Dane Cook, 50, stated in a recent Instagram post that he and his girlfriend Kelsi Taylor are officially engaged after five years of dating. Cook said he proposed to Taylor at York Beach, Maine, last month. Taylor had accepted the ring, according to the description of his proposal video on Instagram. As of now, the post has received over 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 people were put off by the couple’s age difference of more than 26 years. Cook has taken a lot of heat for reports that he groomed his 23-year-old girlfriend. Cook’s habit of inviting adolescent females to his “gaming night” gatherings sparked heated debate online.
What exactly are the Allegations leveled against Dane Cook?
Dane Cook and Kelsi Taylor made their romance on the Instagram public in April 2017. Taylor was 18 at the time. Cook’s connection with Taylor, on the other hand, is said to have started while she was in her teens. Some Redditors speculated that the two were associated with each other while Taylor was underage. These hypotheses seem to stem from Taylor’s inclusion in the actor’s Instagram post on October 8, 2016. She was approximately 17 at the time.
The bulk of these public charges stemmed from writer Tracie Egan Morrissey’s Instagram tales about the pair. She claimed in one of her tales at the time:
“She was completely underage when they initially started hanging together.”
Dane Cook had a number of “gaming nights” with his buddies about 2016 and invited a number of well-known celebrities who were virtually usually in their teens. These celebs who were teenagers at the time included 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 Dane Cook-hosted game night party on March 19, 2017. Two days later, the two are said to have gone to a concert, although in a group setting.
Taylor was seen visiting Cook’s residence many times a month later. Taylor was apparently at Cook’s residence in April 2017 with two other people. It was allegedly the premiere party for American Gods, in which Cook played a role. All of the above occasions of Taylor being seen with Cook in a group situation were collated from the comedian turned actor’s Instagram postings by Redditor u/sendchickens. All of the grooming claims seem to have stemmed from Morrissey’s ‘investigation.’ As a result, there are no proven reports that Dane Cook and Kelsi Taylor’s relationship started while she was underage.
Netizens criticize Dane Cook for his now-fiancee Kelsi Taylor’s relationship
Following revelations of Cook’s game night parties with underage celebrities, the 50-year-old comedian has been embroiled in several issues. This criticism was exacerbated when he made public his connection with Kelsi Taylor. Following their public relationship, several comments and Reddit threads claimed that the comedian was a ped**hile. They also made unsubstantiated charges about his grooming Taylor when she was 17. As of now, it seems that the majority of these contentious theories lack substantial evidence.
I had a huuuuge crush on Dane Cook in middle school. Had no idea I was too old for him.
— Jessica Singer (@jessicasdumthot) August 3, 2022
Dane Cook texting his wife. pic.twitter.com/h3J4v1o23a
— Chris Stephens (@ChrisStephensMD) August 4, 2022
