“I don’t need drama.”
The 6-year old beauty pageant contestant was named Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson once said those cheeky words on her TV show, Honey Boo Boo!. Yet, despite many spinoffs, endless headlines, and ten years later, the Toddlers & Tiaras alum and her family are still drawing viewers in with their on and off screen antics.
Honey Boo Boo!The series premiered Aug. 8, 2012. It quickly gained popularity thanks to Honey Boo Boo’s humorous one-liners. This and complicated matriarchal relationships. June “Mama June” Shannon, her boyfriend Mike “Sugar Bear” ThompsonMama June has three daughters older than her, Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell, Jessica “Chubbs” Shannon and Lauryn “Pumpkin” Shannon.
The show’s four-season run ended in 2014. However, viewers have been able to see as Sugar Bear and Mama June split up, and Pumpkin and Pumpkin have had four children.
Their lives are not dominated by TV. Various spinoffs—including Mama June: The Road to Redemption, which just wrapped its fifth season in July—have followed the family and their drama, such as a custody battle for Alana and Mama June’s battle with substance abuse.
There are still events you can celebrate. For example, Alana (16) will graduate high school next year. You can see how quickly they grow up.