I was Honey Boo Boo with Alana Thompson

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And you're listening to Barely Famous.

All right, this week I have such an exciting interview for you guys with Alana on Barely Famous, and you may know her as Honey Boo-Boo.

Alana gained national attention at six years old through her participation in TLC's toddlers and tiaras, where her vibrant personality and catchphrases stood out.

And one of my favorites is Everybody's a Little Gay.

Her popularity led to spin-off series Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo, in 2012, which showcased her family's life in rural Georgia.

And I watched a little bit of this.

The show was unfortunately canceled in 2014 due to controversies surrounding her mom, Mama June.

And now Alana has grown up and is trying to differentiate herself from the little girl that we all knew and love.

She's currently in college and getting her degree, ready to move on from the girl you guys know in her new biopic, I Was Honey Boo-Boo.

It's out now and we get to see Alana on her own terms in her own way.

Alana's new biopic is exclusively on Lifetime, so you guys can can go watch that now.

And I hope that you guys love this interview as much as I love doing it.

Are we rolling?

Oh my God.

Okay, first of all, welcome back to another episode of Barely Famous Podcast.

I am sitting with Alana.

You might know her as Honey Boo-Boo.

First of all, thank you for coming on.

Thank you for having me.

Congratulations on your biopic.

Thank you.

And we were just talking about pumpkin was going to come on the podcast.

And then you said that something about your mom stealing your money.

Yeah, when you had made that video about my mom stealing my money on TikTok.

are you mad at me no okay no i think it was better honestly like more for like awareness i think you may have did that more for like awareness not like to throw a punch at anybody no it was it's just because

not that i think of you as my child but i have children that have grown up in the public eye and so i can't put myself in that position as a mom and so it was more like it was more for awareness than it was to like throw shots.

Yeah, and I think it's great because this happens all the time to child stars.

So I think your video is great.

So, I mean, that's not where I was going to start, but here we are.

So, what has the relationship been like since then?

Like, did you get your money back?

Did you not get your money back?

Well, I did get my money back.

And honestly, like, our relationship has been really good since then.

Like, really?

Since then, I feel like...

We've been like as close as we've ever been.

Yeah, I feel like that has a lot to do with anna passing.

I feel like we just seen like how fast people can just go any day.

So I feel like it really opened up our eyes and we've gotten a lot closer since then.

Good.

I'm glad.

Cause that was one of the questions I actually had was like, how do you navigate your relationship?

Because it's been sort of on and off toxic, I would say, like in the public eye.

For sure.

I think that, you know, part of that is being in the public eye because it adds extra layers that people who are not in the public eye, they don't have that.

And so is there anything about your relationship with your mom that you want people to know?

I don't think so.

I just think like right now we're at a really good spot.

And like, I'm really loving where we are right now.

And I hope it can continue for sure.

So are they going to show all of this on your biopic um

well they're not gonna kind of show like where I am now I'm hoping that this bio pic will like open up more opportunities to possibly do like a where I am now right but this is just kind of like what happened back in the day and like it's kind of a little caught up to today but not really so how did you first get on the show how what what did your mom sign you up for it are you talking about like on TV like yeah just on TV in general um no like we were doing doing like little mall pageants.

They kind of just come to us.

Like, they just emailed my mom and was like, we love her personality, we love her, and we want to do something with her.

So, you've always had a big personality, yeah, and it was never just for the show, it was always you had that on screen, off-screen.

I've always had a really big personality for sure.

And then, obviously, America loved you.

Yeah.

And so, how do you feel now, like, that you've grown up on TV and you're what, 19, 20?

Yeah, I'm 19.

19.

How do you feel now that you've done all of this?

Um, I feel very accomplished.

I've lived almost the whole entire life, I feel like, and I'm only 19.

But I am very accomplished of where I am, and I'm very grateful for the opportunities it's given me.

I don't feel like I would even be able to go to like Colorado and be in college if it wasn't for the TV and everything.

So I am very grateful for it.

But I mean, there is things I wish wasn't on TV and that is on TV, but what can I do about it now?

Do you think, do you feel like since you've grown up on TV that people sort of still hold on to what they've seen in the past instead of who you are today?

Yes, 100%.

I think a lot of people still see me as like that little six-year-old, little pageant girl, and I'm not anymore.

A lot of people are like, well, why is she living with her boyfriend?

I'm like, guys, I'm 19 in college.

Like, what do you expect me to do?

So a lot of people do still see me as that little six-year-old, but I think this movie will help them try and like.

see me as a more like grown and mature version of myself.

For sure.

And then you were talking about your mom, you know, taking your money or whatever.

