Alana ‘Honey Boo Boo’ Thompson is risking reigniting her feud with her mother Mama June, as she bares her soul about her tumultuous childhood.
She was only five years old when she shot to fame on Toddlers & Tiaras with the line that made her a reality TV sensation: ‘A dollar made me holler, honey boo boo!’
The joke catapulted her into an upbringing in front of the camera, with her own show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and then Mama June: From Hot To Not.
Mama June’s show was rebranded Family Crisis as the leading lady descended into a galloping addiction to crack cocaine, provoking a furious rift with her children that played out dramatically in the headlines and on television.
June ultimately went on the wagon and her relationship with Alana has mostly mended – though they can still be seen on reality TV fighting about Alana’s child star earnings, a chunk of which June has confessed to spending.
Now Alana, 19, has pulled back the curtain on her upbringing in a new Lifetime biopic called I Was Honey Boo Boo, and she has candidly revealed that she did not mince her words when discussing her mother, via People.
Alana ‘ Honey Boo Boo ‘ Thompson is risking reigniting her feud with her mother Mama June , as she bares her soul about her tumultuous childhood
‘I did not want this movie to be throwing punches at my mama and making her out to be the bad guy,’ said Honey Boo Boo; June is pictured on Mama June: Family Crisis
‘I did not want this movie to be throwing punches at my mama and making her out to be the bad guy,’ said Honey Boo Boo. ‘But I didn’t hold back and if she gets mad, at the end of the day it’s the truth.’
One of the flashpoints of their troubled relationship was June’s drug problem, which Alana began noticing as she entered her teen years.
‘I noticed something was off about her. She started locking her doors which really made me think: “Oh, what is she doing?”‘ remarked Alana.
The drama exploded into the public eye when June and her husband Geno Doak were arrested and charged with felony drug possession, triggering a rollercoaster drama that ripped the family apart on reality TV.
Through the tumult, Alana, who was being raised by her older sister Lauryn ‘Pumpkin’ Efyrd and brother-in-law Josh Efyrd, had to go to school and face remarks like: ‘‘I saw your mama on the news with a busted tooth, strung out.’