This is so sad to hear…
It’s been nearly a year and a half since the Honey Boo Boo clan lost their beloved Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell to cancer. After her passing, her two daughters Kaitlyn and Kylee were caught up in a custody battle — because both their famous grandmother Mama June Shannon AND their father Michael Cardwell wanted custody of Kaitlyn.
After a long, tough battle, Michael ended up with custody of his biological daughter Kylee — but didn’t get custody of Kaitlyn since he didn’t support her financially, per court docs. So with Kaitlyn with the Shannons and Kylee with her dad, that’s left a big space between them.
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You’d think as a family they’d still give the sisters plenty of time together. But Mama June says no! She talked to People on Monday and said 12-year-old Kaitlyn hasn’t even seen her 9-year-old half-sister since their mom’s funeral:
“Unfortunately [Kaitlyn and Kylee don’t spend time together]. It’s not due to us. I hated that we have to go through that. We couldn’t sit down and talk things out and come to an agreement as much as I had begged for that. But it is what it is. It ain’t what it ain’t.”
What a terrible situation for the girls…
But June is still glad she followed through with Anna’s wishes:
“At the end of the day, I knew what Anna wanted, and we just went and did it, and I mean we had no other choice. That’s why I tell you why I’m like, you either follow what Anna wanted her to do or not fight. And that’s what we did. We fought and it was a long battle. It went from one day to three and a half days with the court.”
Heartbreaking. We hope June and Michael can eventually settle their differences so Kaitlyn and Kylee can be reunited again.
Thoughts, Perezcious readers?
[Image via WEtv/YouTube/Anna Cardwell/Instagram]
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