"Mama" June Shannon is continuing to try and save face in light of the scandal swirling around her. Supposedly, Shannon has been dating Mark McDaniel, a man who served 10 years in prison for molesting her then-8-year-old daughter Anna Cardwell. The repercussions of her dalliance have been far-reaching, as TLC has decided to pull the plug on her family's reality show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and her children seem to be pitted against each other, depending on who or what they believe. Shannon has opted to break her silence and has hit up the talk-show circuit in an attempt to tell her own version of the truth.
According to an interview that TMZ conducted with Dr. Phil, after listening to Shannon's explanations he has come to the conclusion that she is a compulsive liar who is drawn to criminals. Shannon's sit-down interview with him aired Monday, Nov. 17, and perhaps the biggest thing that we learned from it was that four of the men she has dated long term have been incarcerated — two of them for sex crimes, with the man she claims fathered Lauryn and Jessica Shannon not eligible for release until 2026!
As for Shannon's seemingly stable relationship with Mike "Sugarbear" Thompson, she says he could not stay away from other women, a detail he has also confirmed. She also insists she is not really dating McDaniel again and that she has only seen him twice since his release from prison last spring. Those supposedly recent photos of the two together are fakes, according to Shannon. Unfortunately, Shannon's whole demeanor makes it kind of hard to believe her.
As for Dr. Phil, he believes Shannon was messed up long before those reality television cameras were rolled through her front door. We just know about it because she has continued to make bad choices, knowing that at any point in time she could get caught and make real headlines for her dysfunctional behavior.