One, did you ever get an an explanation for where it went and two were you able to use any of it for college um i used all of it for college

um all of the money that she paid me back basically went to college um and she didn't really give me like a full explanation she kind of just told me that like she used it to take care of us and that's kind of all she said is that legal

um

Kind of like if I would have tried to take her to court to sue her, it wouldn't it wouldn't have kind of worked just because by law she did what was right because she put 20 in my account and took 80 so like in the state of california when we were doing dancing with the stars you were only required to put 20 into a kid's kooking account you didn't have to put the whole hundred percent so she did what was right i guess but i don't think it's right at all do y'all live in california no okay we were just the that show was filmed in california got it got it got it i would love to do dancing with the stars but no it's so fine if you ever get the opportunity do it how long were you you in California for it um we were there for like three months are you fucking kidding me yeah we were there for us on this

you were in California

I know but it's lifestyle me I don't want to I don't want to mess up my relationship with them

so you and your mom were on the show at the same time or was it just you no it was just me like they did like a a special edition of like juniors okay and i was on that so like it wasn't like with my mom it was literally just me and did she go out there with you she was out there with me me and like she was there for like um the rehearsals and stuff but she was never like physically on camera for dance with the stars what has been your favorite moment so far between filming just from when you were little till now like what has been your favorite moment being on tv honestly probably dancing with the stars really it was so much fun like i don't think people understand how much fun i had like yeah i was genuinely enjoyed that time of my life really Would you do it again if they asked you to?

A thousand percent.

Are there any shows that you would have wanted to do or and haven't been asked for yet?

Um, I don't know.

I feel like a game show would be fun.

I don't know which one, but I feel Family Feud.

Well, I've done Family Feud.

Shut the fuck up.

Yeah, we did Celebrity Family Feud.

Family Feud.

Did y'all win?

No, we did it with

Buddy from Cake Boss.

Yeah, they won, but it was still a great time.

Yeah, that sounds like I love Family Feud.

Yeah.

I watch it to go to school.

It was really fun, honestly.

And Steve Harvey, he was great.

Really?

Yeah.

I was on, I did a show with him, God, back in 2016 or something.

That was the first and last time I ever met him.

Yeah, he's really great.

He really is funny.

Yeah, I know.

It was a talk show that I did, so I didn't get the same

vibes.

So you growing up on TV, obviously you've gone through all sorts of relationships with family, friends, all of the things.

How do you deal with that being in the public eye?

It is very hard, but I think I've just learned to cope.

I think I've just had to deal with it for so long that, like, it's just.

Well, you don't know any different yeah like that's what it is like I literally know no different so I guess like I don't even like it just happens yeah and then your sister pumpkin

she took custody of you at one point yes does she to have custody of you now or no because you're 19 well I'm 19 now so no but she did have custody for as long as like she could until I was 18 What was that like going like going through that publicly?

It was hard for sure.

And definitely going through it publicly made it even worse.

But my hardest challenge during time was just like everybody at school saying like, my mom did this this weekend or my mom or me and my mom are going to do this.

And it was like, I always had to say like my sister.

I never could really like say like, oh, like my mom is bringing me lunch today.

It was like, no, pumpkin's bringing me lunch or my sister's bringing me lunch.

That was probably the hardest part for me.

And you had to explain it or you didn't explain?

Well, I didn't explain.

No, I never explained it because I never felt like it was necessary to explain because it's my business.

But I did, I was always like, my sister's coming.

Like, it was never my mom.

And you went to public school throughout your entire?

Yeah, I was homeschooled for maybe like two years, but other than that, I was in public school.

What made you transition from public school to homeschooling back to public school?

Well, my mom transferred me from public school because she thought it had just like gotten too much with like trying to

get back and forth from school and everything and film at the same time.

So she transferred me homeschooling.

And then when pumpkin got custody of me again, she transferred me back to regular public school pumpkin transferred yeah and you wanted to stay in public school yeah I wanted to go back I miss like not having like a regular life I guess you could say yeah because homeschooling is boring if I'm being honest is it yeah it's not I mean people make it sound fun but to me it was boring yeah I didn't actually like do the work at home I mean I did do the work but like I wasn't doing it to like my full potential.

Like my mom was grading it.

So like.

Oh, you don't have to like it.

Like, yeah, it was like a little K-12 program or something like that and like they sent you the books you did the work and your mom like grade or your guardian graded it and then like they filled out a paper and sent it back to the school or whatever.

And then at the end of the year you'd take like this big test.

Like it was very confusing if I'm being honest.

And then since you were you've been on TV since you were six years old did you just have the same group of friends so everyone sort of knew who you were and it wasn't a big deal by the time you got to like high school?

