What Happened To Honey Boo Boo? Where Is Honey Boo Boo Now? Does Honey Boo Boo Have A Baby?
by Samina | Updated Feb 03, 2023
Who Is Honey Boo Boo?
"Honey Boo Boo" is a nickname commonly associated with Alana Thompson, who rose to fame as a child beauty pageant contestant on the TLC reality television show "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo." The show followed Alana and her family, and it became popular for its depiction of their unique lifestyle and southern culture. Since the show ended, Alana has continued to appear in various reality shows and media appearances. Alana has also been involved in various controversies, including issues related to her health and well-being.
What Happened To Honey Boo Boo?
Mama June abandoned her family in 2019 to pursue her troubled boyfriend, Geno Doak. June is the mother of four daughters: Anna, Jessica, Pumpkin, and Alana.
Pumpkin and Mama June reunited after not seeing each other for months in an episode of Mama June: Family Crisis, as the family matriarch admitted to doing thousands of dollars worth of drugs every day. In October 2019, she sold her Georgia home at a huge loss for quick cash, telling her daughter that she only did it because "our habit was $2,500 a day."
Mama June was spotted pawning a diamond ring for $1,500 on Facebook Marketplace in January 2021 while posting videos from Florida to promote her $30 personalised video messages and other merchandise.
The Sun exclusively revealed in August 2021 that Geno had been sentenced to 16 months in prison on drug charges after his ex narrowly avoided jail time for the same 2019 drug arrest. The couple has since divorced.
Where Is Honey Boo Boo Now?
Alana is undergoing a major weight-loss procedure in 2022 after failing to achieve the results she desired through diet and increased exercise alone. Alana, who turned 17 last year, is undergoing the £11K Suture Sculpt procedure, which involves inserting a suturing device into the patient's throat and down to the stomach, which is then sewed to make it smaller.
Suture Sculpt is performed endoscopically, and a sleeve is created by folding the stomach with sutures, leaving no cuts or scars, with patients typically seeing a 20% loss of total body weight within 12 months on average. Alana has enlisted Dr Steven Batash to help her go from 275lbs to 150lbs at his New York based Weight Loss Center because her sister Lauryn had to sign off on the procedure due to her age.
Does Honey Boo Boo Have A Baby?
The couple is seen in a sweet family photo taken at a hotel near their home in Gordon, Ga., with their babies, Sylus Ray Efird and Stella Renae Efird. Pumpkin delivered the twins via C-section on May 19, nearly a year after welcoming her and Joshua's second child, son Bentley, in July 2021.
The parents were joined in the family portrait by their 4-year-old daughter Ella and Pumpkin's younger sister Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson, whom the 22-year-old obtained custody of from their mother in April.
Pumpkin kept the news of babies No. 3 and No. 4 quiet, never announcing their arrival on social media. Her family life, on the other hand, has been dramatised onscreen in the WE TV series Mama June: Road to Redemption, which documents her mother's commitment to sobriety following her legal troubles and struggle with substance abuse.
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She has four daughters: Anna, Jessica, Lauryn and Alana. She catapulted her family into the spotlight when Alana, her youngest daughter, appeared on TLC's Toddlers & Tiaras in 2009. The duo's personality (and Alana's quotable "Honey Boo Boo child" moment) were standouts on the show.
15-year-old Jessica “Chubs” Shannon's dad is Anthony Michael Ford, 35, who is a registered sex offender in Georgia, and served more than two years in prison in 2005 for sexually exploiting a child, but he too claims that Mama June won't let him see his daughter.
However, Thompson's rep told The Post, “Alana is not engaged.” Thompson has been dating 21-year-old college student Dralin Carswell since early 2021.
A lot of people still look at her as that 6-year-old little girl, but she's [grown up]." As it stands, Alana isn't living with Mama June, but instead with her 22-year-old sister, Lauryn "Pumpkin" Shannon.
As for the elder Thompson — who divorced wife Jennifer Lamb at the end of 2021 — he ran into a famous face last week at Rodriguez's home, and fans couldn't get enough of the epic Instagram photo.