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Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson says she’s considering motherhood, though not anytime soon.
The 18-year-old Mama June: Family Crisis star recently spoke to DailyMail about starting a family with her boyfriend, 22-year-old Dralin Carswell, whom she began dating publicly in September 2021.
While Alana and Dralin currently live together in Denver, Colorado, where Alana is attending Regis University and studying to become a neonatal nurse, Alana insists the two won’t be making any Honey Boo Boo babies in the near future.
“He wants kids and I don’t want kids,” Alana told the outlet. “I told him after I graduate school and stuff, then that would be the time to talk about kids.
“I definitely don’t want no kids while I’m in school, for sure,” she added.
Alana made a similar statement back in April 2023 on TikTok Live when addressing the rumor that she was pregnant. The rumor about the then 17-year-old began to heavily circulate after photos of her in her prom dress were posted online.
“Like, no I’m not pregnant!” Alana stated. “I haven’t even graduated high school yet, okay? I want to graduate, I want to go to college before I even think about having kids. So no, I’m not pregnant…”
Alana claims Dralin is open to having several kids with her when the time comes, though Alana said becoming a mom of many isn’t in her future.
“I told him, ‘I can meet you in the middle and we can have one. One and done, that’s it,’” she said.
Alana is already older than most of the women in her family were when they had their first child. Alana’s mom, June Shannon, was only 15 when she gave birth to her oldest daughter, Anna. In turn, Anna was 17 when she had her first daughter, Kaitlyn. Alana’s other sister, Lauryn (aka “Pumpkin”) was also 17 when she had her daughter Ella in 2017.
On the current season of ‘Mama June: Family Crisis,’ viewers will watch as Dralin heads to court over legal issues that nearly prevent him from joining Alana in Colorado.
(As The Ashley told you in October, Dralin pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from a February 2023 police chase.)
Even while dealing with legal issues, Alana claims Dralin has continued to be a very supportive and motivating partner to her.
“He just takes care of me,” she said. “He makes sure my head’s on straight. If I’m getting like, a bad grade in school, he’s like, ‘What are you doing that for? You need to get to it. You need to get up there in that room and study!’
“ … Or say that I need to do an assignment that’s due,” she continued. “He’s like, ‘Well, why are we going out to get something to eat? We need to be home doing that assignment.’”
Alana, who referred to Dralin as her boyfriend and “best friend,” also has the support of her family, who consider Dralin a part of their family.
“Dralin’s great. His whole family is great,” Alana’s sister Lauryn “Pumpkin” Shannon said. “ … I just feel like [over] the last four years, Dralin’s just become one of us.”
Alana’s sisters Lauryn and Jessica Shannon and her mom, Mama June Shannon, believe that Dralin is “the one” for Alana, though the teen seems to remain less certain of that herself.
“I’m not sure,” she said. “I hope so.”
