Photo: Alana Thompson/Instagram
Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompsonis showing off her new nose piercing.
In avideoshared via Instagram on Wednesday, the formerToddlers and Tiarasstar is seen with two nose piercings for the very first time, one in each nostril.
The reality star, 16, got her first one before her 15th birthday in the fall of 2020,Page Sixreports.
In the video, Thompson makes no mention of her recent body piercing. Instead, she promotes her new merchandise to her followers — a line oflimited-edition T-Shirts available at AlanaThompson.com. “I think you’re really gonna love these designs,” she said.
Thompson’s new piercing is not the only accessory of hers that has been making headlines recently. Earlier this month, engagement rumors started spreading after the star was seen wearing a ring on her ring finger.
Soon after, her rep confirmed toPage Sixthat she was not engaged to boyfriend Dralin Carswell, 20, before adding that the diamond seen on her ring finger was “just a ring.”
Rumors that Thompson had accepted a proposal from Carswell started circling after Thompson’s sisterLauryn “Pumpkin” Shannonshared photos of her family — including one with Thompson wearing the ring in question — posing with Shannon’s newborn twins.
Thompson was also spotted with a ring onthatfinger in an Instagram post of herself and Carswell from the spring. “Park dates with you are the best,” she captioned the photos of herself and Carswell in matching shirts.
Though Thompson has been mostly silent about her relationship with Carswell, she did share a bit about their connection withTeen Voguein August when she told the magazine that Carswell might be her “only friend” because she doesn’t trust people her age.
“To be honest, I do not have many friends. At all,” she said. “Because I feel like folks are so much like, ‘Oh, my God, I’m friends with Honey Boo Boo.”
She added, “I don’t trust nobody really, so I don’t have friends.”
Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson and Mama June Shannon.Robin L Marshall/Getty
Thompson’s relationship with Carswell has beensubject to criticismfrom fans who question their four-year age gap — while she is still legally a minor. Thompson’s mom,June “Mama June” Shannonspoke about the relationship in a conversation withTooFab.
“Yes, I’ve met Dralin. They’ve been together for over a year,” theMama June: Road to Redemptionstar said. “People need to realize that she’s going to be 17 in August and that Pumpkin and Josh were the same age as they were.”
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She continued, “She is getting a lot of hate because she’s in an interracial relationship, he is older. But at the end of the day, Alana’s not that 6-, 7-year-old child y’all fell in love with 11 years ago. Alana has grown up, she’s graduating high school next year, guys!”
In June Pumpkin was awarded full custody of Thompson. The change of legal guardian came years after June wasarrestedand charged with felony drug possession.
source: people.com
