How Honey Boo Boo and her family's world was torn apart by drug abuse allegations, fame and money
SOBBING on camera as she pleads with her mum to go to rehab, a distraught Alana Thompson – AKA Honey Boo Boo – is unrecognisable from the flamboyant, precocious six year old the world fell in love with in 2012.
Before long the Shannon-Thompson family was held up as an endearing celebration of America’s hillbilly culture, counting Kim Kardashian-West and Miley Cyrus as fans.“Seeing Alana so upset was devastating,” says her sister Anna Shannon, AKA Chickadee, 24. “She’s just a teenager and this is too much for her to deal with, especially as it’s being aired across the country.
Airing in 2012, the show was a hit, pulling in 2.2 million viewers, with the family earning up to £3,000 per episode. The show was commissioned for a second series, which aired in 2013. However, Anna says the fame and constant filming started to put pressure on the family, especially Alana.While the family initially enjoyed the excitement of being filmed, Alana 'became even more of a diva than before, very bratty and demanding'
However, in 2014 things came crashing down when TLC was forced to cancel the fifth series of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo during production.
"Alana seemed both relieved and upset that the show was cancelled, but by this point she was world-famous and still very young. There was an intense amount of attention and pressure on her.” In Mama June: From Not To Hot, which aired on American channel We TV, viewers saw her drop 21st to weigh 12st. As well as overhauling her diet and exercise regime, she underwent a £13,000 gastric sleeve procedure to help keep the weight off.
With Mama June refusing to cut convicted felon Geno out of her life, the situation became so bleak that a heartbroken Alana was forced to move in with her sister Lauryn, who now reportedly plans to take Mama June to court for custody of her younger sibling.
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