Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te whetu 'Mama' June Shannon me tana tahu o mua a Mike 'Sugar Bear' Thompson kua tukuna he ripoata tangata ngaro i muri i te ngaro o tana tuakana i nga ra e toru kua hipa. I kitea whakamutunga a Billy Thompson i te Rāhoroi i te kāinga o Sugar Bear i McIntyre, Georgia, i reira te tamahine a Mama June a Jessica e whakarite ana ki te haere ki te poi. Mai i taua wā, kāore a Billy i kitea, ā, kāore ia i whakahoki i ngā waea, i ngā karere rānei. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko te whetu 'Mama' a June Shannon me tana tahu o mua a Mike 'Sugar Bear' Thompson kua tukuna he ripoata tangata ngaro i muri i te ngaro o tana tuakana i nga ra e toru kua hipa. Ko Billy Thompson, kei waenganui, i kitea whakamutunga i te Rāhoroi i te kāinga o Sugar Bear i McIntyre, Georgia, i reira te tamahine a Mama June, a Jessica, e whakarite ana ki te haere ki te poi. Kua tukuna e te whānau he pūrongo ki te tari pirihimana o te rohe, ā, e tino āwangawanga ana rātou nā te mea e uaua ana a Billy ki te kimi mahi, ā, i tata nei i wehe atu ia i te whaea o ana tamariki, e ai ki te pūrongo a TMZ. Ko te whakaaturanga pono rongonui a te whanau, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, i whakakorea e TLC i muri i te putanga o nga whakaahua o Shannon e noho ana me te kaiwhiu tamariki i whakawakia a Mark McDaniel. Ko te tamahine matua a June, a Anna 'Chickadee' Cardwell, kua whakapae a McDaniel i te tukino i a ia i a ia e tamariki ana. I muri mai i te whakakorenga, ko te teina o Thompson - Lee 'Uncle Poodle' Thompson <unk> i whakaatu ki te National Enquirer kua uru a Shannon ki te 'toru' me Sugar Bear me te tuakana o Billy i te tau 2007. 'I kī a June kua puta katoa ngā tamariki i te whare, ā, i haere mai a Billy ki te toro atu ki a rātau,' i kī a Uncle Poodle ki te Enquirer i te marama o Tihema. I kitea a Billy i a ia e mau ana i ona kakahu o raro. Kātahi ka mea ia ki a June, "Mēnā kei te rite tonu ōu kakahu ina hoki mai au, ka takoto taku wahine ki a koe". Ko Billy, i whakaahuahia me te tamahine a June a Jessica i te ra o te marena a Mama June me Sugar Bear i te Mei 2013 kaore i kitea mai i te Paenga-whāwhā 11 a kaore ano ia e whakahoki waea waea, tuhinga ranei. I kii a Lee 'Uncle Poodle' Thompson, i runga ake nei, i te marama o Tihema kua...
Ko'Mama'June Shannon rāua ko Mike'Sugar Bear'Thompson kua tuku pūrongo mō tētahi tangata e ngaro ana i muri i te ngaro o tōna tuakana i te toru rā ki muri. I kitea a Billy Thompson i te Rāhoroi i te kāinga o Sugar Bear i McIntyre, Georgia. Kei te tino āwangawanga te whānau nā te mea e whai uaua ana a Billy ki te kimi mahi, ā, kua roa nei ia e wehe ana i te whaea o ana tamariki. Mai i te 11 o Paenga-whāwhā, kāore ia i kitea, kāore hoki ia i whakahoki waea, i te karere rānei.