Well, well, I got kind of lucky because the school that I was going to before homeschool, it was the same school I got put back into when I went back to high school.

Right.

So it was kind of like all my old friends were just there again.

Okay.

They had like obviously were grown up, not in third grade anymore, but they were all just there.

This is so fascinating to me because I was much older when I got on TV.

So I had a little bit of a normal life, but you truly, I think I started having memories of my childhood when I was around six.

So I feel like you really don't know any different.

Yeah, like this is all I remember.

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and you brought your boyfriend yeah how did y'all meet um we met through mutual friends okay yeah and i thought you had an engagement ring on your finger

no is she looking over there

um people would hate that they would hate that why what do you mean because it's just like like i said people still view me as like that six-year-old little girl so So like they don't think I should be getting married or like I'm not pregnant, but like if I was pregnant right now, like they'd be like, no way.

Yeah.

Because they think you're a baby.

Yeah.

They still think I'm a little girl.

So with this biopic, what do you hope that people take away from it?

I hope that people like take away that like that was my past and now I'm just trying to move forward and like better myself and like

not be like my past and not be like the people I've experienced in my past.

But do you think that people will still still hold on to no matter how much work you do?

Yeah, I think so.

I think people will just because like that's how they're used to seeing like when you think of honey boo you think of like this six-year-old pageant girl.

You don't think of a 19-year-old girl that's in college in nursing school, you know?

Yeah.

So like I think so.

I don't, I don't think anything I do, I don't think it'll ever change their mind.

What do you think is your most iconic moment from six years old until now that has been filmed?

Because there's a quote that you said that I say every single day.

Which one is it?

Everybody's a little gay.

Oh, okay, okay.

That one was a good one.

That one was iconic.

That one was pretty good.

Cause like everybody's a little gay.

Like, at the end of the day.

Yeah.

It's like, come on.

Like, come on.

That, yeah, that was a pretty good one.

I don't know.

I think my most iconic was probably like the original, like, Dollar Makes Me Holler.

Cause it just, like, that's what got me like

so famous.

Like, yeah, yeah.

Dollar Makes Me Holler, honey boo-boo child.

Like, do people still call you honey boo-boo?

Yeah, they don't call me like honey boo-boo child, but they just call me honey boo-boo.

Does anyone call you Alana?

Rarely.

Like to your face?

Yeah, very rarely that people call me Alana.

Like even your family?

Well, no, they do.

Oh, okay.

So the public all call me Hoo-Boo.

Yeah, the public.

Yeah, the public all calls me honey boo-boo.

Everybody else, like my family and stuff, they call me like Lana.

Do you have, do you have any resentment towards honey boo-boo or do you, like, how do you feel?

I don't think so.

Like I said, I'm very grateful for her.

For her?

So she's like a completely separate.

She's not a boy.

No, no, she definitely is, but like, because like i tell people all the time like i'll always be honey boo-boo for sure like i don't think i'll ever not be honey boo-boo but i think she's definitely my past sure than like of me now okay that's fair i feel like i'm more of like a lana now okay that makes i mean that makes sense to me i i wouldn't call you honey boo-boo like if i saw you on social media or like when i see your videos and stuff like i don't think of you as honey boo-boo anymore so i feel like that was like your child yeah you know what i mean yeah do you ever go back to where you used to do pageants and talk to any of the people that you used to do pageants with no really No.

You don't have any relationships with any of them?

No.

Because of the success of, you know, you taking off the show or what?

I mean, I wouldn't really say that.

I just think it was because, like, we weren't really all close.

Like, when we were doing pageants, it's like you walk by these people and like you might be friends at a pageant, but once that pageant's over with, like, you're more than likely probably never going to see them again.

Right.

Or if you do, it's going to be at another pageant.

Like, you're not going to see them outside of pageants.

Got it.

Okay.

And you wouldn't do a pageant today?

Um, I don't know.

Maybe.

Who knows?

You should do a pageant.

Maybe I'll be be like Miss America or something.

I mean, that would be cool.

That would be pretty cool.

How's your dad?

I don't know.

What?

I don't know.

You haven't talked to him?

I haven't talked to him in years.

Like, how many years?

Like

years.

Like

a long time.

Like, I can't even think about how long it's been.

That's how long it's been.

I didn't realize that.

I didn't know you guys didn't have a relationship.

Yeah.

Is your mom still with the guy that was in the videos when I I was talking about her taking your money?

Is she still with that guy?

What's his name?

Justin?

Gino?

No clue.

Well, you may have been talking about Gino, but she's with, she's married to Justin now.

He's a really good guy.

I think he's bettered my mama for the best.

And then you were talking about how when Anna passed, that it brought you guys closer.

