Honey Boo Boo Family Scandal Explodes
SAMANTHA SCHACHER, GUEST HOST (voice-over): Tonight, the Honey Boo Boo family scandal explodes.</s>MAMA JUNE: Life throws some crazy things at you.</s>SCHACHER: Hear from Mama June and her daughter Anna. Plus, street harassment video goes viral.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Damn! Damn!</s>SCHACHER: The woman at the center of it is here, live. DR. DREW ON CALL starts right now.</s>SCHACHER: Good evening. I`m Sam Schacher, filling in for Dr. Drew. I`m joined by Mike Catherwood, Dr. Drew`s "Loveline" co-host. Mike, that missing Denver Bronco`s fan has been found alive.</s>MIKE CATHERWOOD, LOVELINE: Yes, it`s crazy. What a bizarre story. He disappeared Thursday night at half time of the Denver Bronco`s game. We`re going to hear from his family later tonight.</s>SCHACHER: Wow. But, first, Honey Boo Boo`s oldest sister Anna was molested when she was 8. Her abuser is out of jail and allegedly back in the arms of his former lover, Mama June. We`ll hear from Anna and Mama June in just a moment. Watch this.</s>MAMA JUNE: If you watch the show, we are a very loving family. Don`t get me wrong --</s>DR. DREW PINSKY: TLC has now cancelled "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" when a report surfaced that Mama June is dating a convicted sex offender.</s>MAMA JUNE: Life throws some crazy things at you.</s>PINSKY: Radar Online reports that Mama June began a relationship with this man over a decade ago.</s>SCHACHER: So June Shannon as most of you know as Mama June has posted a denial on the Honey Boo Boo website.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How desperate and stupid does a mother have to be to date a convicted child molester?</s>SCHACHER: I`m really concerned about this 20-year-old, Dr. Drew, who now has to see her mother parade around with her perpetrator.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She wants the world to know that she feels betrayed, that her mother has let the child molester back into her life.</s>SCHACHER: She was forced to give him oral sex, Dr. Drew, that was the charge at 8 years old.</s>SCHACHER: Wow, those pictures are from TMZ. Mama June`s video is from Facebook. Anna is now 20. Here`s what she tells "Entertainment Tonight`s" Nischelle Turner. Take a look.</s>ANNA: I`m mad, I`m upset. I feel betrayed and I just feel -- I feel very hurt. That`s the main thing, I feel very hurt that mama let him come around.</s>NISCHELLE TURNER, ET: You feel like she chose a child molester over you?</s>ANNA: Yes, and she`s happy. She was smiling and laughing and giggling when he`s around, knowing the fact, you know, that he`s a child molester, mama. He did this to me. Why would you let him come around the girls knowing what he did?</s>SCHACHER: Wow. Joining us, Leeann Tweeden, social commentator and host of "The Tomboys" podcast on Blog Talk Radio, Mark Eiglarsh from SpeaktoMark.com, Danielle Robay, TV host and reporter. And on the phone, ET`s Nischelle Turner, who interviewed Anna. Michelle, tell us, is Anna angry, sad? What are her emotions right now?</s>TURNER: All of the above, Pam. She`s a confused young woman at this point. Like you heard her say just a moment ago, her biggest question is why? She has a lot of why questions. Why did her mother never believe her when she told her at 8 years old that this man was doing this to her? Why all these years at her mother continued to not believe her. Why is her mother never really talk to her about this? And now, why is this man back in the picture and back around her little sister?</s>SCHACHER: Right. Now, Nischelle, has Anna had any contact with Mama June, do you know?</s>TURNER: She has had contact with her. I mean, they`ve had numerous conversations about what`s going on. Anna told me when she first saw the photos, of course, she confronted her mother about this and her mother denied that they were dating. But she did say the man had been around and around the kids, which is in contradiction to the most she put on Facebook. She definitely said they had been spending time together. She let her daughter, this is Anna I`m talking about, let her daughter spend some time with her mother about a week and a half ago. This was before all of this really kind of hit. So, I asked her, was this man around your 2-year-old daughter? She said she didn`t know and she`s afraid of that now.</s>SCHACHER: Right. OK. Well, Mama June reportedly split from Honey Boo Boo`s biological father, Mike "Sugar Bear" Thompson, in September, but Splash News just captured in this photo. Mike, they look happy. I mean, is this a publicity stunt? What is your reaction?</s>CATHERWOOD: J just feel so sorry, after all of this, I feel so sorry for Anna because even though she`s a grown adult now and she has her own family, you look to your parents above and beyond anything to protect you. To have someone who betrayed you and who broke the boundaries that we all live in so egregiously by molesting her, to be brought back into the family circle by none other than her mother -- I mean, she must be going through utter emotional torment.