Honey Boo Boo Suffered From 'Deep Depression' Throughout Mama June & Pumpkin's Custody Battle
perezhilton.comHoney Boo Boo is getting real about how she felt during Mama June and Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efird‘s custody battle!
As Perezcious readers know the matriarch of the reality TV family was caught up quite a bit of trouble a few years ago. She was arrested along with her ex Geno Doak for possession of crack cocaine in 2019.
While her ex was sentenced to prison at the time she got off with only community service. However, the arrest did cost Mama June — her daughter Pumpkin was given temporary guardianship of the then-14-year-old Alana Thompson, with permission from her dad Mike “Sugar Bear” Thompson. Related: Mama June Reveals She Spent Over $1 MILLION On Cocaine After that, Alana’s relationship with her mom became estranged, and in 2022 Lauryn was given sole guardianship of her little sister — at only 22 years old she was chosen to be a better fit to watch after her little sister than their mom!
Ouch! But the family only grew more estranged. As Mama June’s downward spiral with drugs continued, everything just got worse.
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