Alana Thompson Sounds Off on ‘Honey Boo Boo’ Nickname, Mama June and Family Drama (Exclusive)

One-time ‘Toddlers & Tiaras’ star Alana ‘Honey Boo Boo’ Thompson opens as much as ET about her new Lifetime film, ‘I Was Honey Boo Boo,’ premiering May 17. The now-19-year-old displays on the decade-plus she’s lived in entrance of actuality TV cameras, from the origins of her nickname to the fractures fame precipitated in her household, particularly in the case of her relationship with Mama June Shannon. She additionally shares an replace on her school journey (she’s finding out to be a nurse) and her relationship with boyfriend Dralin Carswell.