Jake Shane
{{Short description|American influencer and comedian (born 1999 or 2000)}}
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| birth_name = Jacob Shane Roshkow
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|10|27}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| other_names = Octopusslover8
| alma_mater = University of Southern California (BASc)
| occupation = {{hlist|Influencer|comedian}}
| mother = Helaine Olen
| years_active = 2021–present
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| website = {{URL|passthatpuss.com}}
| module = {{Infobox TikTok personality
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| page = octopusslover8
| page_display_name = Jake Shane
| followers = 3.6 million
| likes = 401 million
| stats_update = May 11, 2025
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Jacob Shane Roshkow, also known as Jake Shane, or online as Octopusslover8, is an American influencer and comedian. In 2023, his TikTok videos featuring humorous reenactments of historical events went viral. Also in 2023, he was nominated for a Streamy Award and appeared on TikTok's inaugural LGBTQ+ Pride Visionary Voices List and on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
Early life
Jacob Shane Roshkow{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxfDp4KTHgg |title=Jake Shane {{!}} Octopusslover8, Taylor Swift, White House Fail |date=2023-07-07 |last=Zach Sang Show |access-date=2024-06-25 |via=YouTube}} was born on October 27, 1999 in Los Angeles, California and moved to Washington Heights in New York at the age of 2.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnRZfhgON_s |title=Jake Shane Explores {{!}} #AMSR {{!}} W Magazine |date=2024-07-01 |last=W Magazine |access-date=2024-07-01 |via=YouTube}} His mother, Helaine Olen, is an author and columnist for The Washington Post. He has described himself as "a closeted kid". He has stated that he did acting as a child, performing in his school's production of Thoroughly Modern Millie in sixth grade, but quit due to his insecurities after switching schools. He also took improv lessons at the Gotham Comedy Club while attending high school on the Upper West Side, Manhattan.{{cite magazine |last1=Jones |first1=C. T. |title=TikTok's Favorite Comedian Is Rehashing Ancient History |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/octopusslover8-jake-shane-tiktok-1234739791/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=April 2, 2024 |date=May 23, 2023}} Shane moved to Los Angeles at 18 while working as an assistant at a record label. He attended the University of Southern California, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and Science degree in public relations in 2022.{{cite web |title=Jake Shane: Profile |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/jake-shane/?sh=2f89791037af |website=Forbes |access-date=April 2, 2024}}
Career
Shane started his social media career in 2021 as an Instagram food critic of octopus, using the handle @passthatpuss.{{cite web |last1=MacCary |first1=Julia |title=Comedy's Next Generation Is On TikTok |url=https://variety.com/2023/digital/focus/tiktok-comedians-jake-shane-demarcus-shawn-1235674129/ |website=Variety |access-date=April 2, 2024 |date=July 21, 2023}} He created it after his mom took him to try octopus for the first time when he was in high school. Jake created a TikTok account also for octopus reviews, where @passthatpuss was taken so he created the username "@octopusslover8" because they have 8 tentacles.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f52SparfT7I |title=Jake Shane Guesses Cheap Vs. Expensive: Octopus Edition {{!}} Expensive Taste Test {{!}} Cosmopolitan |date=2023-06-30 |last=Cosmopolitan |access-date=2024-06-25 |via=YouTube}} In February 2023, Shane became known for his TikTok videos, in which he humorously reenacted historical events per requests in his comments, starting with the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal, which gained him 100,000 followers within one week of its posting.{{cite web |last1=Thatcher |first1=Kirsty |title='This Deserves More Likes': The TikTok Comedian Everyone (Including Sofia Richie) Is Obsessed With |url=https://www.elle.com.au/culture/celebrity/who-is-jake-shane-tiktok-28840/ |website=Elle |access-date=April 2, 2024 |date=June 28, 2023}} Other reenactments included dinosaurs seeing a comet, the Last Supper, John Hancock signing the United States Declaration of Independence, Moses parting the Red Sea, and a President who did not make it onto Mount Rushmore.{{cite web |last1=Tracy |first1=Brianne |title=TikTok Star Jake Shane on His Spotify Collab and Newfound Olivia Rodrigo Friendship (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/tiktok-star-jake-shane-talks-spotify-collab-olivia-rodrigo-friendship-exclusive-7560881 |website=People |access-date=April 1, 2024 |date=July 14, 2023}}{{cite web |last1=O'Connor |first1=Florence |title=Jake Shane Might Be the Funniest (and Most Anxious) Guy on TikTok |url=https://www.gq.com/story/jake-shane-tiktok-interview |website=GQ |access-date=April 2, 2024 |date=April 20, 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Weiss |first1=Geoff |title=Who is Octopusslover8, aka Jake Shane? The breakout influencer known for his surreal sketches and famous connections has taken everyone's TikTok FYP by storm |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/octopusslover8-aka-jake-shane-breakthrough-tiktok-star-sofia-richie-2023-7#the-tiktok-star-wants-to-be-an-actor-4 |website=Business Insider |access-date=April 1, 2024 |date=July 20, 2023}} He signed with WME in March 2023; by then his account had gained over one and a half million followers.