A DOLLAR MAKES ME HOLLAR

Honey boo boo child!

so, for those who have seen this show, as you may know it has caused A LOT. of controversy, what are your opinions on it??

"Here Comes Honey Boo Boo is a reality television program on TLC which features pageant participant Alana Thompson (Honey Boo Boo), along with her mother June Shannon, father Mike Thompson and her three older sisters. The show is mostly filmed in and around the family's hometown in rural McIntyre, Georgia, United States."

Series overview

Honey Boo Boo is best known for her sweet demeanor and appearance on TLC's Toddlers & Tiaras. After a YouTube clip of Alana's appearance from "Toddlers and Tiaras" went viral, TLC quickly offered the Thompson family their own reality show.
Alana Thompson was born August 28, 2005, to June Shannon and Mike Thompson, who have been together eight years but remain unmarried. They are portrayed as a blue collar family. Mike is said to work seven days a week in the chalk mines to support them. Thompson never graduated from high school. Shannon became pregnant with oldest daughter Anna at age 15 and had to drop out of high school. She later earned her GED.
Shannon considered giving Alana up for adoption before her birth but refused to sign away her parental rights, and is sometimes criticized in the media for having four children, each with a different father. Shannon is the star of the show as much as her daughter with her extreme couponing with her family at the Piggly Wiggly, farting, sneezing, bingo playing and even her ketchup and spaghetti recipes.[clarification needed] June Shannon portrays the head of the household as a loving redneck woman. She believes the show is a success because many lower income families identify with her family.
The family lives in McIntyre, Georgia. The average family in McIntyre is below the poverty line with a median household income of $24,028. The chalk mines are the principal industry in Wilkinson County.
Reality families usually make a salary 10 percent of a show's per-episode budget. Yet controversy stirred up when it was reported TLC was only paying the family between $2,000 and $4,000 per episode. Jon and Kate Gosselin of TLC's "Jon & Kate Plus 8," which first aired in 2007, earned $22,500 per episode. The Duggars of "18 Kids and Counting" are believed to be earning between $25,000 and $40,000 per episode. TLC says they're preparing for a second season and are in negotiations with the family regarding future earnings per episode.