Sugar Bear

Recently on From Not To Hot, it's looked like June Shannon and Geno Doak might get married. June's ex has already gotten married -- to Jennifer Lamb.

The series started with June's transformation, but now it looks like Jennifer's about to embark on her own weight loss journey.

Last Friday's episode of Mama June: From Not to Hot did not focus on Mama June herself.

The main topic on this installment wasn't how she was not hot before and then how she lost a lot of weight and how she is now considered hot by some.

The love story of Mama June and Sugar Bear is ...

Well, it's about as strange as you'd imagine a love story between people named Mama June and Sugar Bear to be.

A Lamb coming to the defense of an embattled Bear.

You don't see that often in the animal kingdom. Nor do you see the same creature birth a Pumpkin and a Chickadee, then drop 300 pounds.

So hey, don't know if you heard about it, but Mama June has some pretty strong feelings about her ex, Sugar Bear.

Oh, heck, who are we kidding -- of course you've heard about it.

Mike "Sugar Bear" Thompson is firing back at explosive claims that he abused June Shannon, saying such allegations are utter nonsense.

According to everyone's favorite redneck ursine being, she's just making this s--t up because she's back in the news and shes pissed.

Maligned former reality star and redneck ursine specimen Sugar Bear is fighting back against stunning new claims of domestic abuse.

Allegations that he body-shamed or even physically hurt Honey Boo Boo and her siblings surfaced earlier this month, and he is pissed.

It's been a strange few weeks in the lives of the Shannon family.

Mama June is just full of surprises, isn't she?

Sometimes they're good surprises, like the way she lost well over half her body weight recently, but sometimes they're bad, like the time she dated a convicted child molester.

June Shannon has a dramatic new body and it's become the focal point of her WeTV series, Mama June: From Not To Hot. 

We aren't the only ones reeling from the shocking transformation of the reality TV star. Her family is as shocked as anyone.

Well, there haven't been any major celebrity deaths so far in 2017 (unless, for some reason, you consider American democracy to be a major celebrity).

But that doesn't mean this year is gonna let you off easy.

Well, goldarn, everybody, get ready to choke on your chewing tobacco and give a big ol' hearty "Yeehaw!", because do we have some news for you!

Sugar Bear, AKA Mike Thompson, AKA Honey Boo Boo's father?