Honey Boo Boo is getting real about how she felt during Mama June and Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efird‘s custody battle!
10.05.2023 - 21:17 / nypost.com
now three years sober “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” star said of her years battling addiction in an interview with the Daily Mail. “But the biggest, stupidest thing I’ve done is spend that much money on drugs.”She has admitted to becoming an addict during her relationship with then-boyfriend Geno Doak, and the couple was arrested in March 2019 for felony drug possession in Alabama.
They pleaded not guilty to possessing crack cocaine that October, and the pair later attended rehab before eventually breaking up in September 2021.Shannon told the Daily Mail that the addiction mostly consisted of snorting cocaine until it damaged her vision and she switched to smoking crack.The 43-year-old said she remembered saying to herself at the height of her substance abuse: “Girl, what the hell are you doing spending all that damn money?“I say that a lot to my husband [Justin ‘Smallz’ Stroud],” she continued. “I would be like, ‘Man, why in the hell did I blow all that money?’ I am always thinking about that.”Shannon claimed to have spent up to $3,000 a day on drugs during her addiction.
“I think about a lot of things I could do with that money,” Shannon admitted. “My husband tells me all the time that I can’t dwell on it.”Shannon said she occasionally still feels bad about herself for the things she did in her darkest days.
“Now I’ve gone back to being like penny-pinching, and Justin tells me I’m a money hoarder,” she added. During her addiction, Shannon signed over full custody of her youngest daughter, Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson, now 17, to her other daughter, Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efird, 23, and Lauryn’s husband, Joshua Efird.Earlier this week, Shannon exclusively told Page Six about the surprisingly low price tag of her “extravagant”
.Honey Boo Boo is getting real about how she felt during Mama June and Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efird‘s custody battle!
Mama June's daughter, is celebrating a sweet milestone amid her chemotherapy treatments. The 28-year-old posted photos from her daughters' end-of-year graduation ceremony on Tuesday and couldn't hold back her pride as Kaitlyn, 10, and Kylee, 7, took the stage. «I am one proud mama right now and I also can’t believe I am going to have a middle schooler and a second grader give me a minute while I go cry my eyes out,» she wrote. «I am so proud of my girls and everything they have accomplished.» Anna beams in the pics, wearing a maroon maxi dress and coordinating head-wrap.
Mama June's daughter, is celebrating a sweet milestone amid her chemotherapy treatments. The 28-year-old posted photos from her daughters' end-of-year graduation ceremony on Tuesday and couldn't hold back her pride as Kaitlyn, 10, and Kylee, 7, took the stage. «I am one proud mama right now and I also can’t believe I am going to have a middle schooler and a second grader give me a minute while I go cry my eyes out,» she wrote. «I am so proud of my girls and everything they have accomplished.» Anna beams in the pics, wearing a maroon maxi dress and coordinating head-wrap.
Matt Damon is working with Zoe Saldana for Stella Artois' new Let's Do Dinner campaign, but he had the chance to team up with her a long time ago. The 52-year-old actor was offered the lead role in James Cameron's 2009 film , where he would have starred alongside Saldana and would have earned around $250 million. The role instead went to Sam Worthington, who played Jake Sully, while Saldana portrayed Neytiri. The big-budget movie follows a paraplegic Marine (Worthington) dispatched to the moon Pandora, where Neytiri resides, for a unique mission.
Mama June Shannon is coming home.
Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson is officially part of the Class of 2023! The 17-year-old on Saturday graduated from Wilkinson County High School in McIntyre, Georgia at a packed ceremony attended by her proud mother, Mama June Shannon, and sister, Lauryn “Pumpkin” Shannon.
Alana «Honey Boo Boo» Thompson is officially part of the Class of 2023! The 17-year-old on Saturday graduated from Wilkinson County High School in McIntyre, Georgia at a packed ceremony attended by her proud mother, Mama June Shannon, and sister, Lauryn «Pumpkin» Shannon.In video posted on Instagram, Alana can be seen in a yellow cap and gown receiving her high school diploma. While she may have been sitting from quite a distance, that didn't stop Shannon from repeatedly screaming her daughter's name. «I'm so proud of her she is our 2023 graduate and yes we was hollering the whole time,» Mama June captioned her post.Lauryn also reposted the video and added two photos of her and Alana embracing each other.
