Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson and boyfriend Dralin Carswell They are still going strong after more than two years as a couple. He was by her side as Alana’s sister. Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efrid (née Shannon). welcomed twins into the family home in May 2022 and has received praise from her relatives for treating Alana “with the utmost respect.” Read on for the couple’s relationship timeline!
Honey Boo Boo revealed she had a boyfriend in January 2021
During an Instagram Live Q&A, a follower asked the former little kids and tiaras star, “Do you have a boyfriend?” and Alana happily replied, “Yes.”
Honey Boo Boo went Instagram official with Dralin Carswell in September 2021
She shared a photo of the couple visiting a pumpkin patch, as the couple adorably coordinated in matching t-shirts. Alana wrote the word “bae” over the snap and captioned the photo, “spooky season.”
Honey Boo Boo and Dralin Carswell faced backlash over their age difference
Alana later deleted her Instagram photo with Dralin after it emerged that he was a 20-year-old student while she was 16 at the time, receiving a storm of criticism for their age difference. “No 20 year old ADULT has any business ‘dating’ a 16 year old CHILD”, Philadelphia Magazinethe editor in general, ernest owens, wrote on Twitter. There was nothing illegal about their romance, as the age of consent in Georgia, where the couple lives, is 16.
Dralin Carswell has earned the love and respect of Honey Boo Boo’s family.
Lauryn is Alana’s legal guardian and adores her little sister’s boyfriend. “My husband and I love Dralin. He is very respectful and treats Alana with the utmost respect,” she said. Sun in a June 2022 interview, adding: “He’s close to us and our kids too and we love him for Alana.” lauryn and husband Joshua Efrid They were already parents to daughter Ella Grace, born in 2017, and son Bentley Jameson, who arrived in July 2021. The couple welcomed twin boys, son Sylus Ray and daughter Stella Renae, on May 19, 2022. Dralin appeared in several photos along with Alana helping to take care of the babies.
Honey Boo Boo ‘doesn’t care’ about her relationship with the ‘haters’
“In our relationship, the two things that everyone talks about the most is our age difference and definitely because he’s black and I’m white and we’re an interracial couple,” Alana said. entertainment tonight on July 21, 2022. He continued, “I don’t care because at the end of the day my sister approves, her mom approves, and we’re happy, so what do the fans have to say or what do the haters have to say? say that I really don’t care.”
Dralin Craswell was previously arrested for statutory rape prior to his relationship with Honey Boo Boo
He was arrested for rape in May 2019. In contact confirmed. The incident occurred less than two years before he began dating Alana. He was accused of making a false statement to police, and the charge was later adjudicated in June 2021 after Dralin agreed to a series of conditions, including seeing an addiction specialist and undergoing drug and alcohol tests. .
Scroll down to see photos from Alana and Dralin’s relationship timeline.
