Until a few years ago, Alana “Cute Boo Boo” Thompson was on everyone’s lips. Before the eyes of an amazed audience, a plump and active baby, participating in children’s beauty contests, turned into an obese child. There were no two opinions on the matter – “Mom June”, the girl’s mother, consciously turned her into a money-making machine, making a show of the eating habits and appearance of her daughter. Today, Alana is 17 and she struggles to find balance in a difficult situation, trying both to maintain a relationship with her toxic mother and to escape from the marginal environment in which she grew up. .
The Thompson family are true TV show veterans. Mama June and Baby Boo Boo started their careers with an episode of the reality show Toddlers in Tiaras and made an indelible impression on audiences. As a result, “tin” lovers for many years watched their livelihoods. Several times, serious scandals erupted around this content, as a result of which reality was removed from the broadcast network – this was the case, for example, when it turned out that June dealt with very little Alana with “hot water”, juice in half with a powerful energy drink, so that she looked invigorating in children’s beauty contests. And once an entire filmed season flew away from the show, it happened when June resumed a romantic relationship with a boyfriend who had served time for molesting his eldest daughter. But each time, the Thompsons found their way back into the air…