TMZ has been getting all of the scoops on Mama June. The first bombshell is that June seemed to be spending a lot of time with a convicted child molester following her recent split with Sugar Bear, her now-estranged husband. At the time, there were stories that Sugar Bear was fooling around, but now it seems like June was getting involved with a man named Mark McDaniel. TMZ had a photo of them together and they claimed it was taken recently. McDaniel is currently on the sex-offender registry because he molested a young girl, and he only recently completed a 10-year prison sentence following his conviction for child molestation.
As it turns out, the girl McDaniel molested was June’s daughter Anna. Anna, now 20 years old, confirmed that McDaniel had molested her when she was eight and that she “would feel hurt” if June was really with McDaniel now. Anna told People: “I’m just confused. I’m hearing one story from Mama and another one from someone else.” June insists – publicly and privately – that she’s not dating McDaniel. After June’s explicit denials, TMZ has been running stories and photos of June and McDaniel together – they apparently went house-hunting recently and June bought McDaniel a used Nissan and had it delivered to his house.
In the midst of all of this drama, TLC canceled Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. It seems like TLC didn’t even wait to see hard evidence of June’s relationship with McDaniel, or maybe TLC executives just took TMZ’s info at face value. Or maybe they know more than they’re letting on. Child Services has also been contacted. It doesn’t seem like this is the kind of situation where fans of the show are going to rally around this family, and there won’t be some Duck Dynasty-esque politicization of the situation. I think we can all agree: if June is with this guy – and it’s looking pretty clear that she is – this is a really awful situation and June’s children need to be safe.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
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