Mama June and Sugar Bear put united front for the paparazzi

Nov 4, 2014 08:14 GMT  ·  By
Mama June and her golden goose, Honey Boo Boo, who landed the family their own reality show on TLC
   Mama June and her golden goose, Honey Boo Boo, who landed the family their own reality show on TLC

TLC made Honey Boo Boo and her family famous, but now that the reality show has been canceled by the network, they still get to bask into whatever is left of their 15 minutes of fame. More fans are worried that 9-year-old Honey Boo Boo might be at risk because her mother, Mama June, is dating a convicted pedophile.

So naturally, they still make headlines because of the scandal that led to the series’ cancelation and the family’s fall from the proverbial grace.

With Mama June not getting her full paycheck from TLC for the season that won’t ever air (the fifth), she’s looking at an even bigger and more personal loss as a consequence of her decision to rekindle her relationship with Mark McDaniel, who served 10 years behind bars for forcing himself on her own daughter, Chickadee, when she was 8 years old.

Mama June will probably lose custody of her kids

Mama June is now living with 3 minor daughters, of whom Honey Boo Boo is the youngest. By getting back together with McDaniel, she exposed them to him and thus risked having their innocence robbed, just like it happened to Chickadee.

The matriarch insists that there’s nothing romantic going on between her and McDaniel, and though she initially said they had not even made contact, she eventually admitted to seeing him… but only out of pity, because she wanted to help him get started all over again, now that he was fresh out of jail.

Child Protection Services are investigating the situation, after Mama June’s own mother alerted them over the risks her daughter was taking with her granddaughters. The grandmother raised Chickadee after the abuse – and she was also the one who saved her from it by removing her from the house.

So, hearing that Mama June lost the custody of her kids is only a matter of time right now, sources close to the situation say.

Steps have already been taken to remove Honey Boo Boo from the house

TMZ reports that Uncle Poodle and his boyfriend, Alan, have already made the necessary steps to have Honey Boo Boo removed from Mama June’s house, and thus, out of harm’s way. The two are yet to file the papers, but they’re looking into it.

They’re said to be set on proceeding this way if Mama June doesn’t cease all forms of contact with McDaniel. Because Honey Boo Boo is so close to Uncle Poodle, he is convinced he stands a chance of getting a judge to grant him temporary custody.

Apparently, he’s not asking for permanent custody because he wants Sugar Bear, Honey Boo Boo’s father, to get her once he’s back on his feet financially. Sugar Bear and Mama June split right before the pedophile scandal broke, and from what we’ve been hearing, he’d be in the right if he asked to be granted full custody of the child.

Mama June and Sugar Bear are either together or putting a united front for the cameras

There’s just one glitch in Uncle Poodle’s plan: he might mean well, but Sugar Bear definitely has no intention of going up against Mama June in a custody war. If anything, he’s standing by her through allegations that she slept with the pedophile who molested her own daughter over a decade ago.

The same media outlet has video of the two (and Honey Boo Boo in tow) laughing at the suggestion that Uncle Poodle could get custody. Apparently, neither is too concerned about that ever happening – and the least of all Mama June.