Honey Boo Boo's family is embroiled in more controversies after TLC decided to pull the plug from their show due to her Mama June's dating scandal.
First, the reality show was cancelled because family matriarch June Shannon, also known as Mama June, is rumored to be dating a registered sex offender named Mark McDaniel. This violates the morality clause of the show and is believed to compromise the safety of her daughters, including Alana Thompson a.k.a. Honey Boo Boo. Mama June denied the rumors immediately.
However, her eldest daughter Anna "Chickadee" Cardwell shocked everyone when she revealed that she was McDaniel's victim — he reportedly molested her when she was only 8 years old. In an interview with E! News, Cardwell discussed the alleged abuse that she experienced when she was a child.
"You're 8 years old, you don't know. To me, it was kinda like, oh, get off me, it hurts. Stay off and leave me alone. And I'd just go to sleep and cry," she said.
Now 20-years-old, married, and has a daughter of her own, Cardwell also divulged that her mother used most of the money in the trust fund that TLC set aside for the girls from the show's earnings. She said that she talked with the bank and found out that the alleged $30,000 trust fund is now down to $17.90.
"I have a feeling Mama used that money to buy a car or buy him what he wanted," she claimed.
Mama June denied Cardwell's allegations.
"Not true. I have never brought a car for him and all her money is there, beside the money I have given her to live on—$400 every month and pay her $475 each month for cell phone bills for the last two years. That's the only money I have taken out of there," she said.
Money may now be an issue for Mama June, since TLC declared that she will not receive any pay checks for the unaired season that they shot because of the controversy.
Another family member is now joining the drama. This time, Alana's paternal uncle, Lee "Uncle Poodle" Thompson, said that he wants to fight for temporary custody rights for his niece to ensure that McDaniels will not go anywhere near her.
TMZ reported that Uncle Poodle and his fiancé Alan carefully studied the ground rules to win the custody by getting a larger apartment with a spare room for the child.
Meanwhile, Alana's father Mike "Sugar Bear" Thompson reportedly passed out due to stress inside the home that he shared with Mama Bear before they got divorced this year.
