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Gotta Watch: Wild antics on 'Toddlers and Tiaras'
Alana Thompson stars in TLC’s “Toddlers and Tiaras.”
March 16th, 2012
11:39 AM ET

Gotta Watch: Wild antics on 'Toddlers and Tiaras'

Alana Thompson is the 6-year-old known as “Honey Boo Boo Child” on TLC’s “Toddlers and Tiaras.” Her huge personality and hilarious antics made her a favorite on the reality show, but she and her mother have also been the subject of several controversies this year. Alana has been seen using “pageant crack” and dancing on a bar. Yesterday, mother June Shannon defended her daughter on HLN. You’ve Gotta Watch this pageant family.

Not a ‘sleazy bar’

Alana Thompson’s mom sets the record straight on the notorious video showing the little girl dancing on a bar for dollars. Learn why she defends the event.

Bar dancing

If you missed the video that caused this controversy in the first place, we’ve got it for you. This YouTube video shows Alana dancing on top of a bar. You’ve got to see what she’s wearing.

‘Pageant crack’

How do those tiara-wearing toddlers get so peppy onstage? Many of them inhale sugary Pixie Stix to get an energy boost. Watch to decide what’s in Honey Boo Boo’s mysterious “go-go juice.” CNN’s Anderson Cooper pokes fun at the practice on his RidicuList.

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  1. Brenda Bailey

    The mother should be ashamed of herself. She was given this child by GOD to love and protect, yet she encourages this kind of activity. The mother is gaining publicity through her little girl. She is exploiting this 6 year old and should be held accountable for her actions. Where is DHHS when they're needed?

    March 16, 2012 at 2:25 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  2. NoKidding

    People make fun of middle east countries where women hide their faces and bodies, and here in the U.S. we allow things like this which are all the way on the opposite side of the pendulum. Sick!

    March 16, 2012 at 2:29 pm | Report abuse | Reply
    • Bob

      If we could just get this woman and her daughter to cover their entire bodies, with a thick cloth or a box or something, I would be all for it....

      Just sayin...

      March 16, 2012 at 3:21 pm | Report abuse |
    • Hummmmm

      We don't allow this kind of behavior. There are laws against children being in bars and such. The mother allows this kind of behavior. Don't blame America because the mother is useless!

      March 16, 2012 at 3:23 pm | Report abuse |
  3. Burbank

    These toddler pageants should be outlawed. It's nothing but sugar-coated child abuse! It's all about the narcissitic mothers living vicariously through these poor children, the welfare of the kids comes second, but then that's nothing new for this current generation of parents. All little girls like to play dress up, but this is not play!

    March 16, 2012 at 2:30 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  4. Duane

    All I can say is wow......I would never allow my grand kids to do this.

    March 16, 2012 at 2:32 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  5. sick mommy

    at one point i see the tall guy lifting her skirt and what? money in her undies?

    March 16, 2012 at 2:32 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  6. Suszanne

    This is the sickest thing I have ever seen.

    March 16, 2012 at 2:38 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  7. Madtown

    Child Protective Services should immediately remove all these kids from their pathetic, unfit parents.

    March 16, 2012 at 2:43 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  8. Burbank

    Have you noticed how huge most of these oinking pageant moms are? These poor kids are nothing but dolls to them and they are trying to get self esteem through the kids. How shameful!

    March 16, 2012 at 2:47 pm | Report abuse | Reply
    • Sue

      Agree...That mom is one BIG PIG!!! Her daughter should be taken away!

      March 16, 2012 at 3:07 pm | Report abuse |
  9. clumsatron

    Wow. That mother should not be allowed to have contact with her daughter or any other children.

    March 16, 2012 at 2:50 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  10. Peter

    Disgusting

    March 16, 2012 at 2:53 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  11. AJman

    Her mom looks like trash, by the way does she have a chin? if so how many does she have and where is it? She looks like jaba the hut!

    March 16, 2012 at 2:56 pm | Report abuse | Reply
    • Sue

      She does! Her head is HUGE!!!! That is disusting what she is doing to her daughter!

      March 16, 2012 at 3:08 pm | Report abuse |
  12. Sue

    This absolutely horrible! Where is child protective services? That mother is a disgusting pig. This mother obviously didnt and doesnt have a life so she is exploiting her child. Shes a loud mouth nobody....What a shame! I hope someone does something about this..

    March 16, 2012 at 3:10 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  13. good grief

    That child is OBESE, and so is her mother. She does not need more sugar. They both need less sugar, and to get off their fat butts and engage in a better pass time – like some physical activity. Disgraceful.

    March 16, 2012 at 3:14 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  14. Sandra from Delaware

    This is just down right wrong. Her mother should be arrested for this. I think its just nasty & dirty. What a mother.

    March 16, 2012 at 3:15 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  15. Wayne S.

    I hear Momma say it was a college bar, but I wonder how many child molesters have seen this story. I'll bet it makes those animals all hot and bothered. Children need to be protected from child molesters, as well as parents like this!

    March 16, 2012 at 3:18 pm | Report abuse | Reply
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