Jessica “Chubbs” Shannon is considering using her brother-in-law, Josh Efird, as a sperm donor, according to a recent interview with ET, but Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efird has “not really” given her sister her blessing, Page Six can reveal.
In an exclusive interview with “Virtual Reali-Tea” co-hosts Danny Murphy and Evan Real on Wednesday, Efird explained her hesitation with letting Josh — with whom she shares four children — donate his sperm to Shannon and her girlfriend, Shyann McCant.
“I mean, it’s a big conversation, 100 percent, because, like, it is my sister, but when you really get into the big bulk of it, there’s so many strings attached to it,” Lauryn, 24, said in a chat alongside Shannon, sister Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson and mom “Mama June” Shannon.
“Every single one of my kids look like their dad,” added Lauryn, who is mom to daughter Ella, 6, son Bentley, almost 3, and twins Sylus and Stella, who just turned 2.
Jessica, 27, made sure to clarify, “Definitely, right now, Shyann is not pregnant,” before urging fans to tune in to the continuation of “Mama June: Family Crisis” Season 6.
“Y’all are just gonna have to wait and see how that plays out,” she teased.
“I do feel like Jessie definitely does want one of her own, but I feel like Shyann a little bit more than Jessie,” Lauryn interjected, confirming that McCant has “baby fever through the roof.”
“I’m like, ‘Girl, just come over and get one of my kids for the day. I promise you’ll be fine. I have a farm-full!’” she quipped.
Later in the conversation, Thompson addressed her boyfriend Dralin Carswell’s March 2023 arrest for driving under the influence, fleeing police and speeding following a three-mile car chase in Georgia.
The “Toddlers & Tiaras” alum was in the vehicle at the time.
“We’re doing pretty good right now,” Thompson, 18, told us. “I mean, there is a lot going on with his court stuff, obviously, and it’s obviously not something we can hide because it’s literally on TV.”
Thompson made sure to note that she “didn’t wanna hide it anyways.”
“It was just something that happened that was not meant to happen,” she shared. “People make mistakes. It’s not like he went out and murdered somebody.”
The former “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” star also explained why she’s “still with him,” saying, “This happened while we were together. This didn’t happen, like, before we got together, so it’s not like something that’s like, ‘Oh, this happened — maybe I shouldn’t get with him.’ It’s like, ‘This happened — I need to sit here and help him get through it and figure out what he should do to get this off of his record.’”
Lauryn quickly pointed out that Carswell has “learned” from the “stupid” ordeal.
“Mama June: Family Crisis” returns to WEtv on Friday at 9 p.m. following the December 2023 death of sister Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell.
Cardwell passed away at the age of 29 after a nine-month battle with stage 4 adrenal carcinoma.
