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5 days ago
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Lauryn 'Pumpkin' Efird's Ex Josh Leaves Scathing Note, Moves Out After Learning She's Dating His Cousin (Exclusive)
Mama June: Family Crisis. Lauryn 'Pumpkin' Shannon's ex Josh Efird left her a scathing note as he moved out of the home they shared. "I called my mom and asked her to come get the kids because I don't want the kids to see me packing," he tells the cameras in an exclusive first look shared with PEOPLE from the July 25 episode of Mama June: Family Crisis. An emotional Josh walks through the house collecting his things in a black trash bag. "I've never felt this sick to my stomach," he says. "But through all the anger and hurt, I look around the house and just flashes of some of the best moments of my life." Before leaving the house, Josh grabbed a pen and paper to leave his ex-wife a note. "I can't believe you've been lying to me. All the years wasted just for you to go see someone," he writes. "I'm packing my s--- and I'm gone." The message follows the news that Pumpkin is dating Josh's cousin Darrin Kitchens. Pumpkin and Josh share four children together: Ella, 7; Bently, 4; and 2-year-old twins Sylus and Stella. In August 2024, Pumpkin filed for divorce after six years of marriage. In the season 7 premiere of Mama June: Family Crisis on May 30, it was revealed the couple had been quietly struggling in their marriage and attended counseling sessions behind closed doors. The divorce was finalized in September 2024 and the parents now share a '50/50 custody,' Pumpkin told PEOPLE in June. 'I think you're going to obviously see us navigating the difference of we were now we have to go to a co-parenting relationship," Pumpkin told PEOPLE of filming her family's reality show with her ex. "So I definitely think you'll see the struggles of that and us trying to figure that out and what co-parenting is going to look like for us moving forward." On the July 11 episode, Pumpkin reveals the 'awkward' news to her friend Paisley that she is dating Josh's cousin Darin. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. 'But they're not blood cousins,' Pumpkin clarifies, saying Darin 'is related to Josh's stepfather, which Josh's stepdad is like a father to him, but there's no blood rushing.' In the July 18 episode, Pumpkin revealed her new boyfriend to her mom, Mama June Shannon. 'The divorce ain't even dried on the ink yet,' Mama June responds. Then Jessica asked if Josh knew, to which Pumpkin replied that he doesn't but she wants to be the one to tell him. Mama June: Family Crisis airs Fridays at 8 p.m. ET on WEtv. Read the original article on People
Daily Mail
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Honey Boo Boo star reveals to family she's dating ex-husband's COUSIN
Former Honey Boo Boo star Lauryn 'Pumpkin' Shannon has revealed exactly who her new boyfriend is. After sharing photos of beau Darrin Kitchens online since last year, she confessed that he has a familial relation to her ex-husband Josh Efird. On the latest episode of Mama June: Family Crisis, Lauryn, 25, confided in her colleague Paisley that Kitchens is Efird's cousin. 'But they're not blood cousins!' she explained to her friend in their one-on-one conversation, explaining that is Darrin is related to Josh's stepfather. 'I've known him for a really long time. We were friends back in school, and then, he messaged me on social media,' Lauryn dished. 'We've just kind of been talking, and it's kind of nice.' Lauryn described Darrin as 'sweet' and said he 'does things for me without me having to ask.' She made a point to tell Paisley that he has 'no criminal record,' unlike her mother Mama June and her past romantic suitors. And the longtime reality star said she hadn't 'really told anybody' about her boyfriend's identity because 'it's going to be awkward for other people.' Before spilling the details of her new romance she asked that Paisley not tell anyone because she hoped to avoid 'drama.' Paisley comforted Pumpkin by saying that her situation is not 'weird,' but 'maybe just a little complicated.' She then asked Lauryn if she plans to tell her ex-husband, suggesting that she should. The mom-of-four — who shares Ella, seven, Bentley, four, and twins Sylus and Stella, three, with her ex — noted, 'I just feel like there's a lot more to discuss with him than my dating life. I don't know if we're quite there yet.' The Honey Boo Boo alum said she's been keeping her love life under wraps by eating out of town or getting food 'to-go and eating back at the house.' The July 11 episode also saw Shannon finalize her divorce from Josh, which he called 'the hardest day of my life.' 'Me and Josh are going to make the divorce final,' Lauryn said on the show. 'I am ready to be free from my marriage. 'For me, that like being able to do what I want to do, going and hanging out with my friends. Like, I am okay. So, let's just hope that we can be done with this part.' 'Leaving something I thought I'd have for the rest of my life is not the best feeling in the world,' Efird said before signing the divorce documents. 'These times have been super tough on me, and I'm sure it's vice versa in some weird way for her too, but I really don't want to go in here and sign these papers, if we're being honest.' While meeting with their lawyer, Lauryn made the decision to restore her maiden name. Josh has since moved on, and he recently welcomed a daughter with new girlfriend Breanna Godwin. Shannon and Kitchens made their social media debut on August 10, 2024 in images from a Zach Bryan concert just one week after she filed for divorce. In 2016, at age 16, she got engaged to Josh after nine months of dating. A year later, they welcomed their first child, daughter, Ella. The following year they got married at The Chapel at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. Pumpkin filed for divorce on August 2 and in the documents revealed that the marriage was was 'irretrievably broken.' Darrin is a resident of Macon, Georgia and appears to have married and divorced a woman named Shannon Kitchens at least three times since 2020.
