Alana ‘Honey Boo Boo’ Thompson looked happier than ever with her older boyfriend Dralin Carswell.
On Saturday, the high school student, 16 shared rare snaps in which she and the college student, 20, were seen wearing matching outfits while on a stroll.
On Saturday, the high school student, 16 shared rare snaps in which she and the college student, 20, were seen wearing matching outfits while on a stroll. ‘park dates with you are the best!’ the reality star gushed in the caption. The loved-up pair donned black t-shirts emblazoned with the writing ‘Have a Nike day!’ in white and the brand’s trademark swoosh in red.
The couple completed their ensembles with black exercise shorts and white sneakers. The former child beauty pageant contestant wore her hair down and carried a pink heart-shaped purse that hung from a chain strap on her shoulder.
The Here Comes Honey Boo Boo alumna turned off comments for her post. She had not shared photos of the pair since they went Instagram official. After seven months of dating, Alana shared this photo of the two last September, which she later deleted. In the photo, the duo were holding hands as they wore matching T-shirts that said ‘that’s how I roll’ while at a pumpkin patch. The post received some negative comments from fans who objected to the teenager and the 20-year-old dating.
Alana and Dralin live in Georgia where the age of consent is 16. They have now been dating for over a year and her family has approved of him despite their age difference. In early September, The Sun claimed that she was ‘attached at the hip’ with Carswell. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Carswell attended a Nashville technical school but now lives near in Georgia near Alana and her sister Lauryn ‘Pumpkin’ Shannon, 21, the site reported.
While he was ‘quiet at first’ around her loved ones, a source told the outlet that Carswell is ‘like one of the family now’ and is ‘as fun and crazy as the rest of them.’ The source said, ‘Dralin and Alana hang out together all the time.’ The duo went Facebook official in March. As Alana saves up for her first car, her car fanatic beau has generously let her drive his Chevrolet Camaro, which he considers ‘his baby.’
Last week while gracing the cover of Teen Vogue, she spoke about her man publicly for the first time in a candid interview. ‘To be honest, I do not have many friends. At all,’ Alana said of her social life as the only famous student at her public high school. She added her only friend is her boyfriend. ‘Because I feel like folks are so much like, oh my God, I’m friends with Honey Boo Boo. I don’t trust nobody really, so I don’t have friends.’
The TV vet also discussed how people react to her body and the body positivity movement. ‘I feel like my generation is probably making it worse,’ the candid teen said.
‘Everybody’s all about body positivity, body positivity, until they see a body they don’t like… I don’t understand why people think this way. Just because I got a little bit of extra meat on my bones, you want to hate me? I’ll never get body shaming.’
Alana came to fame nine years ago on 2012’s Toddlers & Tiaras about children in beauty pageants. Her outspoken Mountain Dew addiction made her an instant classic.
That same year came the family’s own show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo was born. This series focused on Mama June and her parenting skills as she brought up her kids with little money. She showed fans how to make Sketti – fried spaghetti – and deer scraps. The show was a hit and on the air for two years.
