Honey Boo Boo Engaged To Older Boyfriend? At Just 16 Years Old?!?

21.06.2022 - 23:59 / perezhilton.com

If you were surprised to learn last year that Alana Thompson — the reality star known from her Toddlers & Tiaras days as Honey Boo Boo — was already old enough to have a serious boyfriend, you may want to sit down.

Fans are now concerned she’s ENGAGED already! At just 16 years old!!!

Controversially, we learned last Summer that Alana was dating a 20-year-old college student named Dralin Carswell and had been for over six months — meaning when she was just 15! It’s only a five-year difference, but at that age it’s MONUMENTAL. Now she’s 16 and he’s 21, and s**t just got real. At least, a lot of fans think so.

In a new photoshoot for big sis (and fill-time caretaker) Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efird and her newborn twins, Alana can be seen sporting a ring on that finger. If it isn’t an engagement ring, it definitely LOOKS like one. It’s a big, round diamond on a silver band. You can see it for yourself HERE.

Obviously it sent quite a few folks into a panic. But is she really engaged at 16?! It’s not out of the question. A source told The Sun:

But this young?? Well, Pumpkin herself was only 16 when she got engaged, and considering Mama June‘s boyfriend track record, big sis is by far the best adult relationship model Alana has. Now Pumpkin didn’t get married until she turned 18 either. And neither could Honey Boo Boo!

The legal age to get married in Georgia is actually 18. Until 2019, a parent’s consent could allow teens as young as 16 to marry but thankfully they realized that was allowing girls far too young to be exploited. Emancipated teens can marry at 17, but not to anyone more than four years older — and as we’ve already mentioned, Dralin is five years her senior.

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