Where are the stars of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo now? Alana Thompson has ditched the nickname at 18, parents Mama June and Sugar Bear both remarried after scandals – but how about Alana’s three sisters?

Jan 31 , 2024

Where is Alana Thompson, aka Honey Boo Boo, now? And what about the rest of her infamous reality TV family? Photos: AP Photo, @honeybooboo/Instagram

Alana ‘Honey Boo Boo’, ‘Mama June’ and Mike ‘Sugar Bear’ Thompson took the world of reality TV by storm in 2012 – but it’s been a rocky road for the family in the years since

Having courted controversy on multiple occasions and even lost custody of Alana, Mama June has remarried, while Sugar Bear is divorced again – oh, and they spent thousands on physical transformations

When Here Comes Honey Boo Boo first premiered in August 2012 on TLC, it was an instant hit. Following the lives of couple June and Mike Thompson, aka Mama June and Sugar Bear, their daughter and child beauty pageant regular Alana Thompson aka Honey Boo Boo, and her three older sisters in the town of McIntyre, Georgia, it was unlike anything ever done before on reality TV.

Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson, aged seven, pictured at her home in Georgia, in 2012. Photo: AP Photo

The show was the result of Honey Boo Boo’s stand-out appearance on reality show Toddlers & Tiaras, where she landed the famous nickname.

But the show came to a screeching halt in October 2014 at the height of its popularity, when TLC cancelled it following revelations that Mama June was seen with – and allegedly dating – a convicted child predator. Since then, the family have mostly gone their separate ways after a series of scandalous, shocking and sometimes downright heartbreaking events.

So where are Honey Boo Boo’s family members in 2024? Here’s what we know.

1. June Elizabeth “Mama June” Stroud (née Shannon), 44

June Elizabeth Stroud (née Shannon), aka Mama June, in October 2022. Photo: @mamajune/Instagram

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo was famously cancelled after Mama June was photographed with Mark Anthony McDaniel, a registered sex offender who served 10 years in prison after being convicted of molesting an eight-year-old. Even worse, she was rumoured to be dating him.

In March 2019, Mama June was arrested, allegedly for possession of crack cocaine and a crack pipe. The reality star was arrested with boyfriend Eugene “Geno” Edward Doak, who was allegedly also found with crack cocaine and a crack pipe, and was additionally charged with domestic violence following an incident between the pair. Mama June later admitted to spending over US$1 million on cocaine.

Mama June and Justin Stroud at their February 2023 wedding in Florida. Photo: @officialsmallz1/Instagram

Honey Boo Boo’s sister Lauryn, aka Pumpkin, successfully filed for custody of Alana in December 2021. The former child star had been living with her older sister since their mum’s arrest in 2019.

Mama June has undergone a drastic image transformation over the years. She documented her extreme weight loss journey on Mama June: From Not to Hot starting in 2017, reportedly spending US$75,000 on surgery and other associated costs. The series was rebranded as Mama June: Road to Redemption and Mama June: Family Crisis following her string of scandals.