“Right here Comes Honey Boo Boo” all however outlined early 2010s actuality TV, so one could be forgiven for considering the present’s star, Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson, made a good chunk of cash from the collection. However that could not be farther from the reality. Along with the Honey Boo Boo stars not being as wealthy as one would possibly suppose, Thompson additionally misplaced a ton of her earnings because of her mother’s drug habit.

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It isn’t precisely a secret that June Shannon (aka Mama June) used plenty of her daughter’s cash to fund her habit. Fairly the opposite, the mom and daughter had a large blowup on “Mama June: Household Disaster,” with Shannon throwing out the equal of “sorry, not sorry.” “It is gone! I used it in my drug habit! Whoo!” she yelled of not having the ability to pay her daughter again (by way of Folks). In the identical clip, Shannon additionally famous that a few of the cash went towards taking good care of Honey Boo Boo, although her second-youngest daughter, Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efird referred to as that out, too, noting that as a guardian, the onus fell on her to deal with the each day, no matter her daughter’s earnings. “What sort of guardian really makes their child pay for his or her wellbeing?” she questioned in a confessional (by way of Leisure Tonight). 

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It bears mentioning that Honey Boo Boo in the end did get a $35,000 verify from her mother. That stated, chatting with Folks, the “Toddlers and Tiaras” alum shared that was so far as it went. “She gave me cash and was like, ‘Oh, here is your cash.’ No, I do not suppose she ever was like, ‘I am sorry.'” Yikes. Making issues worse, in keeping with Movie star Internet Price, Thompson ought to actually be value round $100,000. 

Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson revealed one significantly unhappy element about her household’s cash drama, saying she would not even need entry to all the pieces owed to her. Au contraire, she advised Folks she felt higher not having it in her again pocket. Noting that her sister arrange a belief fund for her “Masked Singer” earnings, she defined, “I am within the mindset of like, if I do not really need it, like, I would as properly simply let it save up and once I do really need it … it’s going to be there for me.”

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Even worse, Honey Boo Boo solely discovered about simply how a lot cash was lacking when she was gearing up for school. June Shannon notably refused to pay for her, lest she drop out, prompting a zinger and a half from Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efird. “You misplaced $500,000 to a bag of f***ing crack, b***h … God forbid I wish to drop out of faculty and waste 10 grand,” she chirped. 

Regardless of all of the drama, Honey Boo Boo started finding out for her nursing diploma within the fall of 2023. And as she advised Leisure Tonight in Could 2025, “I pay for my schooling all on my own.” As for her relationship with Mama June, Honey Boo Boo advised Folks that her sister Anna Cardwell’s heartbreaking dying helped carry everybody collectively once more. Actually, she laughed that Pumpkin and their mother began doing Sunday evening dinners collectively. Even so, we’re glad that as an grownup, Honey Boo Boo controls her personal funds now — and judging by her present cash mindset, one thing tells us she’ll handle simply tremendous. 

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