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Mama June Shannonis opening up about her eldest daughter’s cancer diagnosis.Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell, who appeared alongside her mother, 43, and sisterAlana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson, in TLC’sToddlers & Tiarasand later,Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, was diagnosed withstage 4 adrenal carcinoma cancerin January.Asource told TMZ, which first reported the news, that Anna, 28, underwent her first round of chemotherapy in March after the cancer was discovered in her liver, kidney, and lung.Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell.Anna Cardwell/InstagramBecause of the diagnosis, Shannon shared in a conversation with PEOPLE ahead of the return ofMama June: Family Crisisthat she has been left “emotionally drained.““I don’t go live [on TikTok] a lot because of Anna. I’m already emotionally drained because of that,” she explained. “I’m not being mean with the emotion… I’m not mentally [or] emotionally prepared to deal with 5,000 people asking me about Anna that day.“While addressing why she is not as active on social media as of late, Shannon explained how she’s “not emotionally prepared to deal with 5,000 people asking me about Anna that day. You know what I’m saying? I just have the energy to give to them and answer that a hundred times without crying on TikTok for three hours.“She added: “You don’t know whether to scream. You don’t know whether to laugh. You don’t know whether to holler. You don’t know who to blame.“While Shannon says she understands that Cardwell being asked about her health is also “mentally draining for her too,” she says that her daughter has found an escape on TikTok amid her treatment.“You’re asking her that a hundred times, and that’s why I know it’s mentally draining for her too. They’re asking her stuff… And so for her escape is TikTok but her having 600, 700 people and she’s dancing and being goofy. They love that about Anna. They love that. So I’ll tell you, go follow Anna. Like on TikTok, like go follow. If she’s feeling good, she’s mostly on there,” explained Shannon.Mama June is also mom toJessica “Chubbs” Shannon, 26,Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efrid, 23, and Alana Thompson, 17.Anna is also a mom of her own, to daughters Kaitlyn Elizabeth, born in 2012, andKylee Madison, born in 2015 (the latter to ex-husband Michael Cardwell, whom she separated from in 2017 after three years together). Most recently, Anna was linked with boyfriend Eldridge Toney, whom shewent Instagram officialwith in April 2019.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Mama June: Family Crisispremieres Friday at 9 p.m. ET on WE tv.
Mama June Shannonis opening up about her eldest daughter’s cancer diagnosis.
Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell, who appeared alongside her mother, 43, and sisterAlana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson, in TLC’sToddlers & Tiarasand later,Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, was diagnosed withstage 4 adrenal carcinoma cancerin January.
Asource told TMZ, which first reported the news, that Anna, 28, underwent her first round of chemotherapy in March after the cancer was discovered in her liver, kidney, and lung.
Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell.Anna Cardwell/Instagram
Because of the diagnosis, Shannon shared in a conversation with PEOPLE ahead of the return ofMama June: Family Crisisthat she has been left “emotionally drained.”
“I don’t go live [on TikTok] a lot because of Anna. I’m already emotionally drained because of that,” she explained. “I’m not being mean with the emotion… I’m not mentally [or] emotionally prepared to deal with 5,000 people asking me about Anna that day.”
While addressing why she is not as active on social media as of late, Shannon explained how she’s “not emotionally prepared to deal with 5,000 people asking me about Anna that day. You know what I’m saying? I just have the energy to give to them and answer that a hundred times without crying on TikTok for three hours.”
She added: “You don’t know whether to scream. You don’t know whether to laugh. You don’t know whether to holler. You don’t know who to blame.”
While Shannon says she understands that Cardwell being asked about her health is also “mentally draining for her too,” she says that her daughter has found an escape on TikTok amid her treatment.
“You’re asking her that a hundred times, and that’s why I know it’s mentally draining for her too. They’re asking her stuff… And so for her escape is TikTok but her having 600, 700 people and she’s dancing and being goofy. They love that about Anna. They love that. So I’ll tell you, go follow Anna. Like on TikTok, like go follow. If she’s feeling good, she’s mostly on there,” explained Shannon.
Mama June is also mom toJessica “Chubbs” Shannon, 26,Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efrid, 23, and Alana Thompson, 17.
Anna is also a mom of her own, to daughters Kaitlyn Elizabeth, born in 2012, andKylee Madison, born in 2015 (the latter to ex-husband Michael Cardwell, whom she separated from in 2017 after three years together). Most recently, Anna was linked with boyfriend Eldridge Toney, whom shewent Instagram officialwith in April 2019.
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source: people.com
