‘Danny Go!’ Creator Admits It Was ‘Difficult’ Making Kids’ Content Amid Son’s Terminal Cancer Battle

Daniel Coleman was helping millions of kids sing and dance through their day with Danny Go!, but he was facing an unimaginable struggle at home.

In a new interview with Time published on June 1, Coleman, 40, revealed what it was like to continue to make content for children while his own 14-year-old son, Isaac, was diagnosed with terminal cancer.

“There’s the other side of doing kids’ content when your kid is not healthy that is difficult,” Coleman explained during the interview which was recorded before Isaac died on May 21.

“I don’t know how things will go over the next few months, to be honest” he continued. “But I want to believe there’s enough light on the other side, especially just seeing how much this show means to, not just kids, but other families experiencing painful situations.”

Coleman went on to add that he received letters from families sharing their own issues and, at times, they provided their own kind of motivation.

“We hear a lot of stories, some of them very sad and honestly overwhelming – like the number of sad stories you hear,” he told the publication. “But that can be fuel for wanting to continue even when things feel painful at home. Any time there’s a light to it or your show meant a lot to this kid or if it’s a sibling that was lost and then the remaining one, the show is kind of the connection. That’s the stuff.”

As In Touch previously reported, Coleman announced that Isaac had been moved to hospice care after being diagnosed with stage 3 cancer earlier this year.

“Haven’t updated on Isaac’s cancer in a bit and it’s still difficult for me to process and talk about,” he wrote via Instagram on April 23. “But the high-level update is that his cancer has continued to spread aggressively and his energy levels have dropped very low.”

The YouTube star shared that he and his wife, Mindy, had “shifted into a comfort-focused approach” and they had brought “a hospice team onboard” to help with Isaac’s pain.

Nearly a month later, Coleman revealed that Isaac had died.

“Your 14 years were full of so many challenges, but you met them all with such grit…and you somehow kept your trademark joy in spite of it all,” he wrote in a heartbreaking message on Instagram on May 22. “You truly had a spark like no other, Isaac! Remembering how loved you were and how full of life your time here was gives me great comfort. Being your dad was the honor of a lifetime. I’m so proud of you and I love you forever. Rest peacefully, son.”