Rainer Dawn: Was his kiss with Harlan real? Is Aidan his boyfriend? Is that really his d*ck? And three more questions

When I was researching Nickelodeon teencom star Robert Ri'chard, this photo of someone named Rainer Dawn (not Rainier) appeared.  Never heard of him, but he must have been on Nickelodeon at some point, and his Instagram features a lot of pictures with his boyfriend, Aidan, in formal wear, visiting Italy, having a romantic moment on their boat, and so on.  

An actor, gay, with abs.  That's enough for me.

Rainer and his partner have the same last name -- they must have chosen "Dawn" when they married.  Which will prove a problem for research, since most of their acting will be under their previous names.     

But I'm up to the task.

I have six questions.

Question 1: Is Rainer Dawn a Yale grad?

Here Rainer, wearing a Yale jacket and giving his husband his leg, is promoting and about to see The Game, presented by the Yale Sigma Nu fraternity in 2023.  He must be a Yale man.

Time for a Google search. 

He is from Santa Cruz, he does runway and fashion modeling, and when he was 15, he sailed through Indonesia in his uncle's catamaran.  

So Dawn is his birth name.  The boyfriend must have adopted it when they married.

Rainer graduated from Santa Monica College in 2022 with an Associate's Degree in Economics. 

Question 2: Did Rainer star in a teencom on Nickelodeon?

No Nickelodeon.  Only two acting credits are listed on the IMDB: 

Noah in The Wrong Blind Date (2022), one of those "The Wrong ___"  damsel in distress movies directed by David DeCoteau.  Noah dated focus character Laura in high school, and now gets targeted by the "blind date" trying to kill off the competition.

Cody in five episodes of Wolf Pack (2023), a one-season teenage werewolf series on Paramount Plus starring Rodrigo Santino (left).  According to the blurb: "A teenage boy and girl get their lives changed forever when a California wildfire awakens a terrifying supernatural creature."

Answer: No.

Question 3: Was his kiss with Harlan real?

The fan wiki entry for Cody has him seeing main character Harlan (Tyler Lawrence Gray) at the gym, selling him drugs later, and then flirting with him at a party, causing another guy to get jealous and ask if he likes boys or girls.  Cody replies that he "doesn't like labels," which means that he's gay but doesn't want to come out.

But fans describe them starting a relationship, and the kiss as "perfect."  

Answer: Real

 

Question 4: Is Aidan his boyfriend?

Here's where it gets tricky.  There are so many photos of Rainer and Aidan acting like romantic partners, and they have the same last name.  Surely they're married.

But a post on X reveals a rumor that Rainer is dating Olivia Rodrigo, the singer/songwriter who got her start on Disney Channel teencoms, Bizaardvark and High School Musical: the Musical: The Series.  She has released 8 multi-platinum songs.  I never heard of her, but then, I don't follow popular music.

Left: Ethan Wacker, Olivia's costar in Bizaardvark

More after the break

Rainer confirms the rumor: "It's true -- I was there."  But Who's Dating Who lists Olivia's boyfriends as Ethan Wacker, Joshua Basset, Adam Faze, Zack Bia, and Louis Partridge (below).

He must be joking, but why would he joke about dating Olivia if he is with Aidan?

Let's have another look at Aidan.

According to his Linkedin, he is a recent graduate of the University of San Francisco in Environmental Studies, interested in "the intersection of sustainability and business to effectively drive increased quality of life around the world."

His Instagram contains no pictures of Rainer.  He spends a lot of time with shirtless guys, but he goes to senior prom with a woman, photographed in a long line of boy-girl couples: "If only Paymoney's Jams were as fine as my date."

And I found a newspaper article from when he was trapped in a cave-in at the age of nine.  He's from Santa Cruz, like Rainer. 

Same last name...

Answer: No, Aidan is not Rainer's boyfriend.  He is Rainer's brother.

Sneakyd due was just pretending to be in love with Aidan to mess with his fans. 

I am not amused. 

Question 5: Is Rainer Dawn related to Delta Dawn?

 "Delta Dawn" is a country-western song about the titular faded Southern belle, who was dumped at the altar and then did the Miss Havisham routine, moping about for years and decades in her increasinly pungent wedding dress, claiming that the groom was just delayed, he'd be around presently. 

 It was recorded by Bette Midler, Tanya Tucker, Helen Reddy, Loretta Lynn, and everyone else.  During the 1970s, you heard it everywhere.  I didn't need to look up the lyrics, and I don't even like country-western music:

Delta Dawn, what's that flower you got on?  

Could it be a faded rose from yesterday?

And did I hear you say, he was coming for you today

To take you to his mansion in the sky

Answer: No.  Delta Dawn is a fictional character.

Question #6: Is that really his d*ck?

Answer: I'm afraid not, Janet.  But isn't it nice?

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