In 2012, a six-year-old girl purportedly drew more viewers than the Republican National Convention. That girl was Alana Thompson, better known by her stage name, “Honey Boo Boo.” When Thompson first burst onto the scene in an episode of TLC’s Toddlers & Tiaras with her larger-than-life personality and seemingly endless supply of country catchphrases,

Alana Thompson, better known to the world as Honey Boo Boo, has accused her mother of stealing money and selling the family’s home at the height of her drug addiction. Speaking to People ahead of the release of I Was Honey Boo Boo,