June and daughters Alana, Lauryn and Jessica open up about how a lot issues have modified, as they sit down for a uncommon interview collectively after years of discord within the household.
June Shannon and her daughters are in a greater place now than they have been for years — however it wasn’t simple.
Sitting down with TooFab forward of the brand new season of Mama June: Household Disaster, the matriarch and her three daughters — Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson, Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efird and Jessica “Chubbs” Shannon — opened up about how they have been in a position to put their messy previous behind them and at last get on the identical web page.
The interview is likely one of the first they’ve carried out collectively in years, after doing promo for the present individually in current seasons. Among the many points between mom and daughters prior to now have been June’s drug use, in addition to claims she took cash from Alana. With June now sober and, apparently, squared up with Honey Boo Boo over their financials, the household dynamic is headed in the suitable path.
For the women, nevertheless, getting so far was by no means a assure.
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“I undoubtedly assume there’s been occasions in our arguments and stuff, there’s occasions I simply thought, ‘Fantastic, I am carried out, I am simply going to be carried out with this example,” Lauryn informed TooFab. “I feel we have all been at our wits finish in some unspecified time in the future.”
“However for us, it is type of like, we’re all we have ever recognized. It is all the time type of been us 4 ladies,” she continued. “Sticking collectively, speaking it out and speaking does repair lots of points and actions being louder than phrases is a giant assertion for us.”
“It’s important to determine it out,” added June, stressing how vital it’s for the 4 girls to stay collectively. “Our circle could be very, very small, so it does take rather a lot to let anyone in exterior of this.”
“There was undoubtedly occasions the place I did not know if we might be capable to discover decision for it,” Alana mentioned of her cash points, after accusing June of spending $30,000 she earned from showing on Dancing with the Stars and The Masked Singer.
“Mama was combating so exhausting tooth and nail, however we figured it out,” she added, teasing followers must watch to see how they obtained to the place they’re now. “We’re right here right this moment, so that claims rather a lot.”
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Alana ‘Honey Boo Boo’ Thompson on Mama June’s Drug Habit, The place They Stand Now
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For Lauryn, what made transferring ahead all of the tougher was simply what number of problematic points popped up in fast succession.
“Simply all of it, if I am being sincere,” she mentioned when requested what was hardest to get previous. “All of it occurred so rapidly, with the dependancy, then the cash factor and all that stuff. I really feel like that every one got here, bang, bang, bang, all again collectively, so you did not have time to course of every factor.”
All of them, nevertheless, credit score June’s husband, Justin Stroud, with serving to dealer the peace — as he is been seen on the household’s present pushing June to fix issues along with her daughters.
“I do assume that Justin held her accountable,” added Lauryn. “I do assume Justin, he is simply so good to Mama. He holds her accountable for lots of issues and collectively they’re an unstoppable duo.”
The 4 have additionally come collectively to assist increase the late Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell’s daughter, after June’s daughter died from most cancers in 2023. June now has custody of Kaitlyn, who turns 13 in July.
“It has been tough, however what folks do not realize is that we, when Kaitlyn was actually small, we raised her rather a lot these first years,” shared June. “Having a young person in the home was very totally different for me and Justin. She’s a sassy teenager generally and generally she’s good, that is only a typical teenager.”
Mama June: Household Disaster airs Fridays on WE television.
