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Mama June Shannon is a newlywed.
TheMama June: Road to Redemptionstar, 42, wed Justin Stroud, her boyfriend of less than a year, at a Georgia courthouse on March 23.
Shannon and Stroud confirmed they had tied the knot on their six-month anniversary in a video posted to herInstagramon Wednesday.
“We’re here today to clear up some rumors,” she said. “[We] are off the market. Guys, you know what, when you know, just know.”
The couple also teased more details from their relationship would appear on upcoming episodes of the WE tv show, telling fans to tune in because “you’re not gonna want to miss how our love story started.”
E! NewsandEntertainment Tonightpreviously confirmed via the Wilkinson County court office that the two were married afterThe Sunfirst reported news of the nuptials on Tuesday.
“We’ve known each other going on a year now. We were best friends and we decided to take it to the next step in the last eight months,” she told the U.K. outlet of her engagement to the auto mechanic. “He would send these sweet messages saying, ‘Hey, how are you doing? Hope you are having an amazing day.’ Noticing the little stuff, that’s what made me fall for Justin.”
Shannon continued, “Justin is an amazing person and he understands everything I’ve been going through. I’ve been able to share stuff with him that I’ve never been able to share with other people — not even my kids and so it’s really nice to have that partnership.”
Mama June Shannon.Noel Vasquez/Getty
In 2014, Shannon was linked toconvicted sex offenderMark McDaniel, which prompted the cancellation of her TLC seriesHere Comes Honey Boo Boo. That same yearJune’s daughter Anna revealed that she was a victim of McDanielstarting when she was 8 years old.She told PEOPLEthat he “would try and touch [her] and all that stuff” when he was dating her mother.
In 2019, while dating boyfriendGeno Doak,Shannon was arrestedon charges of possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia after she allegedly had crack cocaine and a crack pipe on her. Doak was also arrested and charged with third-degree domestic violence, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. She later admitted she and Doak had a"$2,500 a day" meth addiction.
In August 2020, Shannon revealed on Instagram she wassix months sober, writing, “It’s probably the most thing I’m proud of.”
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A year later she confirmed her split from Doak in an Instagram video.
source: people.com
