Mama June’s Husband: Everything You Need To Know About Her Spouse And Ex Boyfriends

• Mama June is a reality TV icon.
• She is best known for TLC’s hit ‘Here Comes Honey Boo Boo’.
• She is currently married to Justin Stroud after two ceremonies.
• Mama June has several ex-boyfriends and has always courted drama in her relationships.

mom june, 43, is a happily married woman! But the TLC reality star, whose last name is Shannon, hasn’t had it easy when it comes to relationships. Before she settled with justin stroud after two wedding ceremonies (one private and one very public), she had a series of sometimes dramatic affairs. None of them lasted, but she fathered children with a few of them, leading to even more famous family relationships for the matriarch.

From the early days on TLC to today, here’s everything you need to know about each of Mama June’s serious relationships.

david dunn

Mama June was only 15 in the 90s when she had her first daughter, Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell with her boyfriend at the time, david dunn. David and June never married, but he was involved in some notable alleged criminal activities. David was arrested in 1995 and 1998 for stealing a gun and cigarettes, respectively.

David has never appeared on television, but he said the national investigator in 2012 he wanted to meet his daughter. “Anna looks just like me,” she told the outlet. Also, he claimed Mama June didn’t let him see her. “They wanted me to give up my rights to Anna, but I refused. I don’t know who my father is and I always want Anna to know who is her father. But June won’t let me see it.

Anna later said she did not meet her father until after he was released from the prison labor department.

michael anthony ford

The TV star’s next relationship would be with Michael Anthony Ford. Michael is the sometimes said father of Lauryn Michelle “Pumpkin” Shannon Efirdborn 7 January 2000, is the confirmed father of Jessica ‘Chubbs’ Shannonwho was born in October 1996. They dated just a few months before Mama June became pregnant with Jessica.

Mom June herself stated that he was her father. “Jessica and Pumpkin have the same father, but Jessica’s father has had nothing to do with her over the years,” she said. entertainment tonight in 2014.. “So why the hell would I open that jar of worms to date? I lied to my family and said it was someone else.

Either way, Michael did nothing to mitigate the family’s dramatic story. In 2005, he spent more than two years in prison for sexually exploiting a minor online and subsequently became a registered sex offender. He also wrote bad checks and was caught shoplifting at a local Wal Mart store.

“June and I only dated for a few months and she got pregnant,” he said. The National Investigator. “I left in June and left 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 went there they would arrest me for molestation.” She also claimed to have been paying $300 a month in child support “for years.”

Mark McDaniel

Mama June’s affair with a convicted child sex offender Mark McDaniel it may be his most infamous. She was there when Lauryn was born and she grew up for a time believing that Mark was her father. She pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated child molestation against him in 2003. Unfortunately, Anna Chickadee was identified as a victim in the molestation case.

Worse, June got back together with Mark in 2014 and started dating him again. The move continued to strain Mama June’s relationship with her eldest daughter.

Mike “Sugar Bear” Thompson

Mike “Sugar Bear” Thompson is notable for being June’s longest relationship and appearing in occasional appearances on Mom June: from not hot. Even more remarkable, he is the father of her most famous child, Alana Frances “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson born August 28, 2005. In an episode of Wedding Boot Camp: Reality Stars, Sugar Bear admitted to cheating on Mama June with both men and women, and later accused him of being abusive during their relationship; he has categorically denied the allegations.

Mike got married Jennifer Cordeiro Thompson but they separated in January 2022.

Eugene “Geno” Doak

The TV personality dated a construction worker. Eugene Doak – another love interest with a significant criminal record and two children from a previous relationship. They started dating in 2017 and were together until 2021, but not before a domestic violence incident garnered media attention at an Alabama gas station. Both were allegedly in possession of drugs and Geno allegedly threatened to kill her during the altercation.

The couple never engaged, despite pressure from Mama June to marry. Instead, she gave her an engagement ring.

justin stroud

Mama June and WE TV star Justin Stroud were a match made to last from the start. They met via TikTok and got married in a top secret ceremony in March 2022. “We initially became friends and he didn’t know who Mama June was when he met me,” she said. hollywood life EXCLUSIVELY during a podcast interview. “They told me I wasn’t their type, that I wasn’t single. But it turns out I was his type and he was single!

They later exchanged vows again in an all-out beachside ceremony in Panama City, Florida in February 2023. Touchingly, Mama June’s four daughters showed up and walked their mother down the aisle.

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