Oh please, the only reason he said it was to throw off the complaining and "cancelling" part of the fanbase, to look like a saint again. He doesn't support shit, the whole drama mess obviously goes against his interests. We've seen how mad he got at a fan for supporting drama part recently, and it was not just him being impulsive "excited kween".
I'm still convinced that it was J* who pressured Shane into abandoning those ideas, bc as selfish as Shane is, he would unlikely contact JC AFTER he recorded AND edited several episodes dedicated to dramageddon 2.0. He may be slow on the uptake, but he def wouldn't ask if it's "okay to film and upload" after the work had been done, he's lazy as fuck, he would assure of that prior to filming and editing. And now Shane takes the blame, makes up ridiculous facts (e.g. trailer was ready in march), and Jeffree in this very video covers for this pig slacker saying how hard Shane tried to edit ("to perfect" in the words of J*) episodes during the premiere, which again puts all Shane's whining on "tough editing" during spring/summer in doubt.
J* analysed and decided that the drama part won't do him a favour and would also affect on the product image and sales, but it was too late to cancel it discreetly. So he created this shitstorm after launch and swiftly turned tables with a pretty smart castling move, people didn't even have time to react, and suddenly Jeffree "we just gave birth to our baby how dare you" Star is all for drama parts and Shane "I think I want to cancel the series" Dawson posts stories where he cries while editing the new episodes. Shane is in deep shit with this pro-manipulator, imo. He just doesn't realise it yet because it's all good for him.