Honey Boo Boo Touched By Child Molester, Mama June Smiles: New Pic

Honey Boo Boo Touched By Child Molester, Mama June Smiles: New Pic 

While Mama June Shannon has denied the allegations that she is dating a sex offender, a new pic recently released by TMZ revealed that she has been exposing her daughter Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson to her eldest daughter's molester, Mark McDaniel.

Taken in September, the photo shows Mama June smiling while sitting on a staircase. On the background were Honey Boo Boo and McDaniel with the registered offender's hands on the "Toddlers And Tiaras" shoulders.

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Prior to this, photos of Mama June looking for a house with McDaniel were released. The two were also photographed in a hotel room. Another photo of Mama June also shows her buying a car for a "friend," who was reportedly McDaniel.

These photos led to the cancellation of "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo," which returned with low ratings in June just like other family reality shows "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" and "Duck Dynasty," USA Today reported.

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After their family show was canceled, Mama June claimed that she had not seen McDaniel since March, when he was released from prison. He spent 10 years there after forcing oral sex on Mama June's eldest daughter, Anna Marie Cardwell.

Upon learning about the news her mother is seeing McDaniel, Cardwell expressed her disappointment.

Cardwell told People adding that she was only eight when McDaniel was dating her mother and the molestation took place.

"He would try and touch me and all that stuff," Cardwell said. "A week or so after it happened, I talked to Mama and she was upset, crying and saying, 'I don't believe you, I don't believe you, why would you do this to me?'"

Now 20, Cardwell said she is just confused hearing one story from her mother and another one from someone else.

"My whole body believes that she is telling the truth, but my mind is going back and forth from, you know, 'Hey, she's telling the truth or she's not telling the truth,'" she explained.

Filmed in the Thompsons' rural town of McIntyre, Georgia, "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" premiered in 2012 and went on to enjoy high ratings. It was criticized for being outrageous, offensive and exploitative but praised by the representation of the LGBT community.

 

 

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