What To Know About Her Marriage & Past Exes – Hollywood Life

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• Mama June is a actuality TV icon.
• She is finest identified for TLC’s hit ‘Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.’
• She is at present married to Justin Stroud after two ceremonies.
• Mama June has a number of exes and has constantly courted drama in her relationships.

Mama June, 43, is a fortunately married girl! But the TLC actuality star, whose final identify is Shannon, hasn’t had it straightforward in the case of relationships. Before she settled in with Justin Stroud after two wedding ceremony ceremonies, (one personal, one very public) she had a string of relationships that have been generally fraught with drama. None of them lasted, however she did have kids with a few of them, resulting in much more well-known household relationships for the matriarch.

From the early days on TLC to at present, right here’s all the things to learn about every of Mama June’s critical relationships.

David Dunn

Mama June was simply 15 years within the Nineties outdated when she had her first daughter, Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell, together with her boyfriend on the time, David Dunn. David and June by no means married, however he did go on to some alleged notable prison exercise. David was arrested in 1995 and 1998 for theft of a handgun and cigarettes, respectively.

David by no means did seem on tv, however he did inform The National Enquirer in 2012 that he wished to know his daughter. “Anna looks just like me,” he reportedly informed the outlet. He additional alleged that Mama June wouldn’t let him see her. “They want­ed me to sign away my rights to Anna, but I refused. I don’t know who my own daddy is, and I always want Anna to know who her father is. But June won’t let me see her.”

Anna later stated that she didn’t know her father till he was launched from jail work element.

Michael Anthony Ford

The TV star’s subsequent relationship can be with Michael Anthony Ford. Michael is the generally rumored father of Lauryn Michelle “Pumpkin” Shannon Efird, born on January 7, 2000, and is the confirmed father of Jessica ‘Chubbs’ Shannon, who was born in October of 1996. They dated for just a few months earlier than Mama June grew to become pregnant with Jessica.

Mama June herself claimed he’s the daddy of each. “Jessica and Pumpkin have the same dad, but Jessica’s dad has had nothing to do with her over the years,” she informed Entertainment Tonight in 2014.. “So, why the hell would I open up that can of worms until today? I lied to my family and told them it was somebody else.”

In any case, Michael did nothing to dampen the household’s historical past of drama. Back in 2005, he spent over two years in jail for sexual exploitation of a minor on-line and thus grew to become a registered intercourse offender. He additionally allegedly wrote unhealthy checks and was caught shoplifting at an area Wal Mart.

“June and I only dated for a few months, and she became pregnant,” he informed The National Enquirer. “I left June and went with an­other woman a month before Jessica was born. Now I can’t see my daughter. The last time I called and asked to see her, they told me if I came down there, I would be arrested for harassment.” He additionally claimed to have paid $300 per thirty days in baby help “for years.”

Mark McDaniel

Mama June’s relationship with convicted baby intercourse offender Mark McDaniel could also be her most notorious. He was round when Lauryn was born, and she or he was truly raised for a time with the idea that Mark was her father. He confessed guilt in an aggravated baby molestation cost towards him in 2003. Sadly, Anna Chickadee was recognized because the sufferer within the sexual abuse case.

Even worse, June later returned to Mark in 2014 and commenced courting him once more. The transfer has continued to trigger pressure on the connection between Mama June and her eldest daughter.

Mike ‘Sugar Bear’ Thompson

Mike “Sugar Bear” Thompson is understood for being June’s longest relationship — and for displaying up in occasional appearances on Mama June: From Not to Hot. Even extra notably, he’s the daddy of her most well-known baby, Alana Frances “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson, born August 28, 2005. In an episode of Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars, Sugar Bear admitted to dishonest on Mama June with each women and men, and she or he later accused him of being abusive in the course of the relationship — he flatly denied the allegations.

Mike went on to marry Jennifer Lamb Thompson, however they break up in January of 2022.

Eugene ‘Geno’ Doak

The TV persona subsequent dated building employee Eugene Doak — one other love curiosity with a big prison document and two kids from a earlier relationship. They took up collectively in 2017 and dated till 2021, however not earlier than a home violence incident stirred up vital press consideration at a gasoline station in Alabama. Both have been allegedly in possession of medication, and Geno allegedly threatened to kill her in the course of the altercation.

The duo by no means did turn out to be engaged, regardless of Mama June’s stress to get married. He introduced her with a promise ring as a substitute.

Justin Stroud

Mama June and WE TV star Justin Stroud have been a match made to final from the start. They admittedly met through TikTookay, and have been married in a super-secret ceremony in March of 2022.  “We became friends originally, and he didn’t know who Mama June was when he met me,” she informed HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY throughout a podcast interview. “I had been told I wasn’t his type, that he wasn’t single. But it turns out I was his type, and he was single!”

They later exchanged vows once more in an all-out seashore ceremony in Panama City, Florida, in February of 2023. Heartwarmingly, all of Mama June’s 4 daughters have been in attendance and walked their mom down the aisle.

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