Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson first made her reality TV debut on Toddlers & Tiaras. Alana’s casting would catapult herself and her mother, “Mama” June Shannon, into unexpected (perhaps unhelpful) ...

"I'm basically already grown. So I just don't understand it," the reality star tells PEOPLE Dory Jackson is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE's TV News team. Upon joining the brand in March 2021, she has had ...

Behind Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson’s pageant dresses and charismatic personality was a little girl navigating a storm of chaos, emotional neglect and her mom’s drug addiction. In her new Lifetime ...