Alana Thompson, also known as Honey Boo Boo, made her relationship with boyfriend Dralin Carswell official through Instagram on 27 September 2021, but later deleted the post due to backlashes faced by followers.
Honey Boo Boo took Instagram to share a photo with her boyfriend, Dralin, sitting beside her on 27 September, wearing matching gray shirts printed with 'That's How I Roll.'
Alana and Dralin were smiling at each other while holding hands together and calling her boyfriend 'Bae.' She also captioned it as 'Spooky Season.' Unfortunately, the post was soon deleted after fans criticizing her for dating a guy over four years of age differences.
"No ma'am. Nope nope. 4 years difference later on is no problem," one person said, "but a 16 year old and a 20 year old nope."
"Honey boo boo's new boyfriend is 20?? Girl is 16," another said. "Jail. Jail jail jail."
"Honeybooboo has a boyfriend!!! cuffing season has arrived!!" the netizen jokingly wrote. "Also, she missed the opportunity to say she got a 'booboo'… like it was so easy??? How did she not ?? and it's a double pun bc [it's] Halloween."
According to their social media pages, both Alana and Dralin lived in Georgia, where the legal dating age of consent is 16.
Some of the fans could screenshot the post before it was deleted and share it on Twitter. Not all fans criticized them for dating; some of them were congrats on them. Through Twitter, some fans comment.
"Good for her. She looks adorable," one commented.
"Adorable! Happiness is the key to life," another wrote with a red heart emoji.
Alana confirmed her relationship with Dralin when she was sixteen years old earlier this month. She updates her relationship status on her Facebook private account to "in a relationship" rumor that she is dating 20 years old college student.
Alana's older sister Lauryn also confirmed her dating status.
"She does have a little boyfriend who, like, comes over and stuff, like, he comes over for dinners and stuff, he's very respectful. Everyone approves of him," Lauren told Entertainment Tonight.
"It's good having a boyfriend. I like it," Alana chimed in during the interview.
According to The Sun, Alana and her boyfriend, Dralin, have been dating for more than six months, and her family accepts him and treats him like their owns family.
The Sun reported that before the COVID-19 pandemic, Carswell enrolled in the Nashville technical school, but he later moved to Georgia near Alana and her family.
The Site reported that they were hanging out all time and were happy all time.
In the interview with Teen Vogue, Alana stated that she didn't have any friends except her boyfriend. However, Alana felt that the people around her were like, "Oh, my God, I'm friends with Honey Boo."
"I don't trust nobody really, so I don't have friends," she added.
As Alana saves up for her first car, her boyfriend lets him drive her car.
Alana Thompson Net Worth And Career
Alana Thompson is an American reality star and child beauty contestant. She has a net worth of $400 thousand. For her work on the TLC reality TV show "Here Come Honey Boo Boo," she earned an estimated $50 thousand per episode and earned about $2.75 million during the show's run.
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Alana Thompson started her career at the age of six, where she appeared on the TLC show Toddlers and Tiaras. From the show, she was infamously called Honey Boo Boo. She then appeared on the spin-off show "Here comes Honey Boo Boo," where her mother, June "Mama June" Shannon, her father Mike "Sugar Bear" Thompson, and her older sisters Lauryn, Jessica, and Anna, appeared.
However, after 55 episodes, the show ended because Mama June was spotted with a man who molested one of her daughters. So, in 2017, TLC released few episodes that were already filmed called Here Comes Honey Boo Boo: The Lost Episodes. Alana also appears in the guest role in The Doctor.
After the show ended, Thompson competed on Dancing with the Stars: Juniors, where she was eliminated after four weeks. She was reportedly paid $50,000, and she was paired with Tristan Ianiero. In addition, she was featured on "Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2012."
In August 2021, Alana Thompson was featured in Teen Vogue, and she talked about her life details. In the interview, Alana talks about her dream, and she didn't want to live in the past. Alana said that she wants to become a neonatal nurse in the future. In the interview with Teen Vogue, Alana didn't want people to call her Honey Boo Boo, affecting her as she was studying high school.
Alana Thompson Weight Loss Journey
Alana Thompson's weight loss journey is quite impressive, and we can get inspired by her. Alana Thompson and her mother, June Shannon, struggled with the weight. They were criticized by fans due to being overweight from their early days.
Alana achieves the shocking weight of 125 pounds at the age of nine. In the interview, Alana's uncle blamed her mother for Alana's overweight. In addition, Alana's uncle states that June didn't control Alana's dieting from her early days. June Shannon let her daughter eat freely and didn't control her diet. Once, she was seen eating 20-pieces of chicken McNugget.
Despite being body-shamed again and again, she still has a smile on her face and looks happy.
After the show Mama June: From Not To Hot, any of her fans started to comment on her body, and then she started to think about weight loss.
Alana's mother started to worry about her future and might become the same as her.
Alana's parents have put oil-free diet, which led her loss to weight significantly. She started her journey by eliminating grease from her diet. She avoids eating any fat diet and eating healthy food like fresh fruits and vegetables.
Together they replaced smoothies with fruit shakes, deep-fried chicken with baked chicken, and pizza with a healthy twist, according to Alana Thompson's new diet plan.
Without the help of surgery, Alana lost weight, and she followed a strict diet, riding a bicycle, and worked out with her mother and sisters. But her mother, June, has done gastric sleeve surgery, breast augmentation, veneers, and skin removal surgery. With the help of her trainer, June was able to lose 300 pounds.
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After an intense weight loss plan, many fans were amazed by Alana'slooks. Alana shared her new look with the selfie on 30 October. She poses with rocking straight hair, mascara, and a nose piercing in the photo she shared on her Instagram page. "I don't know I'd wife me," Alana captioned her snap with a diamond ring emoji.
Fans noticed Alana's change in look and comment that if she had followed the diet plan, and she replied, "Yes, ma'am."
"Looking beautiful sweetie, always believe in yourself," one wrote. "Growing up to be such a beautiful girly girl," another commented.
Who Is "Honey Boo Boo" Alana Thompson? Her Family Details
Alana Thompson was born in August 2005 with the parents June Shannon and Mike Thompson. She has four siblings from different fathers whom her mother dated or never legally married. She has older half-siblings Anna, Jessica, and Lauryn.
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Alana's June Shannon is also a reality star, and she appeared on the show like Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and Mama June: Not To Hot. She is always surrounded by controversy. During the show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, June Shannon getting romantically involved with a sex offender, which leads to canceling the show after four seasons.
In 2019, June Shannon was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia and awaiting the trials.
Alana reveals that she, Lauryn, Lauryn's husband Josh, and their daughter Ella lived at the hotel due to their hooligan that could be looking for them due to mother debt. Mama June spends an estimated $900,000 in a year on drugs.
She told The Sun that Mama June had been sober for 14 months after completing 25 days in rehab.
Due to unavoidable circumstances, Alana's mother is still awaiting the trials, and her father, Mike Thompson, with his current wife, Jennifer Lambs, tried to take custody. Still, it was revealed that his father had an ulterior motive. Currently, Alana is staying with Lauryn, so Lauryn got legal custody and is the rightful guardian of Alana.
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Meanwhile, Alana's half-sister Lauryn Shannon is also a reality star, appeared on the show Toddler & Tiaras (2012-2013), Honey Boo Boo (2012-2014), and Mama June: From Not to Hot (2017). She was born in 2000. Lauryn married a mechanic, Joshua Efird, in May 2018, and both welcomed two-child Ella, in 2017 and Bentley Jameson, in 2021.