Do you think?

Yeah.

I 100% believe that.

I think it just kind of, like I said, opened our eyes to know that like family can go, like anybody can go like any day.

so I definitely think it opened our eyes and how did you guys handle that publicly

it was hard but I also think that the public did a really good job of like showing us love during that time there wasn't a lot of hate like I think definitely the love overweighed the hate for sure I just don't even know how you've gone through all of this and you truly have no other like recollection of like a normal life outside of yeah everybody always asks me they're like do you want a normal life and it's like i don't like i guess i don't know what a normal life would look like.

I was just having a conversation with a friend of mine who's also in the public eye.

And we were saying, like, we couldn't go get a job at, like, a bank or something.

Like, we can't go work at PetSmart.

You know what I mean?

Like, that's what I'm saying.

Like, imagine when I become a nurse.

They're going to be like, honey boo-boo's my nurse.

Like, honey boo-boo.

Do you love that idea?

Or do you, are you like, absolutely not?

I mean, I don't love the idea of that, but.

It's like, I want to be a nurse.

And at the end of the day, like, if it's what I have to go through just to be a nurse, I guess I'll deal with it.

Could you do like private, like, home care so that people don't have to, you're not, like, clocking in at a hospital or something?

Well, I could, but I still feel like people at home would be like, oh my God, like, honey, people just come in my house and took care of my kid.

Like,

I feel like there's no way of getting around it.

What made you decide to get into nursing?

Um, I just kind of seen how like big of an impact the nurses had on Anna's, like, journey and how much of an impact they had on our journey, just like taking it with her.

So, I want to be that nurse one day.

How did you guys find out that that she was sick?

Um, honestly, like, I was in Colorado, so like, I don't remember a whole bunch of it, but I do remember my mom saying something about like she went to the doctor because she had to get like something, she had like a surgery to get something removed, and like once they removed it, they thought that um she would be fine.

Like, we removed it, you heal up, like you're good.

But after that, she went back to the doctor again, just like for like pre, uh, I think like post-op or whatever.

And then, um, they told her that, like, she had cancer like basically everywhere almost yeah but they didn't catch it before but well it's the doctor she went to really if i'm being honest she didn't go to the best of hospitals the very first time so i think that's why they didn't catch it the second time she ended up going to like atlanta so like i they have more advanced technology and stuff i think that's why they caught it but i'm glad like i'm still glad that they caught it when they did because I mean, she could have got way worse, way faster for sure.

Right.

And then she had kids, right?

Yeah, so

do you still have a a relationship with the kids?

Um, Kylie, no, because Michael ripped Kylie from the family as soon as Anna passed.

Um,

they had went to court and everything to fight for Caitlin, and my mama got custody of Caitlin, so we are very close with Caitlin, but we don't see Kylie.

So, your mom is raising Caitlin, yes, right now.

And that's the one that we, the daughter, Caitlin's the oldest, okay, Anna's oldest.

And then, why one and not the other?

Um, because um, Caitlin, so Kylie's real dad, Michael is like her real dad.

That's not Caitlin's real dad.

So like he had basically like no say-so of where Caitlin went.

And she went to my mama because my mom was her grandmother.

So like she, my mom was the next, like, closest person to go to after Anna.

And then Kylie went to Michael because that's her real dad.

So like,

obviously her mom passed.

So she went to her dad.

Where's Caitlin's dad?

Um.

Anna never really even knew if I'm being honest.

Oh, you don't, I mean, you don't, if you want that edit out, I mean, I don't care.

Oh, okay.

Anna did.

I mean, Anna wouldn't care care for me to tell him either.

She just didn't really know ever.

Like, she had an idea, but.

Do you get upset that you don't have a relationship with Kylie?

Um, yeah, a little bit, just because, like, I feel like for as long as I can remember, it's always been Caitlin and Kylie, not just Caitlin or not just Kylie.

So, I feel like for Michael to just rip her from what she's known her whole life is kind of fucked up.

Well, I think also just having that relationship with her sibling would be

for sure.

That's not.

And, like, she's been with caitlin every day since like since she knows like since she's been born right right right right and i mean obviously you guys all care so you want to have a relationship with her and do you guys live nearby or you have no um no he did live super close but uh i think he ended up like moving them all to alabama like after he went to court for caitlin and figured out he wasn't getting caitlin like ever well not ever but like he wasn't like getting full custody of her um he moved immediately to alabama Where do y'all live?

Georgia.

Well, my family lives in Georgia.

I live in Colorado.

For college?

Yes.

So you think you'll stay there?

Um, I don't know.

We like Colorado right now.

Yeah, probably, maybe.

