'It was our last resort': Mama June and Sugar Bear returning to reality TV in upcoming season of Marriage Boot Camp
Mama June will return to reality television along with Sugar Bear in the next celebrity season of Marriage Boot Camp.
'It was our last resort,' the 36-year-old former star of Here Comes Honey Boo told People in an article on Tuesday.
June Shannon and her 43-year-old chalk miner partner Mike 'Sugar Bear' Thompson will decide if they should stay together.
Return to television: Mama June, shown in May in Florida, will return to reality television along with Sugar Bear in the next season of Marriage Boot Camp
'I feel like he had cheated for quite some time, and I needed some answers. It was either you go here or we end our 11 years,' Shannon said.
The couple split in September about a month after reports surfaced that Shannon was dating convicted sex offender Mark McDaniel who allegedly molested her daughter Anna 'Chickadee' Shannon in 2002.
TLC cancelled the family's show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo after the molestation allegations surfaced.
Boot camp: Mike 'Sugar Bear' Thompson and Mama June are shown in November 2014 in Georgia
Shannon declined to comment on the scandal but suggested the issues would be addressed on Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars 4.
'We're doing pretty good, and we're getting along, but we still live in two separate households because we have to still work on things,' Shannon said of her relationship with Sugar Bear.
'We spend weekends together. It's a work in progress, and it's not going to happen overnight,' she added.
Happier times: Mama June and Sugar Bear are shown in a July 2014 still from Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars 4 also will feature Sarah Oliver and Jimmy 'Inkman' Coney of Bad Girls Club; Sundy and Cedric Carter of Basketball Wives LA; Benzino and Althea Hart of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta and Sean Lowe and Catherine Giudici from The Bachelor.
The show airs on the WE tv cable channel.
Shannon also alluded to a return to reality TV on Saturday in a Facebook posting.
Famous family: The couple are shown with their daughters in Augusta, Georgia in June 2013
New show: Mama June took to Facebook on Saturday to announce a return to reality television in December
The mother of four said the new program would not be on TLC and stated it would air sometime in December.
Shannon said it would not be like Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, but would be 'real and unscripted like we have always ever been.'
'We want to say thanks to our fans that have stuck by us and continue to support us through the thick and thin. We love you all and we appreciate each and every one of y'all,' she added.
The family was featured on Here Comes Honey Boo Boo that centered on former child beauty pageant contestant Alana 'Honey Boo Boo' Thompson, 10, and her family life in rural Georgia.
Honey Boo Boo originally appeared on the TLC reality show Toddlers & Tiaras.
Child star: Alana 'Honey Boo Boo' Shannon is shown in July in Georgia
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