Yahoo
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Lauryn 'Pumpkin' and Josh Efrid Were Trading Off Living at Their Shared Home Every Week After Split
Lauryn "Pumpkin" Efird and ex Josh Efird got candid about sharing the same home amid their split in the latest episode of Mama June: Family Crisis The reality stars detailed their "nesting" experience, as they split weeks at their shared home to spend time with their children Pumpkin revealed she slept at the warehouse where she works during the time she wasn't able to stay in the shared homeLauryn "Pumpkin" Efird and Josh Efird adjusted to life as single parents by splitting their time with their kids — and their shared home — last year. On the the latest episode of Mama June: Family Crisis, which aired on Friday, June 27, Pumpkin and Josh detailed what life was like as they lived separately, but in the same residence. "Right now, me and Josh are doing this thing called nesting," Pumpkin, 25, explained. "Basically, he's at the house for a week and then I'm at the house for the week, and then we kind of just figure out where we're gonna stay for the [other] week." "So I just made my bed at the warehouse," she added, confirming that she'd been staying at her place of work. "I feel like I don't have my kids, I wake up at work, go to sleep at work." Pumpkin initially filed for divorce from Josh after six years of marriage in August 2024, revealing in a settlement agreement obtained by PEOPLE that they'd reached a "bona fide state of separation" since that July. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. As Josh explained in the latest Mama June episode, for them, it's "all about what the kids need." Josh and Pumpkin share four children: Ella, 7, Bentley, 4, and 2-year-old twins Sylus and Stella. "Doing it by yourself is a whole-nother ballgame," Josh said. "It's a constant battle with bath time and diapers and all this stuff. I mean, it's hard." "I just hate being alone on the weeks that it's not my week," he added elsewhere in the episode. "What you get to do is have time to sit and reflect and think about all the things you can change or go back and fix." The differing schedules for the couple led to their eldest daughter acting "kind of weird about it," Pumpkin said, although she noted it was "nothing out of the ordinary." "I just think the more we just keep moving on to the future, everybody will be better," she said. Nearly a year after she filed for divorce from her ex, Pumpkin caught up with PEOPLE this month about how life has changed and how 'things are really, really great' in her new relationship with Darrin Kitchens. She also detailed how fans are going to catch a glimpse of her "co-parenting relationship" with Josh throughout season 7. 'I think you're going to obviously see us navigating the difference of we were married for 10 years and now we have to go to a co-parenting relationship,' she said. 'So I definitely think you'll see the struggles of that and us trying to figure that out and what co-parenting is going to look like for us moving forward.' As for her Kitchens, Pumpkin revealed that everyone can "get along" and that he "comes to a lot of family stuff." "Him and my kids get along. So for me, I am in a much happier place and in a much happier relationship," she said. 'I don't really feel like I have to beg for the bare minimum anymore. It is just already there.' Mama June: Family Crisis airs Fridays at 8 p.m. ET on WEtv. Read the original article on People
