The lives of Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson and her family have become a huge hit for TLC, whose Here Comes Honey Boo Boo has not just strong ratings but national recognition. They also have a show I found to be extraordinarily cruel to its cast members. For The Daily Beast, I talked to the …
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
Today’s fact-free freak-out comes thanks to everyone’s new favorite family reality series, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, which reports say got higher ratings than the Republican National Convention. Insert freaking out about the future of our society here. But that’s bullshit. The Hollywood Reporter’s story is headlined ‘Honey Boo Boo’ Ratings Top the Republican National …
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo debuted on TLC last night, and the good news is that the Earth is still spinning this morning. While TLC rarely airs a reality show that isn’t about staring with mouths open at someone who is the opposite of average in their behavior or physical appearance, this show is particularly …
TLC has given Honey Boo Boo, drinker of Go-Go Juice (i.e. Mountain Dew and Red Bull), her own show: Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. And that’s just the start of the madness TLC is unleashing upon us, as if Toddlers & Tiaras and its abusiveness and madness weren’t enough. Then again, after you’ve played a …
The kids and parents who appear on TLC’s Toddlers & Tiaras are disturbing enough, but former The Mole host Anderson Cooper has found a way to make them even more creepy: by dressing up the moms just like their daughters. They’ll receive makeovers as part of his daytime talk show Friday, and at first that …
The mother of “Honey Boo Boo,” six-year-old pageant competitor Alana Thompson, has defended feeding her daughter “Go-Go Juice,” which has been featured on TLC’s Toddlers & Tiaras. June Shannon says giving Mountain Dew and Red Bull to a six year old is okay. She told ABC News pageant kids “have to be alive” on stage …