I've, um, a lot of the people that I went to college with became nurses and they do like the travel nursing.

So they go to like Hawaii, they go to New Zealand, like all kinds of really cool places.

Do you ever see yourself doing something like that?

Um, I don't know.

I think it's definitely a thought, but I don't know.

I it's definitely something I have to sit and think about because that is pretty far across the world.

But I think it'll be fun, it'd It'd be different for sure.

And is there like a specialty in nursing that you're wanting to do?

Yeah, I want to go be a pick you nurse of pediatric ICU.

Yeah.

Is that are babies born in Google?

Well, I wanted to go for the strictly babies, like neonatal, which is the neonatal intensive care.

Yeah.

Okay.

So, but I didn't do that just because if I'm being honest, I feel like I would have got bored of just seeing little babies all the time.

I wanted a variety of age.

Okay.

So pediatric is from birth until 18.

And so you you definitely want to work with kids.

Yes.

Like 100% hands down with kids.

And then so you might not get too much of the, oh, honey boo-boo's our nurse.

Like you might get it a little bit.

Maybe, maybe not, maybe not.

Do you feel like the younger generations know less of who you are versus like my generation and older?

I do feel like it's starting to become that.

I feel like

now it's like more of like middle-aged women stopping me than like really young girls.

Or like if it is a really young girl, she's like, my mama loves you.

you take pictures with people when they stop you?

Yeah, I take pictures everywhere I go.

I never not take a picture unless I'm eating.

Oh, do you ever get people taking pictures of you while you're eating?

Probably.

They do that to me all the time.

And I'm like, I would have said you're not going to be.

Or they'll like walk by and they'll have their phone and they're like, hey, I'm like, they're just taking pictures like this.

It's like, if you ask, I would take a picture with you.

I would take a picture with you.

Okay, so this is a PSA to anyone listening that she will take a picture, just ask.

Yeah, literally.

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Yeah.

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So, how do you feel that this new biopic is coming out?

Do you feel good?

Do you feel relieved?

Um, I do.

I feel relieved.

I feel a little bit of closure because, like, I finally got to like say my whole story, like, out loud.

Like, it was just there.

So, I do feel a little bit of closure.

I feel relieved.

And I feel a little bit like empowered in a way.

Just like seeing what I went through to like where I am today, it's like very much empowering for me.

But do you have any resentment growing up in the public eye?

Um, I don't know.

I don't think I do.

I mean, there's definitely things I probably would have changed about like having everything in the public eye, but I don't think I have like any resentment.

Like I don't think I'd ever take it back.

If you could create your own show completely from your own brain, what would you be doing on this show?

Probably like daily vlog, like, you know, like just like a YouTube channel, but like in a show form.

So what does a day-to-day look like for you?

Well, now it's just like pretty boring.

I just study all the time, literally all the time.

I'm studying.

Is boyfriend helping you?

He will.

He'll help me.

I'll stick it out.

He'll help me sometimes, but he doesn't really, like.

What I learn, he's like, whoa, my brain is literally like, I can't.

So like, I'll take his blood pressure manually or like, I'll take his heart rate or whatever.

So you're letting her practice.

Yeah, yeah, he'll let me practice for sure.

I love this.

I love that.

Are you like a flashcard study?

What are you doing?

Oh, no.

Are you physically going to the school or are you online?

No, I'm physically going.

I'm more of like an active recall.

I'll literally write.

A what?

An active recall.

Like, I'll write everything out until I can literally say it without even looking at it.

Do just keep writing it.

Like, not give you your props for being smart and just like going to college?

I, I mean, probably.

I think so.

I think some people are like, what is she going to be a nurse for?

And a lot of people think that, like, I can't be a nurse because I used to wear long nails and lashes.

What?

yeah a lot of people are like i would never want my nurse wearing those long nails and those long lashes okay well then ask for another nurse

like i don't know what to tell you i'm pretty sure i've seen like nurses on tick tock and stuff that talk about they wear lashes i don't know about nails but yeah it it i don't know people will make a complaint out of anything

What is that like for you?

Do you read comments?

Do you not read comments?

I've learned to try not to read them as much.

I mean, it definitely is easier said than done when people are like, just don't read them, don't read them.

And it's like, you want, like, when you post something, you want to know what people are saying.

Like, that's the first thing I normally do is like, I go and check the comments, see what people are saying.

But, like, for the most part, I think I'm just so used to all, like, the hatefulness.

Yeah.

I don't really care about it anymore.

And then I just also know that like, if you have the time to sit here and like make a post or like a comment on anything that I do, it's like there's something in your life that's not going right.

So you're now having to pick at my life.

