“Individuals have been like, ‘I noticed your mama on the information with a busted tooth, strung out,'” the Mama June: Household Disaster star remembers whereas additionally sharing the place she stands along with her mom now after June spent $35,000 of her cash.
Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson is reflecting on Mama June’s battle with substance abuse.
In a wide-ranging interview for Individuals’s newest cowl story, the 19-year-old actuality star opened up about her mom’s previous cocaine habit, which was documented on the household’s TLC sequence, and shared the place they stand now after Mama June spent $35,000 of her cash.
June and her then-boyfriend, Geno Doak, have been arrested and charged with felony drug possession in March 2019. The 2 initially pleaded not responsible to the fees towards them. Later, as a part of a pair of plea agreements, June was sentenced to 100 hours of neighborhood service, whereas Doak was given 16 months in a Group Corrections program — avoiding time behind bars. The pair later attended rehab, earlier than splitting in 2021.
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Trying again at her mom’s habits previous to her arrest, Alana stated, “I seen one thing was off about her.”
“She began locking her doorways, which actually made me suppose, ‘Oh, what’s she doing?'” she added.
The TLC star stated the headlines about her mother’s habit adopted her to high school.
“Individuals have been like, ‘I noticed your mama on the information with a busted tooth, strung out,'” she instructed Individuals. “I am like, ‘Nice, like I did not see that, too.'”
In the meantime, the final season of Mama June: Household Disaster detailed a monetary battle between Alana, alongside along with her older sister, Lauryn “Pumpkin” Elfird, and Mama June, who spent $35,000 of Alana’s cash, which she earned from showing on Dancing with the Stars and The Masked Singer.
Alana revealed to Individuals that whereas her mom just lately returned her cash, she claimed Mama June has not apologized.
“There was no, “I am sorry,'” Alana stated, earlier than additionally claiming that she has by no means seen a cent from her years showing on TLC’s Right here Comes Honey Boo Boo, which ran for 4 seasons from 2012 to 2014.
The present adopted Alana and her household after her years on the kid pageant circuit, which was documented on Toddlers & Tiaras.
Nonetheless, June, for her half, instructed Individuals, “I am unable to actually discuss [the money],” teasing, “That is a part of this season.”
Whereas Mama June’s struggles and substance abuse — and the drama relating to Alana’s funds — led to a years-long strained relationship between the mom and daughter, Alana instructed Individuals that they’ve patched issues up … for essentially the most half.
“[Forgiveness] was exhausting, however on the finish of the day, she’s my mother. When she was unhealthy in her habit I simply saved eager about the day she’d get well,” Alana stated. “We’re going fairly good. Hopefully it lasts. I simply now not have any expectations for her.”
June — who has been sober for over 5 years — chimed in, admitting, “I do not keep in mind who that particular person was, as a result of I’ve labored a lot on myself.”
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In the meantime, elsewhere within the cowl story, Alana opened up about narrating the upcoming Lifetime biopic about her life, I Was Honey Boo Boo.
The movie dramatizes the story of her childhood on the pageant circuit, which turned her and her household into actuality tv stars on TLC’s Toddlers and Tiaras. Alana (Vale Cooper) struggles underneath the stress from Mama June (Chelsea Larkin), whom Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efird (Georgia Small) learns has “spent all of the Honey Boo Boo cash,” earlier than June faces scandals and authorized bother.
Whereas speaking in regards to the movie with Individuals, Alana — who describes Mama June’s love as “transactional” within the trailer — alluded that though she does not need the biopic to be overly vital of her mom, she wished it to be an correct portrayal.
“I didn’t need this film to be throwing punches at my mama and making her out to be the unhealthy man,” Alana stated. “However I didn’t maintain again. And if she will get mad, on the finish of the day, it is the reality.”
As for her life now, Alana — who’s learning nursing at Regis College in Colorado — would be the first particular person in her household to get a school diploma.
“I simply at all times instructed myself, , that you just need to do one thing higher together with your life and larger together with your life than simply being on TV, so you have to rise up and go. You have to graduate so you can also make it to varsity and be the nurse that you just need to be,” she stated, later including, “I like that I’ve persevered previous who individuals thought I used to be.”
I Was Honey Boo Boo premieres Saturday, Might 17 Lifetime, whereas Season 7 of Mama June: Household Disaster premieres on Might 30 on We TV.
