicasdumthot) August 3, 2022
Dane Cook texts his wife. pic.twitter.com/h3J4v1o23a
— Chris Stephens (@ChrisStephensMD) August 4, 2022
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