Well, nobody doing better than you is going to spend their time talking about you.

That part.

And so every time I read a really nasty comment, I try to remember like nobody doing better than me is even worried about me, good or bad.

Yeah.

Probably not really worried about me.

If they're doing better than me, like they're probably like, they're like, honey boo-boo, okay?

Yeah.

Yeah.

So I don't know.

I just, I feel, I have a love-hate relationship with social media.

For sure.

I feel like I wouldn't be where I am without it.

But sometimes the hate is louder than the love.

For sure.

And sometimes, for sure.

And it sucks.

Yeah.

So, and I hate that like our supporters that have followed us on these journeys, right?

Like, they deserve love back, but sometimes the hate just sticks out a little more.

Yeah.

I don't know.

But I try and like like comments and like we're shy to comments and stuff too, like all the nice ones.

So it's you on your accounts.

It's not someone else.

Yeah.

I don't have any manager running my account.

No, it's like if I'm posting or if I'm commenting, it's more than likely going to be me.

Oh, I love that.

And is there anything that you don't talk about on social media or the show or the biopic?

Um, no, not really.

My life is pretty out there.

Yeah, I don't feel like there's anything I can keep a secret.

Is there any like podcast, interview show, or anything that you would love to do?

Honestly, I was excited just to be here today.

Like, are you blowing smoke up my ass?

No, I so

I swear to God, I literally sit and watch you like you come across my for you page.

Shut up.

And I'm like, I told my mama, I'm like, I'm going to be on her show.

Why didn't she come?

Well, because this is my show.

Period.

energy energy.

Is she on it though at all?

Like not actually her.

Like she's just like somebody's playing her.

Wait.

She's not on like I'm the only person that's like actually in how did you get this deal?

Sign me up.

They come to me and they said we want to do this.

Yeah, somebody like actually come to me from like my RTV show like my mama's show or whatever.

And they were like, well, Lifetime is interested in you.

Like they want to talk to you about something.

And then we took it from there.

And so were you able to work this deal out on your own without your mom's sort of involvement?

I like my mama was not involved at all.

Was she upset by that?

I don't think so.

I mean, I'm grown now.

Right.

But so you get to handle all your own stuff now.

You get to look at your own contracts.

You get to know exactly what you're being paid, when you're being paid, if you're getting paid.

Yeah.

And what is that like?

Because that's different.

It is.

It's good to be able to like.

be in control of everything and to know that like I have all my money now.

Yeah.

But it is hard just because like I've never done it.

So it's like some of the times I'm I'm like I don't even know what this means right so I mean when I did do the lifetime thing like I had like an attorney look over it for me to make sure I wasn't like just signing anything and

I Mean I just try and take precautions.

I don't want to just sign my life away, you know What was everyone's reaction when you finally signed the deal and you were gonna do this like what what did you have support from your sister and your mom?

I think yeah, I think I did everybody was excited for me.

They're like this is gonna be fun.

It's gonna be different and yeah, I mean I think there was probably a little hesitancy of like what is she gonna tell them like yeah because when i tell y'all i left nothing nothing undisclosed like everything is put out there on the plate in this movie and do you talk about your boyfriend um

we do a little bit he he has a like somebody's playing him in the movie too but we don't talk about him as much just because like This is more about the past and like he wasn't around at them times.

Okay, fair enough.

And is there anything in this bio this biopic that people will be surprised to learn about?

Or do you sort of think that it's...

I think there will be a few things that people are surprised to know about.

I think a lot of people are going to be like, wow, I would have never thought that would have happened to her.

But

at the end of the day, it happened.

And I want to be able to tell my truth.

So I'm excited for everybody to see it.

When does it come out?

What is it?

May 17th.

Oh, so it's soon.

This weekend.

It's coming out this weekend.

Yeah.

Okay, so for those of you guys listening or watching.

8-7 Central Time.

8-7 Central Time, May 17th, and where can they get it?

They can stream it.

They can do all the things.

on lifetime.

You've said in the past that fame changes people.

Do you feel like it's changed you for the positive or the negative?

I think it's changed me for the positive.

I think it's just shown me to never get in over my head.

Yeah, like the celebrities that are just thinking they're better than everybody, I just don't really understand that.

Or the celebrities that are just thinking they're better than their fans specifically, just because, like, I feel like my fans made me who I am.

Like, without my fans, I would be absolutely nothing.

100%.

At the end of the day, I feel like they deserve the love for sure.

Have you had a bad experience with people that you've met?

Um, I don't think so.

Like, all the celebrities that I've met are normally pretty nice.

I haven't really met like people like super famous.

Like, I met, well, Kim Kardashian came to Dancing with the Stars to watch, but like, I didn't meet her.

