Mama June’s daughter Pumpkin responds to rumors Honey Boo Boo, 16, is ENGAGED to boyfriend & reveals truth behind ring
MAMA June's daughter Lauryn 'Pumpkin' Efird responded to rumors that Alana 'Honey Boo Boo' is engaged to her boyfriend Dralin Carswell and revealed the truth behind the diamond ring her sister is sporting.
Pumpkin exclusively told The Sun "Me and my husband love Darlin. He’s very respectful and treats Alana with the utmost respect. He is around us and our kids a bunch also and we love him for Alana."
Despite the diamond ring the 16-year-old star has been sporting on that finger, Pumpkin clarified that it is not actually an engagement ring, but that it is actually a promise ring from Dralin, 21.
The new mother of twins added that Dralin gave the ring to Alana "probably last year, I’m not exactly sure the exact date."
ENGAGEMENT RUMORS
Speculation began earlier this week that Alana and her boyfriend were engaged after she was seen rocking a diamond ring on that finger during a photoshoot with Pumpkin, her husband Josh Efird, 25, their new twins and their older children Ella, 4, and Bently who is almost one.
In photos exclusively revealed by The Sun, Alana was seen giving her sister Lauryn 'Pumpkin' Efird, 22, a hand with her newborn twin babies during a recent photoshoot in Georgia.
The 16-year-old was sporting what appeared to be a diamond ring on her left ring finger, where one would wear an engagement ring.
As The Sun previously reported Alana has been dating 21-year-old college student Dralin since early 2021.
While the young reality star has gotten flack for dating someone older, she does turn 17 on August 28th.
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FANS MEET ALANA'S LOVE
On the latest episode of Mama June: Road to Redemption, Pumpkin, invited Dralin to Alana's 16th birthday party, which was filmed last year.
Almost as soon as he popped in for what clearly was a surprise, Alana scooped him off and hurried him outside for some alone time.
But the just blossoming couple's private moment would quickly be shattered by Josh, playing the overprotective father figure Alana never had.
After a cordial introduction, including shaking of hands, Josh laid down the law.
"There's only a few things..." Josh began. "She does live in our house, so the only thing I ask for is respect, honesty and to treat her really really good because she hadn't had the best mother in the world to treat her like she's supposed to been treated.
"If you don't do all those things, man, I'm just going to break your neck, ok? "
A silenced and stunned Dralin could do little else but shake his head nervously in agreement, unable to speak.
"But," Josh concluded, "as long as you treat her good, that's the biggest thing."
GOING STRONG
The talk seems to have worked, as the young couple is reportedly still going strong.
Alana and Dralin Carswell were spotted holding hands and sharing some ice cream as they took a walk near her home in McIntyre, Georgia in April.
The lovebirds were seen strolling around the city park wearing matching black shorts and black Nike T-Shirts
ALANA'S SISTERS APPROVE!
A source previously exclusively confirmed to The Sun that Alana's boyfriend Dralin attended a Nashville technical school before the pandemic hit, but now resides in Georgia near Alana and her sister Pumpkin
The insider exclusively told The Sun: “Dralin and Alana are attached at the hip and hang out together all the time.”
Alana’s sisters, including Pumpkin, Jessica, 24, and Anna, 27, also approve of Dralin, too.
The insider continued: “He was quiet at first, but he’s like one of the family now. He's just as fun and crazy as the rest of them.”
The pair quietly made their relationship Facebook official in March, when Dralin updated his status to “In a Relationship.”
On the same day, Alana posted a photo of the pair together on her private account.
In the comments on that photo, Dralin called her his “bae” and dropped in a heart emoji.
Though the rest of Alana's family is friends with him on social media, her mother, Mama June Shannon, is not connected to Dralin on Facebook.
Alana touched on her relationship in her interview with Teen Vogue in August of last year, just as she turned 16.
In her interview, she said her boyfriend is probably her only real friend since she has found it hard to connect with peers due to her fame.
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According to the publication, her boyfriend joined her on set at the end of their shoot.
The legal age for a consensual sexual relationship in Georgia, where Alana and Dralin reside, is 16 years old- but there is no indication that their romance violated any laws.
