Alana Thompson is reclaiming her story. The former child star, famously known as "Honey Boo Boo," is returning to television to narrate her own Lifetime biopic, I Was Honey Boo Boo, premiering on May ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monica is an entertainment reporter covering TV, film, and music. Alana Thompson, aka Honey Boo Boo, is back in the spotlight ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson is opening up about her future with longtime boyfriend Dralin Carswell, revealing that while ...

Honey Boo Boo seems to want to cheat her way to thinness. Page Six confirmed Wednesday that the “Toddlers & Tiaras” alum, whose real name is Alana Thompson, will be undergoing weight-loss surgery in ...

Here comes Honey Boo Boo’s graduation! The 17-year-old, whose real name is Alana Thompson, looked all grown up in senior photos posted via Instagram Sunday. “I have less than 30 days until I graduate, ...

Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson and her family starred in the TLC reality series Here Comes Honey Boo Boo from 2012 through 2014 Emma Kershaw is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson still has a contentious relationship with her estranged dad, Mike "Sugar Bear" Thompson. Speaking to People, Alana's older sister, Lauryn "Pumpkin" Efird, revealed that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since leaving the pageant and reality TV life behind, Thompson has begun studying neonatal nursing at Regis University in Denver, ...

Alana Thompson, better known as Honey Boo Boo, first shot to fame aged six on TLC show Toddlers and Tiaras HONEY Boo Boo shot to fame as a sassy six-year-old who took the US reality TV show Toddlers ...

In 2012, a six-year-old girl purportedly drew more viewers than the Republican National Convention. That girl was Alana Thompson, better known by her stage name, “Honey Boo Boo.” When Thompson first ...

Alana ‘Honey Boo Boo’, ‘Mama June’ and Mike ‘Sugar Bear’ Thompson took the world of reality TV by storm in 2012 – but it’s been a rocky road for the family in the years since Having courted ...

Alana has been in college in Colorado for the past few years studying to be a PICU nurse Kimberlee Speakman is a Writer-Reporter on the News team at PEOPLE, covering Weekends. She joined the brand in ...