That's kind of cool.

But, like, I, like, I thought that was kind of cool, too.

No, that would be my claim to fame until I die.

Yeah, like, that's pretty cool.

But Pumpkin was in the bathroom with her.

Did they talk?

I don't know if they talked, but, like, why didn't she ask for a picture is my question.

Kim would have done it.

Yeah.

She's a selfie queen.

Yeah.

She would have done it.

Yeah.

Is there anyone that you want to meet?

Um, I don't know.

I don't think so.

I mean, I feel like, like, are you desensitized to it a little bit?

Yeah.

Yeah.

For sure.

And then what is the relationship like with, you know, showing relationships, both romantic and friendships on social media?

Do you feel like you have to sort of

protect your, I guess, own well-being or protect the privacy of your relationship?

Um, in a way, kind of.

It's just because, like, I feel like everybody has this bad image of Draylon.

And it's just like, ever since I've been with him, it's like all been negative.

Like, when I post about him, it's like negative, negative, negative, negative.

And, like, a lot of people will, like, I've been asked a few times of like, why I don't post my relationship much.

And that's really why.

It's just like, because if you're going to have something negative to say about it every single time, like, what's the point in posting it?

Well, it's not fair to him because he didn't really sign up for it.

But also, you know, you want to keep it private, but not secret.

Yeah.

And I feel like there is,

I don't know, there's power in that i you know i wouldn't want to keep my relationship a secret but

protecting your privacy in that way because once you allow all these people into your relationship whether it's him or a friendship or a fallout i feel like it changes so much and it just takes a toll on everybody yeah but sure how does he feel about being in the public eye um he likes it a little bit i mean he doesn't love it he's not the biggest fan of it but i think he mainly does it because like

he's with me so you can you have anything to say?

You want to get on the mic?

He doesn't love it if I'm being honest.

Like they've asked him to be in a few interviews and he's like, yeah, I'm kind of just here for support.

I kind of love that though.

Yeah, I do love it.

He's very much just here for support and not to be on camera.

We love that.

Supporting King.

Love that for you.

Yep.

Love that for you.

I should have brought y'all merch.

We're going to play put a finger down reality TV edition since we both grew up on TV.

Okay.

10 or so.

Yeah, 10.

Okay.

Have you ever been caught on camera saying something you immediately regretted?

Yes.

Immediately, yes.

Yes.

You've had a family member as a co-star on your reality show.

I think so.

Yeah, your mom and your sisters.

Have I?

No.

No.

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You faced public scrutiny regarding your family dynamics.

100 plus.

1,000.

I think all the fingers should go down at that point.

Literally.

You've been open about your weight loss journey on social media.

I mean,

you lost weight, if I'm being honest.

I just got surgery.

You've taken a break from reality TV to focus on personal growth.

You've never taken a break.

Would you like to take a break?

Honestly, I feel like, okay, I don't take a break, but we kind of get a little bit of a break in between different seasons.

Okay.

Take like a two to three month break.

So, I mean, I guess it is a break, if I'm being honest, but I think that's good enough for me.

So when you were doing Dancing with the Stars, were you also filming for?

Yes, I was.

What was that like?

It was challenging, but I can say my network is like so great when it comes to like working with me and like working around my schedule.

Right.

So they did do a really good job at like trying to just work around it.

Yeah.

Well, I love that.

Have you ever had a wardrobe malfunction on national television?

Not even in your pageant days?

no are you kidding me yeah no i haven't actually in 2018 i went to the vmas

and i you've never been there that's pretty cool are you kidding me yeah i've never get this girl into the vmas i've never been to like any of those like big award shows and i've never been on dance with the stars

the like teen choice awards for nickelodeon but that's it

but you've never been to

I went to the ACMs last week, the country.

I didn't go there.

Uh-uh.

I was ill.

I'm like, why am I not there?

Are you kidding?

No, and not in the VMAs either.

No, I've never been there.

That is so what the Grammys?

I just never been to any.

I've been to the Grammys.

Like, I you've been to the Grammys, girl.

Quit fucking what I'm saying.

You're famous.

No, teen moms do not belong at freaking Grammys.

But that's the thing is, like, you have such different opportunities than me.

It's so interesting how, like, they pick and choose.

And I would love to know.

So, the next interview is going to be someone from Lifetime.

Have you ever made a dramatic exit from a family gathering?

Oh, for sure.

I haven't.

You haven't?

No.

Oh, I don't have a family.

So I just like, I've definitely made a dramatic, that's it.

That was the last one.

I've made dramatic exits from stage and like reunions and stuff.

So, like, when my mom stole my money and I was like, I'm fucking gone.

