Lauryn “Pumpkin” Shannon and Darrin Kitchens. Lauryn Efird/Fb
Mama June Shannon’s daughter Lauryn “Pumpkin” Shannon has a brand new man in her life after settling her divorce from Josh Efird.
Lauryn, 24, debuted her relationship together with her boyfriend, Darrin Kitchens, by way of her official Fb account.
“You then’d have one thing to speak about,” Lauryn wrote by way of Fb on Sunday, September 22. “Koe Wetzel [concert] with my fav plus-one.”
Within the snaps, Lauryn smiled as Kitchens kissed her brow.
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Kitchens reposted the pictures, writing, “Wouldn’t wish to be wherever else on a Saturday evening.”
Weeks earlier on September 5, Lauryn modified her profile pic to a snapshot of her and Kitchens. “My completely satisfied place,” she gushed.
One month prior, Lauryn additionally documented the couple’s date evening on the Zach Bryan live performance. “Zach Bryan tonight. ‘How fortunate are we,’” she captioned her live performance pictures.
After the present, Kitchens uploaded the identical pics to his account. “The best threat in life just isn’t taking one in any respect,” he gushed in August. “So grateful for you!!!”
Lauryn “Pumpkin” Shannon and Josh Efird. Courtesy of Lauryn Efird/Instagram
The Mama June: From To not Sizzling star’s romance is her first since getting divorced from Efird. Us Weekly confirmed on Wednesday, September 25, that Lauryn and Efird, who share 4 kids, filed for divorce on September 18 and cited that their marriage was “irretrievably damaged.” Based on courtroom paperwork obtained by Us, Lauryn and Efird listed their date of separation of July 1.
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Lauryn and Efird additional famous of their submitting that they deliberate to coparent children Ella, Bentley, Sylus and Stella, requesting to share bodily and authorized custody.
“Coparenting [is] not onerous when you deal with the kid and never the opposite mum or dad’s enterprise,” an nameless quote reposted to Lauryn’s Fb earlier this month learn. Lauryn added an upside-down smiling face emoji to her put up. Kitchens, for his half, posted the identical quote to his web page.
Lauryn and Efird acquired married in 2018 and their relationship was typically chronicled on her household’s actuality TV reveals.
“Me and Josh are all about holding our relationship mild,” Lauryn mentioned throughout a 2018 episode of We TV’s Mama June: From To not Sizzling, particularly referring to her being pregnant with their eldest youngster. “Y’all at all times gotta have enjoyable. Josh is a whole lot of issues, however mature he ain’t. We don’t actually discuss critical stuff, however I’ve a sense that’s gonna change.”
Lauryn is without doubt one of the older sisters of Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson, who was a distinguished character on TLC’s Toddlers & Tiaras in 2012. The expertise landed the household a Right here Comes Honey Boo Boo spinoff starring Alana, now 18, mom Mama June, now 45, Lauryn and sisters Jessica Shannon and Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell. (Anna died in December 2023 on the age of 29 following a battle with stage IV most cancers.)