Was “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” your favorite binge-worthy reality show?
But how has life changed?
Did they all go on to achieve bigger and better things?
Well, not quite, and it’s not been smooth sailing for everyone.
Take Mama June Shannon, for example, who has had her personal struggles to contend with.
“To be honest, I do not have many friends.
At all,” she toldTeen Voguein an interview in 2021.
I don’t trust nobody really, so I don’t have friends."
Was being on the show more of a curse than a blessing?
She revealed on social media that she intends to continue her education and major in neonatal nursing.
There are so many folks on my Instagram that do not like my nails or my eyelashes.
But I do not care.
As long as I like myself, I’m good."
Still, her life was not all sunshine and rainbows, and she’s had many personal struggles.
She later married Justin Stroud in 2022.
“It’s gotten so low to this point, like, what more is there to do?”
“What more can we physically do for her?
I mean, we tried to send her to rehab.
She checked out within less than 24 hours.”
The relationship between June and Alana seems to be on the mend.
Alana discussed her mother’s recovery with Teen Vogue and how it changed her.
“I’m proud of myself for how far I’ve come.”
The pair were never married and ended their relationship in 2014.
He later married Jennifer Lamb in 2017.
Fans will notice how his appearance has changed significantly.
He got dental work, a hair transplant, and Botox.
“I haven’t stopped looking in the mirror,” he toldPage Six.
“I don’t recognize the man in the mirror.
His self-confidence has improved, but his relationship with his daughter, Alana, has not.
It has been alleged that the two do not have much contact.
“There is no communication.
Besides when we are in production,” Shannon toldThe Sun.
It’s not, ‘Hey I want to spend time with her after.’
Like, I’m gonna be 17, and you’ve waited this long to even try?”
She was 18 at the time.
The year before, they welcomed their first child, a daughter named Ella Grace.
In 2021 they had a son, Bentley Jameson.
Then in 2022, the couple announced the birth of their twins, Sylus Ray and Stella Renae.
“It’s been really good.
So it’s two different age groups right there,” she toldEntertainment Tonightin 2020.
“It’s stressful.
It’s really stressful.
It puts a lot on a person because of the age difference.”
Alana acknowledged that her sister’s decision to take her in had its challenges.
Her second oldest child is Jessica “Chubbs” Shannon, who was born on Oct. 12, 1996.
This includes her weight loss journey.
The results have been phenomenal.
“It’s been life-changing,” she told the publication.
“I wouldn’t trade it for the world.”
She has also changed her way of eating, focusing on more balanced meals.
“I’m more confident in myself,” she said.
I really enjoy the way that I’m turning out to be."
Anna is a dedicated mother to her two daughters and married Michael Cardwell in 2014.
She gave birth to her first child, Kaitlyn Elizabeth, in July 2012.
She had her second child, Kylee Madison, in 2015.
Then in 2017, it was announced that she and Michael were getting divorced.
In an interview withThe Sunin 2021, she spoke about this.
“We are trying to have a third child, and it’s been difficult.
I’ve gone through four miscarriages and a D&C,” she said.
“It’s been a long bumpy road for us trying to have baby number three.”
Anna has had a very complicated relationship with her mother, and has not been shy about criticizing her.
“I think she did it just to be more famous,” she toldE!
Newsin 2017 of Mama June’s weight loss.
In 2016, Anna revealed her daughter had surgery to remove an extra thumb.
She spoke toUs Weeklyabout the decision.
“The doctor told me that she did very, very well,” she said.
I said, ‘When you get older, people might pick on you.
You don’t know that.’
Kaitlyn later changed her mind and committed to the procedure, which was successful.
Kaitlyn is heading into her preteens now, and Anna is incredibly proud.
For her tenth birthday in 2022, she celebrated her daughter with a touching tribute on Instagram.
“Y’all help me wish this crazy and silly and smart girl a happy 10th bday.
Jo was there for her nieces when her sibling was struggling.
In 2022,The Sunreported that she was seen delivering baby products to Lauryn “Pumpkin” Shannon.
In a sweet post from 2023, Jo wrote: “So proud of my niece.