Mama June is trying to dance and make up after a big fight with her husband, Justin Stroud.In ET's exclusive clip from the upcoming episode of, June Shannon is home alone on a rainy day without a clue to Justin's whereabouts. She hints a fight between the couple, saying, «This isn't how a marriage is supposed to be. I mean, you're not supposed to storm off and be all mad.» Then, she adds: «Now I'm all, like, mad 'cause he left.
Indonesia’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology is launching a grant scheme to support co-productions between Indonesian and international filmmakers.
Naman Ramachandran Nadiem Makarim, Indonesia’s minister of education, culture, research and technology, is set to launch an annual $13 million film grant at the Cannes Film Festival. This is the first government-funded film grant from Indonesia. It is sourced from the country’s National Cultural Endowment Fund. The 1:1 matching grant scheme from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology is designed to promote international cooperations between filmmakers and is open for international co-production projects with Indonesia and for story development and research, production, post-production or internal promotion and distribution incentives.
Christopher Vourlias Heretic has acquired world sales rights to “Sweet Dreams,” the sophomore feature from award-winning Bosnian Dutch director Ena Sendijarević (“Take Me Somewhere Nice”). Set on a remote Indonesian island during the waning days of the colonial era, the film centers on Dutch sugar plantation owner Jan and his wife, Agathe, who sit atop the local food chain — until the night when Jan, returning from a visit to his native concubine, Siti, suddenly drops dead in front of his wife. Desperate to hold onto her privileged lifestyle, Agathe forces her estranged son, Cornelis, and his pregnant wife, Josefien, to travel from Europe and take over the family business. Those plans are upended by a worker’s uprising, as Cornelis and his progressive ideals must confront the uncomfortable reality that his father’s will places Siti at the helm of the family estate, setting in motion a cat-and-mouse game that puts those ideals to the test.
Mama June Shannon is speaking out about her body and the controversial diet trend that’s sweeping Hollywood.
sweep at this year's Primetime Emmy Awards. In fact, Dacre Montgomery is the only star eligible for a potential acting nomination in 2023.While the majority of the series' fourth season — starring Millie Bobby Brown, David Harbour, Winona Ryder, Sadie Sink and more — began streaming on Netflix beginning on May 27, 2022, the sci-fi drama returned on July 1, 2022 with a two-episode arc — «Papa» and «The Piggyback» — rounding out the complete season.However, while the first seven episodes were eligible for Emmys consideration during last year's ceremony (which resulted in a nomination for Outstanding Drama Series), the remaining two will be largely shut out of the main categories this year.According to a report from, the Television Academy eliminated «the hangover episode rule» at the start of this year's eligibility period in June 2022.
Mama June's daughter, Anna «Chickadee» Cardwell, is sharing an update with fans amid her battle with a rare form of cancer. A month after news broke of Anna's cancer, the mom of two took to Instagram to fill fans in on her treatment and offer a glimpse into her fight.
Mama June Shannon went all out to impress husband Justin Stroud's mom for their first-ever meeting. But it seems all of her best efforts may have been thwarted by, of all things, a plate of mozzarella sticks.ET has an exclusive sneak peak at the second episode of (airing Friday on WE tv), and it's crystal clear June is incredibly nervous to meet Justin's mother.
Mama June Shannon is opening up more than ever about the struggles with addiction that led up to her 2019 arrest.
Dubai-born Célinedee Matahari, the 15-year-old ukulele playing pop sensation of French and Indonesian descent, has captured the hearts of Hollywood music industry executives with her uniquely smooth vocals and beautiful live performances at extremely high profile Indonesian events in Dubai!
is the latest television series to pause production amid the ongoing writers' strike in Hollywood.On Saturday, the Duffer Brothers, the duo behind the series and showrunners of the Netflix hit, took to Twitter to announce that production on the show's fifth and final season would have to come to a halt due to the strike.«Duffers here. Writing does not stop when filming begins. While we’re excited to start production with our amazing cast and crew, it is not possible during this strike,» Matt and Ross Duffer tweeted.
Stranger Things has been halted due to the Hollywood writers’ strike.Matt and Ross Duffer (aka the Duffer Brothers), who are the brains behind the hit Netflix sci-fi drama, announced on Twitter yesterday (May 6) that it’s “not possible” for the show to go ahead currently. They also threw their weight behind the strike.“Duffers here,” the brothers began. “Writing does not stop when filming begins.
Staying strong. When it comes to her daughter Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell’s cancer battle, Mama June Shannon said there are good days and bad days.