SHANE
Jacob

• 1. Career

Jacob Shane Roshkow 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.

Career

Shane started his social media career in 2021 as an Instagram food critic of octopus, using the handle @passthatpuss. 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. 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. 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. He signed with WME in March 2023; by then his account had gained over one and a half million followers.

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. He was also included on TikTok's inaugural LGBTQ+ Pride Visionary Voices List in May 2023. In September 2023, he signed with United Talent Agency for representation in all areas. 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.

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. On November 22, 2024, Shane released his debut album Puss & Poems.

In 2025, Shane was cast in season four of the comedy series Hacks, which co-stars Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder.