The family matriach of 'Here Comes Honey Boo Boo' insists her children are her top priority despite evidence that she let her children be close to the man who molested her eldest daughter.
- Oct 30, 2014
AceShowbiz - Mama June Shannon spoke out about her family controversy in a video obtained by Mail Online on Wednesday, October 29. In the video, Mama June could be seen smiling and laughing as she insisted that her children are her top priority.
When asked if she had talked to her sex offender boyfriend, Mark McDaniel, Mama June said, "No." When asked if she had contacted her eldest daughter Anna Cardwell, who claimed she was the victim of Mark, Mama June replied, "I talk to all my kids... We are handling this as a family matter. We are doing it behind closed doors, that's how I am. I'm very quiet. I love my family... We're handling what happens privately."
Asked if she's upset with the cancellation of "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo", Mama June said, "I can't say anything bad about the show. I can't say anything bad about TLC."
Mama June claimed she would tell the whole story to "the right person at the right time." She added, "I have to think about my family, my kids, I have a lot of things to think about. My kids are my number one priority... The protection of my kids is my number one priority."
Anna spoke out about her mother's dating rumors in a new interview with ET. When asked if she felt betrayed, Anna replied, "I'm mad. I'm upset. I feel betrayed. I feel very hurt. That's the main thing that I am - I feel very hurt that Mama let him come around."
"It's like she's happy," she said of her mother, "She's smiling and giggling when [Mark]'s around. You know, 'he's a child molester, Mama. He did this to me. Why would you let him come around the girls knowing what he did? And reportedly done it to another girl?' "
When asked if Mama June believed her, Anna said, "She never told me she believes me. She never said, 'Hey Anna, I'm sorry for not believing you and I still don't believe you to this day.' " She added, "It's Mama's fault. She has to live with it. She has brought the past back and now she can't get it away."
Earlier on Wednesday, Mama June was spotted stepping out together with her estranged husband Sugar Bear and her 9-year-old daughter Honey Boo Boo a.k.a Alana Thompson to go shopping in Milledgeville, Georgia.
