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Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson loves “Mama June” Shannon.
Actually, she does. Even after June’s downward spiral of crack habit, monetary theft, and extra.
Now, Alana is telling her story in a biopic.
This isn’t character assassination towards her mom. However telling her story means dredging up a variety of painful truths.
Alana ‘Honey Boo Boo’ Thompson is telling her story, (metaphorical) warts and all
On Tuesday, Might 13, Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson spoke to Individuals about her upcoming biopic.
I Was Honey Boo Boo will launch on Lifetime on Might 17. There, Alana opens up about what the household has endured — together with throughout “Mama June” Shannon’s downward spiral that price her all the pieces — apart from her life.
“I’m a little nervous,” confessed the 19-year-old actuality TV persona and faculty scholar.
“I did not want this movie to be throwing punches at my mama and making her out to be the bad guy,” Alana emphasised.
“But I didn’t hold back,” she then admitted. “And if she gets mad, at the end of the day, it’s the truth.”
Alana is a younger grownup. However June’s spiral into habit — which included crack cocaine — started when Alana was nonetheless a baby.
Mama June Shannon’s crack cocaine habit didn’t occur in a single day
“I noticed something was off about her,” Alana recalled. “She started locking her doors, which really made me think, ‘Oh, what is she doing?’”
In 2019, June was not capable of cover her rising drawback with substance abuse from anybody — together with the general public. Together with authorities.
Memorably, she and then-boyfriend Geno Doak have been arrested.
This heralded the horrors within the months to come back as June’s face, physique, habits, residence, and funds all rapidly grew to become visibly worse for put on.
“People were like, ‘I saw your mama on the news with a busted tooth, strung out,’” Alana recalled. “I’m like, ‘Great, like I didn’t see that too.’”
Throughout that point, June spent greater than $1 million of her personal cash and bought off her massive suburban residence to pay for her habit.
June additionally stole $35,000 of Alana’s Dancing With The Stars pay earlier than being reduce off — and custody of Alana going to Lauryn “Pumpkin” Shannon. (June did, years later, pay again her daughter — however notably with out an apology)
Alana is wanting ahead to what the longer term holds
“I just always told myself, you know, that you want to do something better with your life and bigger with your life than just being on TV,” Alana affirmed.
She continued: “So you’ve got to get up and go, you’ve got to graduate so you can make it to college and be the nurse that you want to be.” She is in faculty and finding out to be a nurse, actually!
“At the end of the day, she’s my mom. When she was bad in her addiction, I just kept thinking about the day she’d recover,” Alana shared.
“We’re going pretty good. Hopefully it lasts. I just no longer have any expectations for her.”
