--- title: Duggar Family: Honey Boo Boo Star Slams TLC's 'Double Standard' description: “What Josh did and what happened to the Duggar family was a whole lot worse than what we were doing.” says June "Mama" Shannon canonical: https://time.com/3920255/tlc-honey-boo-boo-duggar-family/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-13T12:47:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:58:55.706Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 'Honey Boo Boo' Star Slams TLC's 'Double Standard' With the Duggars og:description: “What happened to the Duggar family was a whole lot worse” og:url: https://time.com/3920255/tlc-honey-boo-boo-duggar-family/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1532c151a4c229c4/6988546b3c1639fe064585b2/mama-june-shannon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Mama June Shannon og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Honey Boo Boo' Star Slams TLC's 'Double Standard' With the Duggars twitter:description: “What happened to the Duggar family was a whole lot worse” twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1532c151a4c229c4/6988546b3c1639fe064585b2/mama-june-shannon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Honey Boo Boo_ Star Slams TLC's 'Double Standard' With Duggar Family > Sponsored content. 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June Shannon visits "Extra" at Universal Studios Hollywood on September 9, 2013 in Universal City, Calif.Noel Vasquez—Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Jun 13, 2015 12:47 PM UTC A star of TLC’s _Here Comes Honey Boo Boo_ has criticized the network’s handling of the sexual assault scandal facing the Duggar family from another one of the network’s shows, _19 Kids and Counting_, calling it “a double standard.” “What Josh did and what happened to the Duggar family was a whole lot worse than what we were doing,” [“Mama” June Shannon told The Wrap](http://www.thewrap.com/honey-boo-boo-star-mama-june-rips-tlc-for-backing-duggars-they-treated-us-so-wrong/?utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=mailchimp). “I didn’t cover up anything, I was honest from the very beginning.” Though it has currently pulled all episodes from air, TLC has not decided on the future of _19 Kids and Counting_ since Josh Duggar, the oldest child of the Duggar family, admitted last month to fondling young girls, including some of his own sisters, as a teenager. In contrast, Shannon says the network canceled _Here Comes Honey Boo Boo_ mere hours after she was accused of dating a convicted child molester, even though she denied and still denies the allegations. “I do think it’s a double standard,” Shannon said. “They’re kind of like backing them. They have a lot of high exec people hanging out with them.” Shannon, who says she has considered suing TLC, believes TLC is coaching the Duggar family and preparing them for all their interviews and public appearances. “They’re telling them what to say, or what to do, or not what to do,” she said. “Because that’s how they worked with us. ‘This is what you’re gonna say, you’re gonna stick to it.’” TLC representatives did not respond to The Wrap’s request for comment. \[[_The Wrap_](http://www.thewrap.com/honey-boo-boo-star-mama-june-rips-tlc-for-backing-duggars-they-treated-us-so-wrong/?utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=mailchimp)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3920255/tlc-honey-boo-boo-duggar-family/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3920255/tlc-honey-boo-boo-duggar-family/"},"headline":"Honey Boo Boo Star Slams TLC's 'Double Standard' With Duggar Family","datePublished":"2015-06-13T12:47:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:58:55.706Z","description":"“What happened to the Duggar family was a whole lot worse than what we were doing”","url":"https://time.com/3920255/tlc-honey-boo-boo-duggar-family/","keywords":["celebrities","tlc"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1532c151a4c229c4/6988546b3c1639fe064585b2/mama-june-shannon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1532c151a4c229c4/6988546b3c1639fe064585b2/mama-june-shannon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mama June Shannon","caption":"Mama June Shannon","creditText":"Noel Vasquez—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3920255/tlc-honey-boo-boo-duggar-family/","name":"Honey Boo Boo Star Slams TLC's 'Double Standard' With Duggar Family"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Reasons TV's Top Shows Are So Addictive","description":"Here's a look at how our favorite TV shows—from \"Game of Thrones\" to \"Scandal\" and \"Breaking Bad\"—keep us coming back for more.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/2RqNgPrk/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-01-16T20:47:22.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2RqNgPrk.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3920255/tlc-honey-boo-boo-duggar-family/","duration":"PT2M16S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3920255/tlc-honey-boo-boo-duggar-family/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```