Mama June and Sugar Bear may have split but that doesn't mean production will stop on their show Honey Boo Boo. The show is a cash cow for TLC and they are going to keep rolling until no one is watching any longer. Unlike other shows where people split and the show ends, TLC is making everyone go through the entire process with cameras rolling. You know, I can see the adults being ok with that but Honey Boo Boo just learned that her parents split because her dad was cheating on her mom and maybe needs some time to process the whole thing and not have cameras recording every move she makes and her reactions. I think maybe they should have taken a break or not included the kids as much this season. It just seems like they are going for car accident television rather than the good ole boy nothing dramatic or offensive television they were making before.
Well, I don't think I can say this without coming off as an asshole, so what the hell.
ReplyDeleteAlana was and has been severely screwed up long before her parents had issues.
This won't help, but it's not her biggest, deepest issue, I don't think.
...and the show has always been slightly offensive, from Poodle to poop and everything in between. With extra thumbs.
ReplyDeleteI don't watch the show, but I remember seeing Honey Boo Boo eating ketchup as spaghetti sauce.
ReplyDeleteI doubt this revelation will rock her world too much.
Cobie, agree. There is dysfunction all around this little girl but somehow it all works and they all move forward.
DeleteI think we may be witnessing the launch of Honey Boo Boo's acting career. Because saving up for beauty college just isn't enough these days. ;-)
ReplyDeleteOh Awesome, now Beauty School Drop Out is stuck in my head.
DeleteOnly thing missing is Honey Boo-Boo family nudies being hack-released. They can piggy back on the 15- min of fame shame with those Duck Dynasty bros, Gypsies sleeze and that brawl-loving family from Wasilla, Alaska. (phase 4)
ReplyDeleteI don't watch this crap either but if you want drama instead of comedy with these people then you got it.
ReplyDeleteI will say this, even though Mama June looks like a thumb (thank you Michael K) she's smart and had saved a lot of her TV money. She understands was a reality TV shelf life actually is.
I don't watch but is anyone surprised no talent famewhoring red necks are going to ride that gravy train into the very last station? I still can't get over tlc having such shows- that gets me more than this mess
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ReplyDeleteOMG she DOES look like a thumb. Michael K has such a way with words! LOL
As far as I know, the guy hasn't actually cheated has he? I know he put an online ad on, and might have been talking to some woman, but hasn't actually done anything right?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I can't help but think this is just a publicity thing for the next season.
The problem with a show like this is that it relies on the 'cuteness' of a small child and inevitably small child becomes older child and what once was (sort of) cute to some is just plain obnoxious. So you have to look for something else to entertain the viewer. And what better than a family breakdown.
ReplyDeleteI was grossed put by them until I finally watched it, then I fell in love with them as long as I overlooked a few things. I like that they really love each other and June rejected Oprahs offer to build her a house bc she wanted to stay in her neighborhood. She does a lot to help out her community and I respect her for putting the money in a trust fund for each kid. BUT I did stop watching a while ago bc it was just repetitive. I'm starting to think its a publicity stunt because its made me curious to watch again, but like before, I will skip past the yucky parts lol!
ReplyDeleteCan a child Honey Booboo's age understand "cheating"? I know I wouldn't have, and I was a precocious kid.
ReplyDeleteRetards watching retards.
ReplyDeleteThen I suppose I'm a real Dumb Ass on occassion.
DeleteBut it's no worse than watching ignorant sluts who are impregnated by an acne covered raging hormone (who wouldnt turn down a hump from a cactus)before they're old enough to attend their junior prom.
Wait.......,what channel is this on?
I see what you did there with "cash cow".
ReplyDeleteI saw the ketchup as pasta sauce clip (I want to say on Dlisted), as well as the gif where they say mayo is "white ketchup". I can't with the People of Walmart schtick and the dad looks like a toothless extra from the Wizard of Oz. Alana herself is apparently a tiny, dimpled monster who hits her mother.
I think this whole thing is just a plotline to boost ratings. Rating have fallen and nobody is really talking about Honey Boo Boo anymore. Mama June and Sugar Bear seem too much in love for this to be real.
ReplyDeleteTheir poor daughters are already all messed up. Obese and promiscuous with dubious hygiene habits. Sad. They seemed like a happy family though, so their negative aspects didn't seem so bad.
ReplyDeleteTheir poor daughters are already all messed up. Obese and promiscuous with dubious hygiene habits. Sad. They seemed like a happy family though, so their negative aspects didn't seem so bad.
ReplyDelete@Ginny..OMG when he said that I was like, she does look like a big thumb. He's hilarious!
ReplyDelete@Kat..She has to put their money in a trust fund according to law. She can pay herself something to manage them but she can't keep all the money they make for their appearances. But otherwise I know what you mean. While they're "reality stars" she seems to still be pretty grounded.
Oh thanks Sherry I had no idea it was the law! I just wonder if some of the other seemingly greedy Toddlers and Tiaras mom's follow that rule or get around it somehow. But the way June is coupon obsessed, and I've seen her wear the same outfit multiple times, she does seem to be good with money.
DeleteEveryone keeps saying they dont watch the show but someone must be watching this crap since its a moneymaker?! Same with those Kardashian trolls.
ReplyDeleteI want to see Sugar Bear's profile on Match.
ReplyDeleteI could see it being a publicity stunt, but I also don't think Mama June is as "in love" as they'd like you to think. I thought all the girls had different fathers, with HBB being Sugar Bear's only child with June. And they aren't married, so it wouldn't be a difficult split.
I'm sure the prospect of a single Sugar Bear has trailer park hearts aflutter everywhere.
ReplyDeleteDone for ratings is my guess as well. HBB is a spoiled, flabby, obnoxious child and not quite as endearing as she once was. Gotta get a new story line!
Penny-flabby, lol. Theres a word you just hear enough of. Flabby!!! Lololol
DeleteIt was actually Rosie O'Donnel that offered to buy them a house---Oprah don't have time for dat! and Rosie videotaped a msg to Mama and HBB and they showed it to them on some talk show but Rosie scared Honey Boo Boo and she nearly burst into tears! lol.
ReplyDelete"I think maybe they should have taken a break or not included the kids as much this season."
ReplyDeleteThis shit shouldn't even be on television! It's one thing to live that way, but to televise it for entertainment's sake is just can't-even-think-of-a-word-strong-enough-and-I'm-an-English-major. To publicly humiliate yourselves for fucking money is pretty pathetic. There are DEEP issues in this clan, and even deeper issues for those who watch.
@Sherry, does that mean that all the reality show parents have to put money in a trust for their kids? I really hope the Duggar kids get their own money and have a chance to escape.
ReplyDeleteThe Gosselins only had to put 15% in trust funds for the kids (to be split 8 ways) and only towards the end of the show's run when a PA state senator started making noise. They can also pull money out of those trust funds for child related expenses such as education (they're all in private school), health care, etc. I doubt there will be little left once they hit 18.
ReplyDeleteChild labor laws vary by state. There is a reason most of these child-centered reality shows don't film in CA or NY where the rules about trust funds, hours on set, and education are clearly laid out. Most states have little to no rules in place for working child performers because they didn't exist in the pre-reality TV show world.
I personally believe children should not be on reality shows where the lines between their personal lives and show drama get blurred. If adults want to do it, fine. But children are too young and immature to understand the long-term complications.