Alana Thompson Talks Growing Out of Being 'Little Honey Boo Boo'

Alana Thompson is opening up about growing up!

The almost 16-year-old was thrust into the spotlight on Toddlers & Tiaras at a young age, and has been very well known as Honey Boo Boo.

Now, Alana is dishing on growing out of being Honey Boo Boo, going to public school, and the body positivity movement…

Click inside to see what she said…

“I guess people still expect me to be little Honey Boo Boo and I’m not anymore,” she told Teen Vogue. “Just because I’m from the south, people expect me to be all country bumpkin, out riding four wheelers all the time, but that’s not really how it is…But I do not care. As long as I like myself, I’m good.”

“I feel like my generation is probably making it worse,” Alana added about gen z and the body positivity movement. “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.”

She also opened up about what it’s been like going to public school.

“To be honest, I do not have many friends. At all,” Alana said, noting that her only friend is probably 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.”