Mama June of "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" has revealed that she spent $1M on drugs in just a year. The reality TV star, whose real name is June Shannon, made the confession while discussing her former addiction in a candid interview with Access Hollywood.
"I was around drugs all my life, my brother-in-law had gotten busted several times for selling dope, my sisters have had pill addictions after surgery, so addiction does run in my family," she said. "When I was 20 years old, I went from nothing and started using meth — as it was known back in the day, crank."
June explained that she abused drugs until 2015, when she went "cold turkey," but it was only a matter of time before she relapsed. In 2019, June was arrested on suspicion of drug possession and indicted later that year. She has since managed to get clean and will celebrate 14 months of sobriety at the end of March, but her final year of addiction has taken its toll on her family and finances.
"[My] bank accounts [were] overdrawn tens of thousands of dollars," she said. "I would say the last year of our addiction, [we spent] probably a good $900 thousand."
June said that she entered rehab with "a dollar 75 to my name" and "came out with nothing." She has since been rebuilding her life.
Last year, June opened up about the dire consequences of her addiction in an episode of "Mama June: Family Crisis." She admitted to selling her house to support her drug habit, which was costing her about $2,500 a day. June's relationship with her daughters grew strained and she lost custody of her daughter, Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson. Now she is doing what she can to make it up to regain their confidence, according to People.
"I want to say that I'm sorry," June said in an episode of "Mama June: Road to Redemption" last month, "but I need to show that I'm sorry."