You recognize Alana Thompson — and if the identify is not acquainted to you, possibly “Honey Boo Boo” is.
Alana was and has been a actuality TV staple throughout the final decade and alter — from her appearances in Toddlers & Tiaras and Dancing with the Stars to the TV present that launched her to fame, Right here Comes Honey Boo Boo.
After all, actuality TV fame would not all the time translate to tangible wealth — and in a brand new interview with People, Alana revealed that she hasn’t seen a lot cash in any respect from her tv stardom.
“I by no means had gotten all the cash,” she stated. “I’ve by no means, ever acquired the Right here Comes Honey Boo Boo cash. I’ve by no means seen it. By no means ever even heard of it, if I am being utterly sincere. I do not know what occurred to it.”
What’s extra, Alana claims that her mom, Mama June Shannon, successfully stole $35,000 of her earnings from showing on Dancing with the Stars’ “Juniors” season in 2018.
“I let my mama drag me by way of a whole lot of shit, however I believe my breaking level was when she stole my cash,” Alana alleged, additional claiming that June lately returned the cash to her however did not instantly apologize to her for taking it.
Alana went on to assert that, to this present day, she would not understand how a lot cash she truly created from TV. “It was simply so way back,” she stated. “At the moment, Mama all the time simply burdened to us like, ‘Oh, I am setting you up in your future. You’ve Coogan accounts.’ And it is like, ‘The place are the Coogan accounts now?'”
Alana additionally says she thought of suing June at one level, however hesitated to as a result of “I would not in all probability get something out of the tip of the cut price as a result of by regulation, she did what was proper.”
“By regulation, she a minimum of put 20 % in my account. And the opposite 80, she stated that she used to care for me. So the regulation, I really feel like would not see actually an issue with what she did, I suppose.”
In case you did not know, Alana additionally narrates a Lifetime dramatized movie about her rise to fame, I Was Honey Boo Boo. Within the interview, Alana additionally says that her work on the movie has helped her pay for faculty.
“I am hoping that there is extra work coming for me sooner or later, however with this film plus filming on the [Mama June: Family Crisis] present, I’ve simply type of been saving and ensuring that I do not get to the tip of my pot,” she says, earlier than noting that her sister Pumpkin additionally arrange a Coogan account for her when she obtained custody of Alana in 2022.
“I’ve but to even go and get that, if I am being sincere, as a result of I am within the mindset of — if I do not really want it, I’d as properly simply let it save up,” she stated. “And after I do really want it, it’s going to be there for me.”
You possibly can watch I Was Honey Boo Boo here.