</s>SCHACHER: Yes, it`s further revictimizing her. Leeann, you always speak from the heart of a mom. So, please, what is your reaction to this story?</s>LEEANN TWEEDEN, SOCIAL COMMENTATOR: Oh, look, I think Mama June should have all her children taken away from her. I mean, first of all, she doesn`t believe her daughter. She didn`t believe her when she was 8 years old. The man went to prison for 10 years for molesting her daughter and now, she`s back with him when he gets out of jail? So, I mean, of course, she`s being revictimized. Now, is Nischelle still on the phone? Just curious.</s>SCHACHER: Do we have Nischelle on the phone, control room? OK. We`re going to get her back. Hold on to your question, Leeann.</s>TWEEDEN: OK.</s>SCHACHER: Mark, in response to what Leeann just said, there are reports that CPS is now involved. So, should Mama June`s other children be removed from her care as Leeann suggested?</s>MARK EIGLARSH, ATTORNEY: I would say definitely maybe. Let`s sit down with her and increase her level of awareness and explain to her the impact of when a mother doesn`t believe her own daughter who clearly was abused. Generically, we know abuse victims are 60 percent more likely to commit juvenile offenses and 30 percent more likely to commit offenses as an adult. You add in there that the parent doesn`t believe the child, society and that girl are going to deal with a whole host of negative problems.</s>SCHACHER: OK. We have Nischelle on the phone, rather. Danielle, do you have any questions for her, and then Leeann?</s>DANIELLE ROBAY, REPORTER: I think that child molestation is a compulsive behavior, so there`s a high rate of recidivism, as Mark said. The fact that Mama June let this man 100 feet from her front door is despicable to me.</s>SCHACHER: Right. Yes, Leeann, you had a question for Nischelle.</s>TWEEDEN: Yes, Nischelle, I`m just curious, with Anna, when she came for the interview, what was with her support group? Who was with her? Is somebody supporting her that`s either a distant family member? Who was with her when she came to your interview?</s>TURNER: She was with her husband and her 2-year-old daughter Caitlin. She said, you know, she`s been having a really hard time. TLC offered her counseling. She hadn`t taken them up on it yet, but she was going to. But, you know, she admitted that a lot of her family and a lot of friends are asking her, why would you open your mouth and start to talk about this and put your business out there and let everybody know? And she said, you know, because I don`t want this to happen to someone else. There may be another little girl out there who has it done to them, who feels afraid and like they`ve done something wrong. She felt like she needed to speak up about it. Her husband definitely supported her about it, but she said he`s been on the fence about her talking, but he just didn`t want her to have to relive all this.</s>TWEEDEN: Is it true she`s never been through any counseling up into this point, ever even when she was 8?</s>SCHACHER: She has not.</s>TURNER: She did talk to her school counselor about it. That`s who she told originally.</s>TURNER: As far as formal counseling? No.</s>SCHACHER: Yes. And also, Mama June denies she`s having a relationship with Mark Anthony Daniel and posted this on her Facebook, quote, "It isn`t true. I promised my kids are my number one priority and I would never put them in danger. They are my life. This is my path. I left him 10 years ago and I wouldn`t go back." OK, Mark, you`re having a reaction to this. And then, Mike, I want to hear from Mike after this.</s>EIGLARSH: OK, number one priority? If they`re your number one priority, regardless of whether you brought the man into your life again, I don`t care about that. You sit down with your daughter and say, honey, I failed you. I didn`t believe you, because I was just whatever, eating too much spaghetti with ketchup, whatever the hell that woman eats.</s>SCHACHER: Right.</s>EIGLARSH: But now, I believe you and I`m sorry. What can I do to make this right?</s>SCHACHER: Exactly. And, Mike, you have a daughter now. What would you do? Can you imagine ever exposing your daughter into an environment where she`s been harmed?</s>CATHERWOOD: All kidding aside, I truly can`t. And I -- I`m not trying in any way to defend this man`s behavior. Child molestation, child abuse is the most despicable thing anyone can do. But he served his time. He served his punishment in the eyes of the law. And the one who is the most reprehensible person involved in this situation is Mama June for even thinking about allowing this person back into her life. Frankly, I`m surprised that someone as elegant and composed as Mama June would be involved with a scum bag like this. It was out of left field.</s>SCHACHER: All right. Tell us how you really feel, Mike. OK, coming up next, we`ll hear more from Mama June and Anna. And later, straight harassment. The actress who appears in this video gone viral. There is she is. She`s also received rape threats, you guys. You`re watching DR. DREW ON CALL. Back after this.