HONEY Boo Boo shot to fame as a five-year-old on Tantrums and Tiaras, alongside her mom Mama June.
She's now a teenager and estranged from her mom, after her mom's drugs arrest in 2019.
Alana – Honey Boo Boo – Thompson, is the youngest of four siblings, which Mama June had with three different men.
Her father is Mike “Sugar Bear” Thompson.
However, it's her half-sister Pumpkin, aka Lauren, who is taking care of 14-year-old Alana and has obtained legal guardianship.
The 20-year-old has stepped up for her younger sister, as well as also having 2-year-old daughter Ella to take care of.
For a time, Alana’s dad Mike “Sugar Bear” Thompson and his wife Jennifer Lamb were pushing for Alana to be in their care.
Sugar Bear was more reluctant than, who was Jennifer was gung-ho about it, leading some people to suspect Jennifer has ulterior motives for filing for guardianship.
Alana doesn’t believe her father wants her to live with them at all.
Mama might regain custody of her but she would need to stay on the straight and narrow after her crack cocaine arrest.
Alana's mom June Shannon is awaiting trial after being arrested on possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia.
She is facing jail time for the criminal charges.
Alana also revealed recently that she, Pumpkin, Pumpkin’s husband Josh, and their one-year-old daughter Ella had been living in a hotel room as a result of the “bad people” that could be looking for them due to Mama’s debts.
The family matriarch admitted she had spent thousands of dollars on drugs a day.
She sold her Georgia home at a huge loss for fast cash in October 2019.
"The only reason I sold the house, I was dead f***ing broke," Mama June told her shocked daughter on their recent TV show.
Mama is awaiting trial after being arrested on possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia and is facing jail time for the criminal charges.
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