Like, I'm out of here.

Gone.

And then how did you guys like rekindle that?

I don't know.

It's like, it just happens.

Like, everybody always asks, like, how do you keep forgiving your mom?

And I'm like, I don't know.

It just happens.

Like, do you actually forgive her or do you just sort of move on?

I think I just move on.

I think that's the real thing.

Because I think like actual forgiveness is like you're not forgetting, but you're not going to throw it in their face every time or you're not going to talk about it.

I'm very much a person of like, I will forgive, but I will never forget.

But you don't bring it up like when you say you're forgiving, you're not bringing it up at every chance you have.

No, I'm not like going to hang it over her head and be like, but she very much is a person like that sometimes.

I just, I don't know.

I want, I would love to talk to your mom and I feel like it'll happen one day.

I'll talk to your head off all day.

Well, I don't know.

She might be mad at me.

Oh, she might.

Oh, she might.

She might, but I'm hosting the next reunion.

I'll host the next reunion with

Pumpkin, and we'll get Draylin on there, too.

Yeah.

Everybody will be there.

Just right off the bat.

You didn't even give me a chance.

Oh, my gosh.

Yeah, I told you he doesn't love it.

He'll do it, but he doesn't love it.

So what are future goals for Alana?

Honestly, if I'm being honest, I'm not a big planner.

so like I don't really know.

We're flying by the seat of our plan.

Yeah, I don't know what's going to happen like next week.

Right.

But I know for a fact that I'm going to be a nurse and like be graduated and stuff.

What is the plan for that?

You are, are you a freshman?

No, I'm a junior.

Oh my God.

Where have I been?

Yeah.

Wait, you're 19 and you're a junior?

Yeah, I'm starting my junior year this summer.

The 20th, June 23rd.

Are you taking summer classes?

Yes.

And then are you?

The nursing program is a summer program.

Have you started clinicals and stuff then?

I started this year, this summer.

And do you have to go through like a full rotation of like all the different,

what is it called, like departments?

Yeah.

They'll like they'll give us, so like one semester, they'll give us a certain department and then the next semester we'll just rotate to the next department.

And then we'll just keep doing that until I graduate.

And are you the first person in your family to go to college?

No, Jessica went to college, but she walked across the stage, but she needs to go back and take like a few more classes to get her actual like diploma.

Okay.

So like if I do graduate, graduate, I'll be like the first one with like an actual diploma.

And what inspired you to just go to college in general when you have been on TV this long and you make money and you do well?

Um, I knew I wanted to make something more of myself than just being on TV my whole life.

A comment I get all the time is that I paid for my degree and that I didn't actually earn it.

Do you ever see comments like that?

Um, no, and I'm guessing it's probably because like they don't think I even have the money to pay for it.

So like

yeah, a lot of people think I'm like absolutely absolutely dead broke now that my mama took my money.

I could see how people got to.

Yeah, I could see how they got to that, but I, I don't, like, I don't know.

I guess they're just assuming.

Yeah.

Would you ever do like acting in a movie, like a real motion picture?

Maybe.

I feel like that'd be fun.

It'd be different and something that I haven't done, but I feel like I could definitely do it.

Like it's sitcom.

Like you could make a in a what is it called a cameo and play yourself.

That would be so cool.

Yeah, I think that would be pretty cool.

Okay.

Anything else in the works?

You have a book deal?

Do you have, like, what's next?

I think a book would be pretty cool.

That would be.

But I don't.

I don't, I don't have really anything next, if I'm being honest.

Well, you have right now I'm at like a standstill, but other than school, but.

And then are you filming for your mom's show still or no?

No.

No.

Done.

Like, we're not done, done.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, but just for the break.

Yeah, yeah.

Okay.

So then what else?

What other press are you doing today?

You're, you're doing this, and then what's your next interview?

What's the next?

I have one more after this.

Okay.

And then I'm done for today, and then I have interviews tomorrow, and then I'm done.

Favorite place that you've been

to do interviews, yeah, interviews, tour, anything.

Um, I don't know, I really like coming to New York, I do like New York, but we just went to LA, and I haven't been to LA in a while.

Yeah, it was like you like the West Coast, yeah, I mean, it's okay, it's expensive, but I don't love it.

I feel like everyone there is robots, they're so robotic.

They're definitely in LA, it's like definitely very much like, I don't know,

something's off there.

Well, everyone can go watch this biopic on Lifetime.

What time was it at?

At 8-7 Central Time.

May 17th.

So go check it out.

And where can people follow you on social media?

You can follow me on Instagram.

You can follow me on TikTok.

That's really all I have is Instagram and TikTok, though.

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