{{cite web |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |title=TikTok Comedian Jake Shane, aka Octopusslover8, Signs With WME |url=https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/tiktok-jake-shane-octopusslover8-wme-1235566481/ |website=Variety |access-date=April 1, 2024 |date=March 29, 2023}}
Shane was nominated for the Streamy Award for Breakout Creator at the 13th Streamy Awards in 2023, though the award was won by Dylan Mulvaney.{{cite web |last1=Blanchet |first1=Brenton |title=Dylan Mulvaney Wins Breakout Creator at 2023 Streamy Awards — and Says 'I'm Gonna Go Have a Beer' |url=https://people.com/2023-streamy-awards-breakout-creator-dylan-mulvaney-7853036 |website=People |access-date=April 2, 2024 |date=August 27, 2023}} He was also included on TikTok's inaugural LGBTQ+ Pride Visionary Voices List in May 2023.{{cite web |last1=Portée |first1=Alex |title=Exclusive: Meet the creators on TikTok's first-ever LGBTQ+ Visionary Voices list |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/tiktoks-lgbtq-visionary-voices-list-2023-rcna86842 |website=Today |access-date=April 2, 2024 |date=May 31, 2023}} In September 2023, he signed with United Talent Agency for representation in all areas.{{cite web |last1=Vlessing |first1=Etan |title=TikTok Comic Jake Shane Signs With UTA (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/tiktok-comic-jake-shane-uta-1235587893/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=April 2, 2024 |date=September 12, 2023}} He was featured on the 2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 list and had more than two and a half million followers on TikTok by December 2023.{{cite web |last1=Cooper |first1=Justin |title=Dylan Mulvaney, Boygenius, Chris Olsen: Queer Celebs Fill Forbes List |url=https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/dylan-mulvaney-boygenius-chris-olsen-queer-celebs-fill-forbes-list/227318 |website=Star Observer |access-date=April 2, 2024 |date=November 30, 2023}}
Shane's podcast, Therapuss with Jake Shane, in which Shane responds to listener questions in the style of a therapy session alongside a different co-host each episode, launched in January 2024.{{cite web |last1=Tingley |first1=Anna |date=January 1, 2024 |title=TikTok Comedian Jake Shane Announces 'Therapuss' Podcast (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/jake-shane-podcast-therapuss-1235858911/ |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=Variety}} On November 22, 2024 Jake Shane released his debut album Puss & Poems.
In 2025, Shane was cast as Social Media Girlie in season four of the comedy series Hacks, which co-stars Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder.
Personal life and public image
Shane frequently posts on social media about his mental health, specifically regarding his experiences with anxiety and obsessive–compulsive disorder, which he has stated he has struggled with since age seven and was diagnosed with as a teenager. He also often posts videos about him being a Swiftie.{{cite web |last1=Fowler |first1=Grace |title='Did you SEE the way she smirked?': Taylor Swift sings 'Labyrinth' on returning Eras Tour. Swifties say it's a message to Travis Kelce |url=https://www.dailydot.com/news/taylor-swift-labyrinth-eras-tour-travis-kelce/ |website=The Daily Dot |access-date=April 2, 2024 |date=November 10, 2023}} Jake's roommates Julia Mervis, Payton Purther, and Brett Chody also sometimes appear in his posts, or help film his skits performing as a humorized version of certain objects or reenactments of historical (and sometimes fictional) events. One person on Jake's team, Julia helps him manage many things including his podcast.
Geoff Weiss of Business Insider wrote in 2023 that "no TikToker [had] reached mass consciousness" like Shane since fellow influencer Alix Earle became popular on the platform the year prior. For Variety, Julia MacCary wrote, "Perhaps no one better embodies the app's ability to quickly catapult someone into stardom than Jake Shane." Queerty{{'}}s Carson Mlnarik described him as a "short and sassy queer content-creator" who "skyrocketed to viral fame" in 2023.{{cite web |last1=Mlnarik |first1=Carson |title=Prince Harry's frozen todger, Nicole Kidman & Jake Shane's gay TikTok chaos: 10 things we're obsessed with this year |url=https://www.queerty.com/prince-harrys-frozen-todger-nicole-kidman-jake-shanes-gay-tiktok-chaos-10-things-were-obsessed-with-this-year-20231231 |website=Queerty |access-date=April 2, 2024 |date=December 31, 2023}}
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Category:USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism alumni
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